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课件网) Unit 4 Friends forever Developing ideas After Twenty Years See you again It's been a long day without you my friend. And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again. We've come a long way from where we began. Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again. 没有老友你的陪伴，日子真是漫长， 与你重逢之时，我会敞开心扉倾诉所有。 回头凝望, 我们携手走过漫长的旅程， 与你重逢之时 我会敞开心扉倾诉所有。 This song is to express _____ deep missing to his friend Brainstorming Do you miss your old friend after entering senior high school If you make promise with your friend to meet each other after twenty years, will you go as promised After twenty years O·Henry Pre-reading 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's background O. Henry (1862-1910) short story writer pharmacist 药剂师 世界三大短篇小说大师 O. Henry O. Henry's works story's background The American West (a socialpolitical concept) Westward Movement 西进运动 (Gold Rush 淘金热) (From 1862, the American government encouraged the white to develop the West.) Frontier Spirit 拓荒精神 (ambitious,adventurous, active, and enterprising) （野心勃勃的，爱冒险的，活络的，有进取心的） New York The West a thousand miles Listen to the tape. What happened 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 goes 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. 二十年后 短篇小说《二十年后》的背景是在纽约的一个寒冷而漆黑的夜晚。大多数人都下班回家了，城市的这个片区现在非常安静。一名正在巡查的警察在一家商店外看到一名男子，他走到这名男子面前，发现他脸上有一块伤疤。他们聊起天来，该男子开始讲述他的故事。 be set in 以…为背景 leave work 下班 go up to 走近… have a scar on one’s face 脸上有疤 5. have a chat (with) （和…）聊天 Setting Plot ( Using dialogue) Characters Task 1 ＊What's the policeman doing He is checking the area. The man Jimmy close friends 1.“Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man, “I dined here at ‘Big Joe’ Brady's 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 couldn't have dragged Jimmy out of4 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 twe ... ...
