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课件网) U4 Unit 4 Developing ideas Warm-up: See You Again After twenty years Author Pre-reading: Story elements While-reading Post-reading Homework I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. WU Yuwei A: Do you miss your old friend after entering senior high school B: If you make promise with your friend to meet each other after twenty years, will you go as promised See You Again is to express deep missing to his friend. And after appreciating the music, there are two questions: After twenty years --O. Henry William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), whose pen name was O. Henry, was a world-famous American short story 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. Author O. Henry's works After twenty years --O. Henry Pre-reading：Elements of a Story characters settings beginning development climax ending natural social plots (情节) Place: New York Time: a cold , dark night 1.A policeman, Jimmy Wells . 2.A man has a scar on his face.(Bob) While-reading 1.What is relationship between the policeman and the man with a scar on his face 2.Why is the man standing outside the shop 3.What had happened in the past 20 years to Jim and Bob 4.Why did Jim not arrest Bob right away 5.What is the main idea of story 1.What is relationship between the policeman and the man with a scar on his face They may be strangers. 2.Why is the man standing outside the shop He is waiting for his best friend, Jimmy. 3.What had happened in the past 20 years to Jim and Bob Jim became a policeman. Bob went to the West to make money, and he was the man wanted in Chicago. 4.Why did Jim not arrest Bob right away He was so touched by Bob’s loyalty to their friendship that he did not have the heart to arrest him. 5.What is the main idea of story The man met a policeman and began to talk about his story. He was waiting for his best friend, Jimmy, at the outside of the shop. They made it their appointed place twenty years ago. Post-reading What might happen between the policeman and the man O·Henry's ending Plots Beginning Development Climax Ending Bob read the note and found out what happened. Jimmy and Bob are best friends. They made a date to meet each other again after twenty years. A plain clothes man greeted Bob, and Bob realized that he was not his friend, Jimmy. He was a fake “ Jimmy”. An undercover policeman told Bob that he was under arrested. Bob waited for Jimmy outside a shop. beginning development ending climax O. Henry-style endings There will be a sudden twist that results in an unexpected change of the characters' inner world, experience, destiny.etc, thus creating an unexpected yet understandable result. Such endings will make the story more appealing and dramatic, as well as more memorable for its readers. Work in groups. Act out the whole story. 1 Think about what happened in each of the three scenes, using the i ... ...
