综合英语Book III Unit 14 After Twenty Years.pptVIP

Unit 14 After Twenty Years Unit 14 1. Pre-reading Questions 2.Introduction of the Author 3. Language Points 4. Vocabulary Unit 14 1. According to the text what time of day is it? 2. Where does the setting take place? 3. What type of building was the man standing in the doorway? 4. Twenty years ago this same building used to be what? 5. Why was the man waiting in the doorway at night? Unit 14 6. Describe the man in the doorway as he struck a match and lit the cigar. 7. Twenty years ago the man dined with a friend named what? 8. Why did the man move to the West and leave his friend? 9. According to page 174, why did the friends decide to meet twenty years later? 10. Define destiny. Unit 14 11. What time did the friend arrive? 12. Why did Bob stop suddenly and release the friends arm, according to ?page 175. 13. Who was the policeman? 14. What happened to Bob at the end of the story? Unit 14 15. What happened to Jimmy at the end of the story? 16. What are your feelings about the ending of this story? Explain. 17. Why do you think Jimmy turned his friend in? ?How has “silky” Bob made his fortune? 18. Jimmy and “silky” Bob promise to meet after twenty years.? What does that say about their friendship? Unit 14 19. Why doesnt Jimmy identify himself to “Silky” Bob right away? 20. Define egotism. 21. List the major characters. 22. List the minor characters. 23. How old were the two friends when they parted twenty years ago? Unit 14 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. Unit 14 beat (AREA) ??noun [C usually singular]an area for which someone, such as a police officer, has responsibility as part of their job: Para.1: on the beat: on duty in the area allocated to him Bob has worked as an officer on this particular beat for 20