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1、After Twenty Years O .HenryPlot of the storyBob and Jim had obviously been close friends twenty years ago when they were young. Before their separation, they made an appointment to meet again at exactly the same place and the same hour twenty years later. Setting of the storyOn a business avenue of
2、New York:The same hour: ten oclock at nightThe same place: Big Joe Bradys restaurant 20 years agoin the doorway of a hardware store nowDetailed contentWhen about midway of a certain block the policeman suddenly slowed his walk. In the doorway of a darkened hardware store a man leaned, with an unligh
3、ted cigar in his mouth. As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly. 在一家小店铺的门口，昏暗的灯光下站着一个男子。他的嘴里叼着一支没有点燃的雪茄烟。警察放慢了脚步，认真地看了他一眼，然后，向那个男子走了过去。 nIts all right, officer, he said, reassuringly. Im just waiting for a friend. Its an appointment made twenty years ago. Sounds a little funny to
4、you, doesnt it? Well, Ill explain if youd like to make certain its all straight. About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands-Big Joe Bradys restaurant.nUntil five years ago, said the policeman. It was torn down then.nThe man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cig
5、ar. The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes, and a little white scar near his right eyebrow. His scarfpin was a large diamond, oddly set. Twenty years ago to-night, said the man, I dined here at Big Joe Bradys with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in the world. He and
6、 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 out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would
7、 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 have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.“ “20年前的今天晚上，”男子继续说
8、，“我和吉米维尔斯在这儿的餐馆共进晚餐。哦，吉米是我最要好的朋友。我们俩都是在纽约这个城市里长大的。从孩提时候起，我们就亲密无间，情同手足。当时，我正准备第二天早上就动身到西部去谋生。那天夜晚临分手的时候，我们俩约定：20年后的同一日期、同一时间，我们俩将来到这里再次相会。” About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. H
9、e went directly to the waiting man.Bully; it has given me everything I asked it for. Youve changed lots, Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall by two or three inches.At the corner stood a drug store, brilliant with electric lights. When they came into this glare each of them turned simultaneously
10、to gaze upon the others face.The man from the West stopped suddenly and released his arm.Youre not Jimmy Wells, he snapped. Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a mans nose from a Roman to a pug.It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one, said the tall man. Youve been under
11、 arrest for ten minutes, Silky Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and wires us she wants to have a chat with you. Going quietly, are you? Thats sensible. Now, before we go on to the station heres a note I was asked to hand you. You may read it here at the window. Its from Patrolma
12、n Wells.“然而，20年的时间却有可能使一个好人变成坏人。” Bob: I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldnt do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job. JIMMYStructure of the textPart 1
13、(paras. 117) about: The policeman (Jimmy) met with Bob and had a conversation.Part 2 (paras.1833) about: Bob was arrested by a plain clothes man without his awareness until he found that the policeman was his expected friend Jimmy.Bob and Jimmy Wells in their respective characteristicsBobJimmy smart
14、 restless ambitious ready to try in every way to reach his goal He had made his fortune, though. He had many fights. He had broken the law. average height not so adventurous honest, truthful, responsible and devoted He was obviously a good police officer.Reading experiencenIn front of friendship and
15、 justice, we should stand firm on the side of Justice.nWe should not for money to crime, should rely on our hands to fight, so we can have a sense of achievement, dignified and imposing to live in this world.n True friendship is like wine, aging time more fragrant.本篇区区千余字，但人物形象的刻画无不生动逼真，纵然跃于纸上。主人公吉米
16、韦尔斯有情有义、高大魁梧、平易近人、聪明、机警又恪守法律，爱憎分明。而鲍勃为了财富不择手段以致沦落为通缉的罪犯，经过二十年的磨练学得十分镇定。但作者很幽默，仅一根火柴就把他给暴露了。语言凝练，是又一大特色。情节简单但又一波三折。前文写了鲍勃对自己和朋友的命运的展望和分析，后面接着就被捕了，讽刺、幽默。场景的布置和安排与主题紧紧相连系，惜墨如金。结构严谨，严密。作者设计的一环紧扣一环，将读者的心领进了里面以致无法自拔，最终一个小字条解开了浓重的雾团，既在意料之外，又在情理之中。结尾处笔锋陡转，言简意赅，给读者一种强有力的震撼。二十年后，在思想上和艺术上都达到了高度的统一，赞扬了正义战胜了邪恶的伟大力量，里面没有一丝血腥的味道达到了不战而屈人之兵，又是一场智慧的胜利。窥一斑而见全貌，欧亨利正是以巧妙的构思、夸张而幽默的文笔奉献着自己的力量，成为一代令人敬仰的大师和世界短篇小说巨匠！
