module4friends forever-阅读reading精读After 20 years（ppt课件） -2022新外研版（2019）《高中英语》必修第一册.pptx

1、 What impresses you most about?Introduce O.Henry briefly with the following tips.Writing theme(主题主题)：Characteristics(特色特色)of his works:Famous stories:the everyday life ordinary people New York Citysurprise endingsThe Cop and the AnthemThe Last LeafThe Gift of the Magi After Twenty YearsAfter Twenty

2、YearsLearning activities:During this period,we will 1.analyze the personality of the main characters;2.get familiar with the 3 elements of a novel;3.present the outline of the story with the help of drawing a mind map;4.predict a logical and acceptable ending of the story After Twenty Years.After Tw

3、enty Years is set in the early 1900s,near the end of Americas Westward Expansion(美国西进运动美国西进运动),which started in the early 1800s.During the expansion,many Americans went to the West(美国西部美国西部)to make money.New York City is located in the north-east of the US and was already a big city by then.Backgrou

4、nd information:After Twenty YearsA policeman who is checking the area and a man with a scar on his face are having a chat outside a shop in New York City on a cold,dark night.And the man starts to tell.Q:Why is the man standing outside the shop?Because he is waiting for his friend Jimmy.read for gen

5、eral understanding:read for further understanding Characters DescriptionPersonalityJimmythe manFind out the sentences that describe Jimmy and the man,and try to infer(推断推断)their personality.You couldnt have dragged Jimmy out of New York;he thought it was the only place in the world.The finest chap i

6、n the world;I know Jimmy will meet me here if hes alive,for he always was the truest,staunchest old chap in the world.Hell never forget.Jimmy:traditional&reliableCharacterDescriptionPersonalityJimmyThe next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune.You see,the West is a pretty big propo

7、sition,and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively.I came a thousand miles to stand in this door,and its worth it if my old partner turns up.The man:adventurous,hard-working&royalCharacter DescriptionPersonalityThe manDraw a mind map of the story between Jimmy and the man,trying to find out the

8、 information indicating the three elements of a novel.Three elements of a novel:Setting(where&when)Characters(who)Plot(what&how)(Plot:beginning-development-climax-ending)Share your mind map with the class.the man and Jimmys storySetting:a night twenty years ago at Big Joe Bradys in New York Characte

9、rs:a man(18)&Jimmy(20)PlotBeginning:dined&made an appointmentDevelopment:left for the West,corresponded,but lost track of each otherClimax:came a thousand miles to meet Jimmy twenty years laterEnding:My mind map of the story:?Try to a ending to the story After Twenty Years,trying to make it as surpr

10、ising as you can.The following questions may help you:1.Would Jimmy come to meet his friend?Yes/No?2.Why?3.What had Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years?4.What might happen between the policeman and the man?a logical and acceptable ending to After Twenty Years,trying to make it as surprising

11、 as you can.Find evidence to support your ideas.And tell your group members your endings.Whats the theme of the story?FriendshipWhich adjectives can you use to describe their friendship?Precious and sincere friendshipWhat we have done in this period:1.Have analyzed the personality of the main characters;2.Have got familiar with the 3 elements of a novel;3.Have presented the outline of the story with the help of drawing a mind map;4.Have predicted a logical and acceptable ending of the story After Twenty Years.A life without a friend is a life without a sun.人生没有朋友，人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有了太阳。犹如人生没有了太阳。