全新版大学英语第三册last leaf.ppt

Unit 6 The Human Touch Unit 6 The Human Touch Revision 1.s______ adj. not pretending, honest. Many years ago, a college student lost his life to save an old farmer’s life, which aroused a heated discussion among people. Some thought that it was not worthwhile for a college student who might contribute a lot to the society in the future to risk death for an old life, while some other people held the opposite view. What is your opinion? What is human touch? 姚义德夫妇靠打零工收养10多名弃婴 Daily motto 每日格言 Life has become richer by the love that has been lost. 生命因为付出了爱而更为丰富。 A Brief Introduction to the Author 作者简介 Writing style(写作风格) : O. Henry --- pseudonym of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), The typical for O. Henry’s stories is a twist of plot(曲折的情节) and surprise endings(出人意料的结果) which turns on an ironic(讽刺的) or coincidental circumstance. Main works(主要作品): The Last Leaf, The Cop and the Anthem(警察与赞美诗),The Gift of the Magi(麦琪的礼物),The Cabbages And Kings (国王和白菜), The Ransom(赎金) of Red Chief (红酋长的赎金)etc. He died on June 5, 1910 in New York City at the age of forty-eight. An alcoholic, he died virtually penniless. In 1919 the O. Henry Memorial Awards for the best American short stories published each year were founded by the Society of Arts and Sciences. 1) Chicory Chicory, also called curly endive1, is a slightly bitter tasting salad green, which is excellent for giving a mixed green salad a variety of tastes.? 2) bishop sleeves Language Points 1.in tune: harmonious(ly) (often followed by with) Eg: Her ideas were in tune with mine. 她的想法与我的一样。 Her character is quite out of tune with her beauty. --This horn (这小号)_____________(跑调了）. Language Points 2. stalk: (of an evil force) move through (a place) in a threatening way; move quietly and cautiously in order to get near Examples: When night falls, danger stalks the streets of the city. The criminal stalked his victims like a hunter after a deer. Language