郧阳师范高等专科学校：《综合英语》（英文版）Unit 14 After Twenty Years

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Unit 14 郧阳师专英语系综合英语教研室

Text I: After Twenty Years Introduction 2. Pre-reading 居欧 questions 3. Writing skills 亨 利 4. Language points 5. Discussion 故 6. Homework 上一页下一页

Text I: After Twenty Years 1. Introduction 2. Pre-reading questions 3. Writing skills 4. Language points 5. Discussion 6. Homework 上一页 下一页 欧· 亨 利 故 居

Introduction(1): Text I It was about ten o'clock at night when the policeman found a man standing in front of a store in the dark, empty street of New York The man reassured the policeman that he was just waiting for his old friend Jimmy Wells, and so on and so forth. After the policeman left, a man came near the place, calling his name Bob. Bob thought this tall man was his old friend Jimmy, but it's not true. This tall man is a policeman with plain clothes. The fact is the first policeman was Jimmy, he recognized Bob was the criminal and thus sent a plain-clothes to arrest him 上一页下一页

Introduction(1): Text I It was about ten o'clock at night when the policeman found a man standing in front of a store in the dark, empty street of New York. The man reassured the policeman that he was just waiting for his old friend Jimmy Wells, and so on and so forth. After the policeman left, a man came near the place, calling his name Bob. Bob thought this tall man was his old friend Jimmy, but it’s not true. This tall man is a policeman with plain￾clothes. The fact is the first policeman was Jimmy, he recognized Bob was the criminal and thus sent a plain-clothes to arrest him. 上一页 下一页

Introduction(2): About the Author O. Henry (1862-1910)was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of O. Henry's stories William Sydney Porter(O. Henry) was born in Greenboro, North Carolina. His father Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician When William was three his mother died and he was raised by his paternal grandmother and aunt 上一页下一页

Introduction(2): About the Author O. Henry (1862-1910) was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of O. Henry's stories. William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in Greenboro, North Carolina. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his paternal grandmother and aunt. 上一页 下一页

Introduction (3): About the Author William was an avid reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch. He moved to Houston. where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas in 1882 he married 上一页下一页

Introduction(3): About the Author William was an avid reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch. He moved to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married. 上一页 下一页

Introduction(4): about the author 欧·亨利(O. Henry,1862-1910) 原务威康西德尼:波特 wam sydney porte 是美国最 名的短篇小说家 桂冠散文作家和美 代短篇小说之父。他出身于美国北卡罗 格林斯波罗镇一个医师 过药 员 篇办事员、新闻铠者、银行由纳员。当银行出纳员时,茵银行短缺 现金:,为避免审讯,离家流亡中 拉斯。,后因回家探视病 危的妻子被捕入狱,并在监狱医务室任药剂师。他在银行工作时,曾 有过写作的经历,担任监狱医务室的 师后开始 作。1901 年提前获释后,迁居纽约,专门从事写作。欧·亨利善于描写美国社 会尤其是纽约百姓的生活。他的作品构思新颖,语言诙谐,结局 田人意外;文因描写 被誉为 活的幽默百科 代表作有小说集《百菜与国王》、《四育方》 路》等。其中一些名篇如《爱的牺牲》、《警察与赞美 家县出租的房间》、《麦琪的礼物》、《最后一片藤叶》等使他 获得了世界声誉 上一页下一页

Introduction(4): about the author 欧·亨利（O. Henry, 1862-1910） 原名威廉·西德尼·波特（William Sydney Porter），是美国最著 名的短篇小说家之一，曾被评论界誉 为曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现 代短篇小说之父。他出身于美国北卡罗来纳州格林斯波罗镇一个医师 家庭。 他的一生富于传奇性，当过药房学徒、牧牛人、会计员、土地 局办事员、新闻记者、银行出纳员。当银行出 纳员时，因银行短缺了 一笔现金，为避免审讯，离家流亡中美的洪都拉斯。后因回家探视病 危的妻子被捕入 狱，并在监狱医务室任药剂师。他在银行工作时，曾 有过写作的经历，担任监狱医务室的药剂师后开始认真 写作。1901 年提前获释后，迁居纽约，专门从事写作。 欧·亨利善于描写美国社 会尤其是纽约百姓的生活。他的作品构思新颖，语言诙谐，结局常常 出人意 外；又因描写了众多的人物，富于生活情趣，被誉为“美国生 活的幽默百科全书”。代表作有小说集《白菜 与国王》、《四百万》、 《命运之路》等。其中一些名篇如《爱的牺牲》、《警察与赞美诗》、 《带家具出 租的房间》、《麦琪的礼物》、《最后一片藤叶》等使他 获得了世界声誉。 上一页 下一页

Pre-reading Questions Suppose you are given some information the text is a short story 1. What can the story be about? After Twenty Years is a title that may suggest some event that takes place 20 years after some other event 2. What could such events be? 3. What do you anticipate? Write down 2 possibilities 上一页下一页

Pre-reading Questions Suppose you are given some information --- the text is a short story. 1. What can the story be about? “After Twenty Years” is a title that may suggest some event that takes place 20 years after some other event. 2. What could such events be? 3. What do you anticipate? Write down 2 possibilities. 上一页 下一页

Writing Skills The short story is a form of fiction generally under 10,000 words in length Because of its limited length, a short story presents very few characters(generally one or two), The author must be careful in his selection of incidents and materials. The short story, through some means or other achieves suspense and dramatic effect through complication And action, whether physical or psychological, with some sort of a progressive development and outcome, is essential to the short story 上一页下一页

Writing Skills The short story is a form of fiction generally under 10,000 words in length. Because of its limited length, a short story presents very few characters (generally one or two), The author must be careful in his selection of incidents and materials. The short story, through some means or other, achieves suspense and dramatic effect through complication. And action, whether physical or psychological, with some sort of a progressive development and outcome, is essential to the short story. 上一页 下一页

Writing skills Structurally, a short story may break up onas VASEE into 5 sections: the setting, the generating 张上 circumstance the rising action, the climax and the denouement 上一页下一页

Writing Skills Structurally, a short story may break up into 5 sections: the setting, the generating circumstance, the rising action, the climax and the denouement. 上一页 下一页

Language Points 1. correspond a. to be in agreement, harmony or conformity. 致:一致、和谐或相配 b to be similar or equivalent in character, quantity, origin, structure, or function 相似,相当:在特点、质量、产地、结构或 功能上相似或相等: C to communicate by letter, usually over a period of time 交流:通过信件交流、通常在一段时期内 上一页下一页

Language Points 1. correspond: a. to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity. 一致：一致、和谐或相配 b. to be similar or equivalent in character, quantity, origin, structure, or function: 相似，相当：在特点、质量、产地、结构或 功能上相似或相等： c. to communicate by letter, usually over a period of time. 交流：通过信件交流、通常在一段时期内 上一页 下一页