No.12 O. Henry课件.ppt

William Sydney Porter (1862-1910);Facts on William Sydney Porter;Facts on William Sydney Porter;O. Henry (1862-1910) was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of O. Henrys stories. ;His pseudonym;O. Henry stories are famous for their surprise endings, to the point that such an ending is often referred to as an “O. Henry ending”. His stories are also well known for witty narration. ;Fundamentally a product of his time, O. Henrys work provides one of the best English examples of catching the entire flavor of an age. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language.;;Two?Thanksgiving?Day?Gentlemen --?两位感恩节的绅士 A?Service?of?Love?-- 爱的牺牲 Shearing?The?Wolf?-- 虎口拔牙 The?Unknown?Quantity --?未知数 While?The?Auto?Waits?-- 汽车等待的时候 The?Whirligig?of?Life --?生活的波折 Withes‘?Loaves?-- 女巫的面包 Hearts?and?Hands --?心与手 The?Hypotheses?of?Failure?-- 失算 The?Green?Door?-- 绿色门 The?Handbook?of?Hymen --?婚姻手册 “Next?To?Reading?Matter” -- “醉翁之意” A?Service?of?Love?-- 爱的牺牲 ;The Gift of the Magi is the story of a young married couple. It is Christmas Eve and all the money that Della has saved for Jim’s gift totals one dollar and eight-seven cents. Della and Jim have two possessions that are the treasures of the household, Della’s hair, which is their pride and joy and Jim’s watch, which is an inheritance from his grandfather. ;Della leaves the house and sells her glorious hair for $20. Then she races around town and spends $21 buying a platinum watch chain. She hurries home and tries to fix her hair so that Jim will not be too upset by her appearance.;Click this to read the whole story: /~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html