1、必修一 Unit 4 Friends forever (4) 高一年级 英语 Developing ideas After Twenty Years At the end of the class, you will be able to: 1. get the main idea and specific information of the story to understand the elements of a novel and O. Henry endings; 2. analyze the characteristics of main characters; 3. think
2、of a possible ending to the story and find evidence to support your ideas; 4. voice your opinions when friendship meets law. Learning objectives Lets play a game and guess who he is. Warming up Warming up O. Henry 1 a famous American writer 2 wrote many short stories 3 focused on the everyday life o
3、f ordinary people 4 The Gift of the Magi Warming up O. Henry 5 O. Henry, together with Maupassant of France and Chekhov of Russia, is known as the king of three short stories in the world. Maupassant Chekhov Warming up 6 He is also called the father of the modern American short stories. Warming up I
4、n these endings, there will be a sudden twist that results in an unexpected change of the characters inner world, experience or destiny, thus creating an unexpected yet understandable appealing and dramatic, as well as more memorable ending for its readers. His stories are best known for their surpr
5、ise endings. 7 Prediction 20 years ago, After 20 years, Reading for information Read the story quickly and get the key information to fill in the table. when where who what Reading for information when where who what On a cold, dark night Outside a shop in New York A man, a policeman, Jimmy A man is
6、 waiting for his friend Jimmy after twenty years as their agreement. Reading for information when where who what settings characters plots 3 elements of a novel Reading for information 1. What is the policeman doing when he happens to see the man? 2. Why did the man and his friend separate twenty ye
7、ars ago? 3. What agreement did they make at that time? 4. Did they keep in touch during the twenty years? Read the story again and answer the following questions. Reading for information 1. What is the policeman doing when he happens to see the man? He is checking the area on a cold, dark night alth
8、ough most people have left work to go home and this part of the city is quiet. He is devoted to his work. Reading for information 2. Why did the man and his friend separate twenty years ago? The man dined with his friend Jimmy at Big Joe Bradys and he was to start for the West to make his fortune bu
9、t Jimmy would like to stay in New York. Reading for information the West: In the early 1800s, Americas Westward Expansion started. During the expansion, many people went to the West to make money. New York City is located in the north-east of the US and was already a big city by then. make ones fort
10、une: to make money, to become very rich Reading for information 2. Why did the man and his friend separate twenty years ago? The man dined with his friend Jimmy at Big Joe Bradys and he was to start for the West to make his fortune but Jimmy would like to stay in New York. The man: adventurous, brav
11、e, ambitious Reading for information 3. What agreement did they make at that time? They agreed that they would meet there again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what their conditions might be or from what distance they might have to go. Reading for information Why did they agr
12、ee to meet twenty years later? The reason why they agreed to meet twenty years later might be that “We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and fortunes made, whatever they were going to be”. Reading for information 4. Did they keep in touch during the twenty
13、years? For a time they corresponded but after a year or two they lost track of each others. to get or keep in touch withto lose touch with They didnt know what happened in each others life. Reading for opinions 1. In the mans eyes, how was his friend Jimmy Wells? 2. Did the man value their friendshi
14、p? Why? 3. What has the man experienced in the West in the past twenty years? How about Jimmy? How do you know that? Read it for the third time and answer the questions. Reading for opinions 1. In the mans eyes, how was his friend Jimmy Wells? the best chum the finest chap the truest chap the staunc
15、hest chap reliable trustworthy Reading for opinions Yes, he did value their friendship. “I know Jimmy will meet me here if hes alive. Hell never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and its worth it if my old partner turns up.” 2. Did the man value their friendship? Why? Re
16、ading for opinions 3. What has the man experienced in the West in the past twenty years? How about Jimmy? How do you know that? The man: He must have experienced some bad things. The sentence “he has a scar on his face” and “I kept hustling around over it pretty lively” in paragraph 3 can tell us. R
17、eading for opinions Jimmy: He may continue to be in New York and have a steady job. The sentence “You couldnt have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth.” can support the idea. Jimmy was stubborn and conservative. Make a summary (1). Work in groups to summarize the
18、 characteristics of the characters in the story. The man: Jimmy: The policeman: Make a summary (1). The man: adventurous, brave, ambitious, experienced some bad things Jimmy: stubborn, conservative, the truest and staunchest The policeman: devoted to his work, the symbol of duty, justice and law Thi
19、nk and share (1). Think a possible ending to the story and share it with your partners. 1. Did Jimmy come to meet his friend? 2. What might happen between the policeman and the man? Pay attention to their characteristics when adding the ending. Possible versions 1. When the policeman went away, Jimm
20、y came back and told the man that he was Jimmy Wells. He saw the scar on Bobs face and knew he was the person who was wanted in Chicago. They just talked a little and then they left separately. Possible versions 2. After seeing the scar on the mans face, the policeman was confident that the man was
21、the criminal of whom the policeman was in chase. Immediately, he grasped the mans arms and fought with him. Unfortunately, the man ran away and escaped again. Of course, he didnt see his friend Jimmy at all. Think and share (2). Read the note from the original ending and find out what actually happe
22、ned. Think and share (2). What does the note tell you about the ending of the story? The man was Bob and a criminal and Jimmy was the policeman. Jimmy turned up as they agreed twenty years earlier, but he decided to fulfill his duty and have Bob arrested. Make a summary (2). surprise unexpected unde
23、rstandable memorable dramatic O. Henry endings Think and share (3). Think about the following questions and share your ideas. 1. How do you think Bob would react when he read the note? 2. Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not? Possible answers 1. How do you think Bob would reac
24、t when he read the note? Bob would be very sad and angry when he read the note because Jimmy was his best friend and he trusted him deeply but Jimmy made him arrested. Possible answers 1. How do you think Bob would react when he read the note? Or Bob would feel sort of comfortable because he might t
25、hink that Jimmy had a good sense of duty and was just and fair. In some ways, he didnt have to hide himself restlessly in his later life. Possible answers After 20 years, on a cold, dark night 20 years ago Best friends. Jimmy had Bob arrested. Possible answers Yes, I think Jimmy did right. From his
26、note, I can catch that Jimmy had mixed feelings. He knew Bob was the criminal and what his duty was. But the memories of their friendship, the expressions of Bobs undying respect and admiration for him and the fact that Bob had come all the way from a thousand miles away just to keep the appointment
27、 made 2. Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not? Possible answers 20 years before must have deeply touched him. Therefore, he could not bring himself to arrest Bob. All in all, law is more important than friendship to maintain the whole society to develop smoothly. Law Friends S
28、elf-assessment What I have learned in the class Know or not Three elements of a novel The plot of “After Twenty Years” The characteristics of Bob and Jimmy O. Henry style ending Law is more important than friendship. Homework 1. Read the complete short story “After Twenty Years” and act it out with
29、your group members. 2. Read other short stories written by O. Henry to get a deep understanding of his works and the surprise ending to his stories. Homework 1. You can think about what happened in each of the three scenes, using the information you have already read in the story. Scene 1: Bob dinin
30、g with Jimmy at “Big Joe” Bradys twenty years ago Scene 2: Bob making his fortune in the West Scene 3: Bob and Jimmy meeting again after twenty years Scene 4: ? Homework 2. Choose a character to play and decide what you will say and do. You can make a script first. 3. Act out the whole story with your partners. Homework 2. Read other short stories written by O. Henry to get a deep understanding of his works and the surprise ending to his stories.
