1、学生版】【学生版】+【教师版】【教师版】 新版外研必修新版外研必修 1 Unit 4 Friend forever Part 2 After Twenty Years Task 1: Reading comprehension Read the passage and choose the best answer. Which is the main idea of the passage? A. A policeman is working in the street. B. The man with a scar is waiting to meet Jimmy，his friend 20
2、 years ago. C. The two friends have ever corresponded. D. The man and the policeman are dining tonight. True or False ( ) 1. “After Twenty years” is set in New York on a cold，noisy night. ( ) 2. The policeman with a scar on his face is checking the area. ( ) 3. The man and Jimmy are true brothers，bu
3、t Jimmy is older. ( ) 4. The man had left his hometown for the West to earn his living. ( ) 5. The man is expecting to see his old friend turn up. Task 2. In-class test 1. On a cold， dark night， in New York， a policeman finds a man with 2.a scar outside a shop. The policeman learns a story about the
4、 man and his friend，Jimmy. 20 years ago， after the two friends 3.dined (dine)together， they made a promise that they 4.would meet (meet)in the same restaurant，whatever their 5.conditions (condition)might be or from what 6.distance (distant) they might have to come. Since they were apart，they havent
5、seen each other. So the man 7.misses (miss)his friend very much，8.who he thinks is the truest， 9.stanchest (stanch) old chap in the world and his friend, Jimmy, never forgets their 10.appointment (appoint). Task 3: Gap filling After Twenty Years The short story After Twenty Years is set in (以为背景) Ne
6、w York on a cold, dark night. Most people have left work to go home, and this part of the city is now quiet. A policeman who is checking (检查) the area sees a man outside a shop. He goes up to the man and finds he has a scar (伤疤) on his face. They have a chat (聊天) and the man starts to tell his story
7、. Twenty years ago tonight, said the man, I dined (吃晚餐) here at Big Joe Bradys with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in the world. He and I were raised (抚养) here in New York, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the
8、West to make my fortune (发财；赚钱). You couldnt have dragged (拖；拽) Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly (exact) twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be (不论我们的情况如何) or from
9、what distance (距离) we might have to come. We figured (认为) that in twenty years each of us ought to (应该) have our destiny worked out (命运定下来了) and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be. It sounds pretty interesting, said the policeman. Rather (相当) a long time between meets, though (然而), it
10、 seems to me. Havent you heard from (收到的来信) your friend since you left? Well, yes, for a time we corresponded (通信), said the other. But after a year or two we lost track of (失去联系) each other. You see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling (hustle) around over it pretty lively. Bu
11、t I know Jimmy will meet me here if hes alive, for he always was the truest (true), staunchest old chap in the world. Hell never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and its worth (值得的) it if my old partner turns up (出现). 【教师版】【教师版】 Task 1: Reading comprehension Read the pa
12、ssage and choose the best answer. Which is the main idea of the passage? 【B】 A. A policeman is working in the street. B. The man with a scar is waiting to meet Jimmy, his friend 20 years ago. C. The two friends have ever corresponded. D. The man and the policeman are dining tonight. True or False 1.
13、 “After Twenty years” is set in New York on a cold，noisy night. 【F】 2. The policeman with a scar on his face is checking the area. 【F】 3. The man and Jimmy are true brothers，but Jimmy is older. 【F】 4. The man had left his hometown for the West to earn his living. 【T】 5. The man is expecting to see h
14、is old friend turn up. 【T】 Task 2. In-class test 1. On a cold，dark night，in New York, a policeman finds a man with 2.a scar outside a shop. The policeman learns a story about the man and his friend, Jimmy. 20 years ago, after the two friends 3.dined(dine) together, they made a promise that they 4.wo
15、uld meet(meet) in the same restaurant, whatever their 5.conditions(condition) might be or from what 6.distance(distant) they might have to come. Since they were apart, they havent seen each other. So the man 7.misses(miss) his friend very much, 8.who he thinks is the truest, 9.stanchest(stanch) old
16、chap in the world and his friend, Jimmy, never forgets their 10.appointment(appoint). Task 3: Gap filling 答案请参考课本答案请参考课本 _ 课文翻译请参考下文：课文翻译请参考下文： 二十年后 （节选） 短篇小说二十年后以纽约一个寒冷漆黑的夜晚为背景。大多数人已经下班回家，此时城市 的一个地区很安静。一名警察正在检查这个地区，他看到一名男子在一家商店外面。他走进那个男 子，发现他脸上有一道疤。他们聊了一会儿。这个男子开始讲述他的故事。 “二十年前的今天晚上， ”那个人说， “我在大乔布雷迪饭
17、店和我做好的朋友、世界上最好 的小伙子吉米威尔斯共进晚餐。他和我在纽约一起长大，我们就像两个兄弟一样。我 18 岁，吉 米 20 岁。第二天早晨，我就要动身去西部发财了。你不可能把吉米从纽约拖出来；他认为这是地 球上唯一的地方。那天晚上，我们约定，二十年后的今日此刻，我们将在这里再次见面，不管我们 的条件如何，也不管我们可能走多远。我们认为，二十年后，一切都成了定局，我们有了该有的财 富，不管是多少。 ” “这听起来挺有意思， ”警察说。 “不过，在我看来这段时间挺长的。你走了之后收到过你朋友 的来信吗？” “收到过，有一段时间我们通过信， ”另一个人说到， “但一两年之后我们就失去联系了。你知 道，西部不好混，这些年我就忙着赚钱了。可我知道只要吉米活着，他就一定会来这里见我，因为 他一直都是世界上最忠诚、最加你的那个的老朋友。他永远都不会忘的，今晚我千里迢迢赶来，如 果他出现，就值得。 ”
