(2019版)外研版高中英语必修第一册Unit4-After Twenty Years课文预读 ppt课件.pptx

1、Unit 4 Friends forever After Twenty Years课文预读 Reading After Twenty Years The short story “After Twenty Years” is set in New 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 the area sees a man outside a shop. He go

2、es up to the man and finds he has a scar on his face. They have a chat and the man starts to tell his story. Reading 译文译文 二十年后二十年后 短篇小说二十年后设定在纽约的一个寒冷而黑暗 的夜晚。大部分人已经下班回家，城市的这个角落静悄 悄的。一名正在该地区巡逻的警察看到一名男子站在商 店外面。他走进男子，发现他的脸上有一道伤疤。他们 开始聊天，男子开始讲述他的故事。 Reading “Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man, “ I d

3、ined here at Big Joe Bradys with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in the world. He and I were raised 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 West to make my fortune. You couldnt have dragged Jimmy

4、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 twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to h

5、ave our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.” Reading 译文译文 “二十年前的今晚，”男子说，“我和吉米威尔斯我最好的 朋友，也是这世界上最好的小伙子在这儿的大乔布雷迪餐厅 吃饭。我们俩都是在纽约长大的，就像亲兄弟一样。那时我十八， 吉米二十。第二天一早我就要去西部赚大钱了。可你不可能把吉 米拖出纽约，他觉得地球上只有(纽约)这么一个地方。反正，那天 晚上我们约定，不管日后各自的情况如何，也不管距离多远，我 们都会在二十年的此地、此日、此时再次见面。我们当时觉得， 不管

6、要做什么，二十年的时间足够自己找到出路、赚到钱。” Reading 译文译文 “It sounds pretty interesting, ” said the policeman . “Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me. Havent you heard from your friend since you left？” “这事倒挺新鲜，”警察说。“但在我看来，你们这两 次见面间隔时间太久了。分手以后你没有你朋友的消息 吗？” Reading “Well, yes, for a time we correspon

7、ded, ” said the other. “But after a year or two we lost track of each other. You see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if hes alive, for he always was the truest, staunchest old chap in the world. Hell never fo

8、rget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and its worth it if my old partner turns up.” (Excerpts from “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry) Reading 译文译文 “嗯，不是的。我们也有过一段书信来往，”男子说。“但过 了一两年便断了联系。你知道，西部很大，我不停地四处奔 波、忙东忙西。但我相信，只要吉米还活着，他肯定会来赴 约的，因为他一直是世界上最真诚、最可靠的老伙计。他绝 对不会忘记我们的约定。今晚，我从千里之外赶来站在这扇 门前，只要我的老朋友出现，这一切就都是值得的。” （节选自二十年后，作家欧亨利） Thank You！