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PAGE  PAGE 10 Unit 11 Text I I．Writing Skills ‘After Twenty Years’ is a short story written by O Henry. The short story is a form of fiction generally under 10,000 words in length. Because of its limited length, a short story presents very few characters (generally one or two), and focuses on only one event. Through some means or other, the short story achieves suspense and dramatic effect through complication. ①Structurally, a short story may break up into five sections: the situation (setting and a brief introduction to the characters), the generating circumstance (the incident in the story), the rising action, the climax and the ending. ②The plot is developed mainly through the dialogues. ③The characters are described and shown to the readers through their external action and dialogue. ④The language of this short story is somewhat out-dated and ungrammatical at times. II．Language Points 1. on the beat: on the route he was ordered to patrol beat: (n) ① the usual path followed by a policeman on duty巡逻 e.g. The two policemen are covering their ~s. par. The young policeman was on the route he was ordered to patrol. (The young policeman was on his ~.) ② the particular news source or activity that a reporter is responsible for covering 记者负责采访的新闻, 范围或单位 e.g. The fledgling newspaper reporter is on the sports ~. The woman reporter has been removed from the White House ~. She goes out on the City Hall ~ for the evening paper at 3 every afternoon. be out of /off one’s ~: (fig.) be doing sth. with which one is not familiar, sth. different from one’s usual work做非本行的工作, 做自己不熟悉的事 e.g. Doing that is rather off my ~. English grammar is out of my ~. 2. impressively: admirably ① impressive: (adj.): making a deep impression on the mind and feelings 于人印象深刻的, 令人佩服的 e.g. They observed an ~ ceremony last week. Mr. Brown made an ~ speech on environmental protection. ② impressiveness: (n.) e.g. This gives ~ to what h