1、Unit 4 Friends foreverDeveloping ideasLearning Objectives1.Students can understand the content of the text,define the characters in the story,and evaluate the behavior of the characters;2.Students can master the basic features as well as common reading methods of novel styles,and understand the them
2、e of After Twenty Years and the characteristics of“O.Henry style endings”;3.Students can establish a correct view of friendship.Warm up1.What do you know about O.Henry?2.Have you read any stories created by him?Read the sentences below and circle T(True)or F(False).1.O.Henry was a world-famous Briti
3、sh short writer.2.He often focused on the everyday life of rich people in New York City at that time.3.His stories are best known for their happy endingsThen read the introduction and check your answers.William Sydney Porter(1862-1910),whose pen name was O.Henry,was a world-famous American short sto
4、ry writer.In his stories,he often focused on the everyday life of ordinary people in New York City at that time.His stories are best known for their surprise endings.1.O.Henry was a world-famous British short writer.2.He often focused on the everyday life of rich people in New York City at that time
5、.3.His stories are best known for their happy endingsFThe Gift of MagiThe Last LeafAfter Twenty YearsThe Cop and the Anthem 1.Have you ever read any of the stories by O.Henry?Share one with the class.Surprise endings can make me feel extremely excited and astonished when reading the last part.We kee
6、p wandering in the world built by the author and have a feeling that we want to read the book again and again.Do you like stories with surprise endings?Why or why not?2.Background informationThe American WestWestward Movement 西进运动西进运动(Gold Rush 淘金热淘金热)(From 1862,the American government encouraged th
7、e white to develop the West.)Frontier Spirit 拓荒精神拓荒精神(ambitious,adventurous,active,and enterprising)New YorkThe Westa thousand milesLets read the excerpts from“After Twenty Years”by O.Henry,and get a deeper understanding of his works and the surprise endings to his stories.1.Who are these two people
8、?2.When and where does the story take place?3.Why is the man standing outside the shop?Read and answerCharacter Setting Plot SettingCharacter Plot in New York on a cold,dark nightthe policeman;the man with a scar on his faceHe is waiting for his friend,Jimmy.Read the passage again,tell your partner
9、in the mans eyes,how is his friend.best chumfinest chaptruest chapstaunchest chapRead the story again and answer the following questions.1.What is the policeman doing when he happens to see the man?2.Why did the man and his friend separate twenty years ago?3.What agreement did they make at that time
10、?4.Did they keep in touch during the twenty years?Read the story again and answer the following questions.1.What is the policeman doing when he happens to see the man?He is checking the area on a cold,dark night although most people have left work to go home and this part of the city is quiet.2.Why
11、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.3.What agreement did they make at that time?They agreed that they would meet there again exactly tw
12、enty years from that date and time,no matter what their conditions might be or from what distance they might have to go.4.Did they keep in touch during the twenty years?For a time they corresponded but after a year or two they lost track of each others.Guess the ending of the storyWork in groups.Thi
13、nk of a possible ending to After twenty years and find evidence to support your ideas.Use the following questions to help you.1.Did Jimmy come to meet his friend?2.What has Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years?3.What might happen between the policeman and the man?1.Did Jimmy come to meet his
14、 friend?When the policeman went away,Jimmy 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.2.What has Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years?He may conti
15、nue to be in New York and have a steady job.3.What might happen between the policeman and the man?After seeing the scar on the mans face,the policeman was confident that the man was the criminal of whom the policeman was in chase.Immediately,he grasped the mans arms and fought with him.Unfortunately
16、,the man ran away and escaped again.Of course,he didnt see his friend Jimmy at all.Now read the note from the original ending and find out what exactly happened.Bob,I was at the appointed place on time.When you struck the match to light your scar I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago.So
17、mehow I couldnt do it myself,so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do this job.JIMMY 1.What does the note tell you about the ending of the story?2.How do you think Bob would react when he read the note?3.Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing?Why or why not?4.Do you like this ending?G
18、ive your reasons.Jimmy was the policeman.He turned up as they agreed twenty years earlier,but he decided to fulfil his duty and have Bob arrested.BobJimmyTwenty yearsBest friendsCriminalPolicemanrich;hard-working;confident;vain;keen;clever;proud of Jimmy;loyal to friendshipexperienced;sharp;calm;tru
19、e and reliable;considerate;relatively silent;devoted to job;loyal to friendshipWork in groups.Act out the whole story.1.Think about what happened in each of the three scenes,using the information you have already read in the story.Retell the whole story.Scene 1Scene 2Scene 3Bob dined with Jimmy at B
20、ig Joe Bradys twenty years agoBob made his fortune in the West Bob and Jimmy met again after twenty yearsnarrator(旁白旁白)Bob Jimmy policeman 2.Choose a character to play and decide what you will say and do.Work in groups.Act out the whole story.Work in groups.Act out the whole story.3.Act out the whole story.Homework Use the words and expressions you have learned to write down the whole story in your paper book.write down the whole story
