Developing+ideas+After+twenty+years+高中英語外研版(2019)+

Reading:AftertwentyyearsA

world-famous

Americanshortstorywriter.Stories

in

his

books

often

focus

on

the

everyday

life

of

ordinary

people

in

New

York

City.His

stories

are

best

known

for

their

surprise

endings.>His

masterpieces:·The

gift

of

Magi·The

last

leaf·Afer

Twenty

YearsPre-readingGuessinggameWho

is

this

writer??Pre-reading

BrainstormingReadtheintroduction(P44)What

is

O

Henry

best

known

for?Surprise

endingsOut

of

expectation

&withinunderstandingWilliam

Sydney

Porter(1862-1910),whosepen

name

was

O.Henry

was

a

world-famous

Americanshortstorywriter.In

his

stories,he

often

focusedon

the

everyday

life

ofordinarypeople

in

New

York

City

at

that

time.

His

stories

are

best

known

for

theirsurpriseendings.··Characters

Who:A

man

A

policeman

JimmyBeginning:Makedifferentchoicesandmade

a

appointmentDevelopment:

Corresponded,lost

track,Bob

hustlingPlotClimax:

Waitedforthereunion,metthepolicemanEnding:CompletethemindmapSetting

When:

On

a

cold,dark

nightWhere:

Outsidea

shopinNewYorkFastreadingThreeelementsofa

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thestoryThe

short

story

“After

Tventy

Years”is

set

in

New

Yorkonacold,darknight.Most

peoplehaveleftworktogohome,and

tbis

part

of

the

cityis

now

quiet.A

policemanwho

is

checking

the

area

sees

a

man

outside

a

shop.Hegoes

up

to

the

man

and

finds

he

has

a

scar

on

his

face.They

have

a

cbatandthe

manstarts

to

tellhisstory.Whatkindof

personisJimmy,

themanand

the

policeman?DevotedtoworkFrighteningCareful

readingWhile-reading1“Twenty

years

ago

tonight,”said

the

man,“I

dinedhere

at

Big

Joe'Brady's

with

Jimmy

Wells,my

bestchum,and

the

finest

chap

in

the

world.He

and

IwereraisedhereinNew

York,just

like

two

brothers,together.I

was

eighteen

and

Jimmy

was

twenty.Thenext

morning

I

wastostartforthe

West

to

make

myfortune.Youcouldn't

have

dragged

Jimmy

out

ofNewYork;he

thought

it

was

the

only

place

on

earth.Well,we

agreed

that

night

that

we

would

meet

here

againexactly

twenty

years

from

that

date

and

time,no

matter

what

our

conditionsmightbe

or

fromwhat

distancewemighthaveto

come.We

figured

that

in

twenty

yearseach

of

usought

to

haveour

destinyworked

out

and

our

fortunes

made,

whatever

they

were

going

to

be.”Brave,adventurousStubbornConservativeambitiousCarefulreadingbCharactersof

thestoryWhile-reading3“Well,yes,for

a

time

we

corresponded,”said

the

other.“Butafter

a

year

or

two

we

lost

track

ofeach

other.You

see,the

West

is

aprettybigproposition,and

I

kepthustling

around

overitprettylively.ButIknowJimmy

will

meet

me

here

if

he's

alive,for

he

always

was

the

truest,staunchest

old

chapinthe

world.He'll

never

forget.I

came

a

thousand

miles

to

stand

in

this

door

tonight,and

it's

worth

it

ifmy

oldpartnerturns

up.”While-reading

CarefulreadingbCharactersof

thestoryThe

trust,staunchestThe

manJimmyThe

policeman1.frightening,adventurous,brave

2.Ambitious3.the

truest

andstaunchest1.stubborn,conservative2.the

truestand

staunchest1.devoted

to

hisworkDo

you

think

his

friend

Jimmy

would

turn

up?What

might

Jimmy

experience

over

the

pasttwenty

years?Whatmighthappenbetweenthepolicemanandthe

man?Out

ofexpectation

&withinunderstandingThink

of

a

possible

ending

with

the

help

of

the

following

questions

and

chart.CarefulreadingWhile-reading···Exchange

your

sheets

and

compare

original

ending

with

yourpairs',which

oneis

better?Why?Analyze

from

the

following

aspects:√

Writing

style√Character's

personality√

Reader's

feelingsBob

I

was

at

he

appointed

place

on

fime.When

youshruck

the

ihatch

to

light

yourcigarIsawitwasthe

face

ofthe

man

wantedin

Chicago.Somehow

I

couldn't

doitmyself,so

I

went

around

and

got

a

plgin

cdothes

man

to

dofhejobBoh

iscrimina!Jimmy

left

and

there

came

a

policeman

in

plain

clothes,arrested

Bob

and

gave

him

thenote.DeepreadingWhile-readingArrest

BobJIMJimmyrecognized

Bob.The

policemanThe

manPost-reading

Think&Pair&ShareWorkinpairsanddiscussthefollowing

question:Do

you

think

that

Jimmy

did

the

right

thing?

Why

or

why

not?dilemmaVSFriendship?Loyalty

to

friendsLaw/rules?Fulfill

the

duty·Workingroupsanddiscussthefollowing

question:1.Haveyoueverfaced

the

same

dilemma?2.Whatdid

you

do

then?Friendship?LoyaltytofriendsdilemmaVSLaw/rules?FulfillthedutyPost-reading

DiscussionPost-reading

DiscussionThe

law

is

reason

free

from

passion.-Aristotle

法律是沒有激情的理性。

——亞里士多德No

one

is

above

the

law.FrlendshipWhat

you

have

learned

in

the

class:know/don't

know1.Threeelementsofanovel:setting,character,andplot.2.Theplot

of“After

Twenty

Years”.3.ThepersonalityofBob

(the

man)and

Jimmy

(thepoliceman).4.TheO.Henrystyleending:surprise,unexpected,

appealing,understandable

and

memorable.5.Nopersonalaffair

ismorethan

the

lawwhich

is

nomore

thanhuman

moral

relationship.Self-evaluationPost-reading(2)Choose

a

character

t