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1、Unit 9 Text AAfter Twenty YearsContent:lDiscussion lBackground Information lText Appreciation -Plot of the story -Theme of the storyLesson 9 - After Twenty Years Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is. Elbert Hubbard (18561915) Far and away the best prize that life of
2、fers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt (18581919) Speech in New York, September I. BrainstormingQuotations on JobTo be continued on the next page.After reading these quotations about jobs, exchange with your partner your understanding and viewpoints of jobs.Lesson 9
3、- After Twenty Years I. BrainstormingThe end of on Job.I. BrainstormingA sincere friendship is too expensive to buy with the most valuable treasure. It is easy to live when we have many friends. Many friends make the path.Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years To be continued on the next page.Lesson 9 - Afte
4、r Twenty Years A Forever Friend what kind of people could be your forever friends. Or if you luckily already have one, ponder on the qualities which make you take him/her as your forever friend and discuss with your classmates.The end of the Short Poem.O. Henry (18621910) was the pen name of William
5、 Sydney Porter, an American short story writer. His short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings.Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years I.II. Background informationI. II. Author To be continued on the next page.O. Henry was born William Sydney Porter i
6、n Greensboro, North Carolina. He went to Texas in 1882 and worked at various jobsas teller in an Austin bank (18911894) and as a newspaperman for the Houston Post. Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years I.Author To be continued on the next page.In 1898 an unexplained shortage in the Austin bank was charged t
7、o him. Although many people believed him innocent, he fled to the Honduras but returned to be with his wife, who was fatally ill. He eventually served three years in prison, where he first started writing short stories.Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years I.Author To be continued on the next page.Upon his
8、release he settled in New York. Although his stories have been criticized as shallow and contrived, O. Henry did catch the color and movement of the city and evidenced a genuine sympathy for ordinary people.Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years I.Author To be continued on the next page.O. Henrys humorous, e
9、nergetic style shows the influence of Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce. His approximately 300 stories are collected in Cabbages and Kings (1904), The Four Million (1906), The Voice of the City (1908), Options (1909), and others.Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years I.Author The end of the Author.Write what you
10、 like; there is no other rule.- O. Henry Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years Plot of the story Theme of the storyIII. Text AnalysisHave you got the key elements in the story?To be continued on the next page.III. Text AnalysisPlot of the storyBob and Jim had obviously been close friends twenty years ago wh
11、en 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. The end of the Plot.Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years III. Text AnalysislWhen they met again twenty years later, they should find themselves on opposite sid
12、es of the lawone was the man wanted by the police and the other turned out to be the police officer instructed to watch out for the runaway criminal. But no matter how much Jim had cherished their friendship, he would not let a personal relationship stand in the way of discharging his duty.Lesson 9
13、- After Twenty Years III. Text AnalysisTheme of the storyThe end of the Theme.IV. SummarylAuthor: His short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings.lText: Tow friends Appointment 20 years later same place same time Bob & Jim Loyalty to friend VS. Devotion to duty Ironic ending Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years V. AssignmentlStructure of the textlIntensive reading of the text Lesson 9 - After Twenty Years
