Unit 14
郧阳师专英语系综合英语教研室
Text I,After Twenty Years
1,Introduction
2,Pre-reading
questions
3,Writing skills
4,Language points
5,Discussion
6,Homework
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欧·
亨
利
故
居
Introduction(1),Text I
It was about ten o'clock at night when the
policeman found a man standing in front of a
store in the dark,empty street of New York,
The man reassured the policeman that he
was just waiting for his old friend Jimmy
Wells,and so on and so forth,After the
policeman left,a man came near the place,
calling his name Bob,Bob thought this tall
man was his old friend Jimmy,but it’s not
true,This tall man is a policeman with plain-
clothes,The fact is the first policeman was
Jimmy,he recognized Bob was the criminal
and thus sent a plain-clothes to arrest him,
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Introduction(2),About the Author
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,Henry's stories,
William Sydney Porter (O,Henry) was
born in Greenboro,North Carolina,His father,
Algernon Sidney Porter,was a physician,
When William was three,his mother died,
and he was raised by his paternal
grandmother and aunt,
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Introduction(3),About the Author
William was an avid
reader,but at the age of
fifteen he left school,and
then worked in a drug
store and on a Texas
ranch,He moved to
Houston,where he had a
number of jobs,including
that of bank clerk,After
moving to Austin,Texas,
in 1882,he married,
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Introduction(4),about the author
欧 ·亨利（ O,Henry,1862-1910）
原名威廉 ·西德尼 ·波特（ William Sydney Porter），是美国最著
名的短篇小说家之一，曾被评论界誉 为曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现
代短篇小说之父。他出身于美国北卡罗来纳州格林斯波罗镇一个医师
家庭。 他的一生富于传奇性，当过药房学徒、牧牛人、会计员、土地
局办事员、新闻记者、银行出纳员。当银行出 纳员时，因银行短缺了
一笔现金，为避免审讯，离家流亡中美的洪都拉斯。后因回家探视病危的妻子被捕入 狱，并在监狱医务室任药剂师。他在银行工作时，曾
有过写作的经历，担任监狱医务室的药剂师后开始认真 写作。 1901
年提前获释后，迁居纽约，专门从事写作。 欧 ·亨利善于描写美国社
会尤其是纽约百姓的生活。他的作品构思新颖，语言诙谐，结局常常出人意 外；又因描写了众多的人物，富于生活情趣，被誉为“美国生
活的幽默百科全书”。代表作有小说集, 白菜 与国王,,, 四百万,,
,命运之路, 等。其中一些名篇如, 爱的牺牲,,, 警察与赞美诗,,
,带家具出 租的房间,,, 麦琪的礼物,,, 最后一片藤叶, 等使他
获得了世界声誉。
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Pre-reading Questions
Suppose you are given some information
--- the text is a short story,
1,What can the story be about?
“After Twenty Years” is a title that may
suggest some event that takes place 20
years after some other event,
2,What could such events be?
3,What do you anticipate?
Write down 2 possibilities,
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Writing Skills
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),The author must be careful in his
selection of incidents and materials,The
short story,through some means or other,
achieves suspense and dramatic effect
through complication,And action,whether
physical or psychological,with some sort of a
progressive development and outcome,is
essential to the short story.
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Writing Skills
Structurally,a short
story may break up
into 5 sections,the
setting,the generating
circumstance,the
rising action,the
climax and the
denouement.
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Language Points
1,correspond,
a,to be in agreement,harmony,or conformity.
一致：一致、和谐或相配
b,to be similar or equivalent in character,
quantity,origin,structure,or function:
相似，相当：在特点、质量、产地、结构或
功能上相似或相等：
c,to communicate by letter,usually over a
period of time.
交流：通过信件交流、通常在一段时期内
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? These goods don't correspond with my order.
? 这些货物与我的订货单不符。
? The American Congress corresponds to the British
Parliament.
? 美国的‘ Congress’相当于英国的‘ Parliament’。
? We correspond regularly.
? 我们定期通信。
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Language Points
Language Points
2,cast one’s eye on/over/on,have a
glance at
? All eyes were cast upon the speaker.
? 所有目光皆投注在说话者身上。
3,speak up,
? a,to speak loud enough to be audible
? 清楚响亮地说：用足以被听见的声音说
? b,to speak without fear or hesitation
? 勇敢地说：大胆地说出或毫不犹豫地说
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Language Points
? speak,talk,converse,discourse
? These verbs mean to express one's
thoughts by uttering words,
? 这些动词都有把自己的想法说出的意思。
? Speak and talk,often interchangeable,
are the most general,
? Speak 和 talk 经常可以互换，是最常用的：
? He ate his meal without once speaking to
his dinner companion,
? 他和就餐同伴一句话没说就吃完了饭。
?, Why don't you speak for yourself,
John?” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow),
?,你为什么不替自己说话呢，约翰?” （亨
利 ·华兹华斯 ·朗费罗）。
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Language Points
?,On an occasion of this kind it becomes more
than a moral duty to speak one's mind,It
becomes a pleasure” (Oscar Wilde),
?,在这样的场合下，说出自己的心里话不仅是道德上
的责任，也是一种乐趣” （奥斯卡 ·王尔德）。
? I want to talk with you about vacation plans,
? 我想和你谈谈假期计划。
?, We must know,,, what we are talking about”
(Henry James),
?,我们必须知道 … 我们正在谈什么” （亨利 ·詹姆斯）。
?, Let's talk sense to the American people”
(Adlai E,Stevenson),
?,让我们对美国人民讲讲理” （阿德莱 ·E·史蒂文生）。
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Language Points
? Converse stresses interchange of thoughts and
ideas,
? Converse 强调思想和意见的交流：
?, With thee conversing I forget all time” (John
Milton),
?,一谈起天来我就忘了时间” （约翰 ·弥尔顿）。
? Discourse usually refers to formal,extended
speech,
? Discourse 指正式持续一段时间的讲话：
?, striding through the city,stick in hand,
discoursing spontaneously on the writings of
Hazlitt” (Manchester Guardian Weekly).
?,大步穿过城市，手里拿着拐杖，不由自主对哈茨利
特的作品进行着高谈阔论” （曼彻斯特卫报周刊）
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Language Points
? 4,turn up,show up
? to increase the speed,volume,intensity,or flow
of:
? 开大，调高：增加速度、音量，强度或流量：
? turn up the public-address system.
? 调高播音系统的音量
? to find:
? 发现，找到：
? She turned up the missing papers under her
blotter.
? 她在记事本下找到了丢失的文件
? to be found:
? 找到：
? The papers will turn up sooner or later.
? 文件迟早会找到的
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Language Points
? to make an appearance; arrive:
? 出现；到达：
? Several old friends turned up at the reunion.
? 好几个老朋友出现在聚会上
? to fold or be capable of folding up:
? 折叠：折叠或能够被折叠：
? turning up his cuffs; cuffs that will turn up.
? 卷起自己的袖口；卷起来的袖口
? to happen unexpectedly:
? 意外地发生：
? Something turned up and I was unable to go.
? 发生了一点意外，我不能离开
? to be evident:
? 变得明显：
? Her name constantly turns up in art circles.
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Language Points
5,The vicinity was one that kept early hours,
--- The shops in the neighborhood closed
early,
in the vicinity of,the neighboring area;
about
Her pay is in the vicinity of 1,500 dollars,
6,Rather a long time between meets,
though,it seems to me,
meets --- meetings; American English
7,About 20 minutes …,with collar turned
up to his ears,…
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Language Points
“With collar turned up to his ears” is a
nominative absolute construction,used
to express the accompanying
circumstances,
The children went into the cave,Tom
acting as a guide,
The retired workers live a happy life in
the sanatorium,the Labor Union in the
factory paying all the living expenses.
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Language Points
8,The other,submerged in his overcoat,
listened with interest,
“Submerged in his overcoat” --- who
was buried in his overcoat,
9,At the corner stood a drugstore,
brilliant with electric lights,
--- which was brilliantly lit up by electric
lights,
Before us was large swimming pool,14
meters long by 10 meters wide.,Which
is” is omitted,
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Language Points
10,snap,say sth,suddenly and
sharply
“Mind your own business,”
snapped the man,
The superintendent snapped
out his order.,Go to the
playground immediately!”
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Discussion
A Mysterious Intruder
Mary,You are very surprised to see the
room in terrible state,You think that a
burglar has broken in,because the
window which was closed is now open,
the food in the refrigerator has all gone,
The chair near the window is
overturned,You are afraid that the
burglar might still be in the flat,and so
want to phone the police,
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Discussion
A Mysterious Intruder
Jim,You are also amazed by the
untidiness in the room,You have a
careful look round the room and think
that it is a burglar but some
mischievous youngsters who got in
during your absence,Although the
room is in a mess,nothing is missing
except the food,They must have had a
good time when you were away,You
try to comfort Mary and are ready to
tidy up the flat,
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Homework
1,Finish the exercises in the workbook.
2,Write a letter according to the
requirements in the textbook.
3,Review the lessons we’ve learned
today.
The End
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郧阳师专英语系综合英语教研室
Text I,After Twenty Years
1,Introduction
2,Pre-reading
questions
3,Writing skills
4,Language points
5,Discussion
6,Homework
下一页上一页
欧·
亨
利
故
居
Introduction(1),Text I
It was about ten o'clock at night when the
policeman found a man standing in front of a
store in the dark,empty street of New York,
The man reassured the policeman that he
was just waiting for his old friend Jimmy
Wells,and so on and so forth,After the
policeman left,a man came near the place,
calling his name Bob,Bob thought this tall
man was his old friend Jimmy,but it’s not
true,This tall man is a policeman with plain-
clothes,The fact is the first policeman was
Jimmy,he recognized Bob was the criminal
and thus sent a plain-clothes to arrest him,
下一页上一页
Introduction(2),About the Author
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,Henry's stories,
William Sydney Porter (O,Henry) was
born in Greenboro,North Carolina,His father,
Algernon Sidney Porter,was a physician,
When William was three,his mother died,
and he was raised by his paternal
grandmother and aunt,
下一页上一页
Introduction(3),About the Author
William was an avid
reader,but at the age of
fifteen he left school,and
then worked in a drug
store and on a Texas
ranch,He moved to
Houston,where he had a
number of jobs,including
that of bank clerk,After
moving to Austin,Texas,
in 1882,he married,
下一页上一页
Introduction(4),about the author
欧 ·亨利（ O,Henry,1862-1910）
原名威廉 ·西德尼 ·波特（ William Sydney Porter），是美国最著
名的短篇小说家之一，曾被评论界誉 为曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现
代短篇小说之父。他出身于美国北卡罗来纳州格林斯波罗镇一个医师
家庭。 他的一生富于传奇性，当过药房学徒、牧牛人、会计员、土地
局办事员、新闻记者、银行出纳员。当银行出 纳员时，因银行短缺了
一笔现金，为避免审讯，离家流亡中美的洪都拉斯。后因回家探视病危的妻子被捕入 狱，并在监狱医务室任药剂师。他在银行工作时，曾
有过写作的经历，担任监狱医务室的药剂师后开始认真 写作。 1901
年提前获释后，迁居纽约，专门从事写作。 欧 ·亨利善于描写美国社
会尤其是纽约百姓的生活。他的作品构思新颖，语言诙谐，结局常常出人意 外；又因描写了众多的人物，富于生活情趣，被誉为“美国生
活的幽默百科全书”。代表作有小说集, 白菜 与国王,,, 四百万,,
,命运之路, 等。其中一些名篇如, 爱的牺牲,,, 警察与赞美诗,,
,带家具出 租的房间,,, 麦琪的礼物,,, 最后一片藤叶, 等使他
获得了世界声誉。
下一页上一页
Pre-reading Questions
Suppose you are given some information
--- the text is a short story,
1,What can the story be about?
“After Twenty Years” is a title that may
suggest some event that takes place 20
years after some other event,
2,What could such events be?
3,What do you anticipate?
Write down 2 possibilities,
下一页上一页
Writing Skills
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),The author must be careful in his
selection of incidents and materials,The
short story,through some means or other,
achieves suspense and dramatic effect
through complication,And action,whether
physical or psychological,with some sort of a
progressive development and outcome,is
essential to the short story.
下一页上一页
Writing Skills
Structurally,a short
story may break up
into 5 sections,the
setting,the generating
circumstance,the
rising action,the
climax and the
denouement.
下一页上一页
Language Points
1,correspond,
a,to be in agreement,harmony,or conformity.
一致：一致、和谐或相配
b,to be similar or equivalent in character,
quantity,origin,structure,or function:
相似，相当：在特点、质量、产地、结构或
功能上相似或相等：
c,to communicate by letter,usually over a
period of time.
交流：通过信件交流、通常在一段时期内
下一页上一页
? These goods don't correspond with my order.
? 这些货物与我的订货单不符。
? The American Congress corresponds to the British
Parliament.
? 美国的‘ Congress’相当于英国的‘ Parliament’。
? We correspond regularly.
? 我们定期通信。
下一页上一页
Language Points
Language Points
2,cast one’s eye on/over/on,have a
glance at
? All eyes were cast upon the speaker.
? 所有目光皆投注在说话者身上。
3,speak up,
? a,to speak loud enough to be audible
? 清楚响亮地说：用足以被听见的声音说
? b,to speak without fear or hesitation
? 勇敢地说：大胆地说出或毫不犹豫地说
下一页上一页
Language Points
? speak,talk,converse,discourse
? These verbs mean to express one's
thoughts by uttering words,
? 这些动词都有把自己的想法说出的意思。
? Speak and talk,often interchangeable,
are the most general,
? Speak 和 talk 经常可以互换，是最常用的：
? He ate his meal without once speaking to
his dinner companion,
? 他和就餐同伴一句话没说就吃完了饭。
?, Why don't you speak for yourself,
John?” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow),
?,你为什么不替自己说话呢，约翰?” （亨
利 ·华兹华斯 ·朗费罗）。
下一页上一页
Language Points
?,On an occasion of this kind it becomes more
than a moral duty to speak one's mind,It
becomes a pleasure” (Oscar Wilde),
?,在这样的场合下，说出自己的心里话不仅是道德上
的责任，也是一种乐趣” （奥斯卡 ·王尔德）。
? I want to talk with you about vacation plans,
? 我想和你谈谈假期计划。
?, We must know,,, what we are talking about”
(Henry James),
?,我们必须知道 … 我们正在谈什么” （亨利 ·詹姆斯）。
?, Let's talk sense to the American people”
(Adlai E,Stevenson),
?,让我们对美国人民讲讲理” （阿德莱 ·E·史蒂文生）。
下一页上一页
Language Points
? Converse stresses interchange of thoughts and
ideas,
? Converse 强调思想和意见的交流：
?, With thee conversing I forget all time” (John
Milton),
?,一谈起天来我就忘了时间” （约翰 ·弥尔顿）。
? Discourse usually refers to formal,extended
speech,
? Discourse 指正式持续一段时间的讲话：
?, striding through the city,stick in hand,
discoursing spontaneously on the writings of
Hazlitt” (Manchester Guardian Weekly).
?,大步穿过城市，手里拿着拐杖，不由自主对哈茨利
特的作品进行着高谈阔论” （曼彻斯特卫报周刊）
下一页上一页
Language Points
? 4,turn up,show up
? to increase the speed,volume,intensity,or flow
of:
? 开大，调高：增加速度、音量，强度或流量：
? turn up the public-address system.
? 调高播音系统的音量
? to find:
? 发现，找到：
? She turned up the missing papers under her
blotter.
? 她在记事本下找到了丢失的文件
? to be found:
? 找到：
? The papers will turn up sooner or later.
? 文件迟早会找到的
下一页上一页
Language Points
? to make an appearance; arrive:
? 出现；到达：
? Several old friends turned up at the reunion.
? 好几个老朋友出现在聚会上
? to fold or be capable of folding up:
? 折叠：折叠或能够被折叠：
? turning up his cuffs; cuffs that will turn up.
? 卷起自己的袖口；卷起来的袖口
? to happen unexpectedly:
? 意外地发生：
? Something turned up and I was unable to go.
? 发生了一点意外，我不能离开
? to be evident:
? 变得明显：
? Her name constantly turns up in art circles.
? 她的名字经常出现在艺术圈里 下一页上一页
Language Points
5,The vicinity was one that kept early hours,
--- The shops in the neighborhood closed
early,
in the vicinity of,the neighboring area;
about
Her pay is in the vicinity of 1,500 dollars,
6,Rather a long time between meets,
though,it seems to me,
meets --- meetings; American English
7,About 20 minutes …,with collar turned
up to his ears,…
下一页上一页
Language Points
“With collar turned up to his ears” is a
nominative absolute construction,used
to express the accompanying
circumstances,
The children went into the cave,Tom
acting as a guide,
The retired workers live a happy life in
the sanatorium,the Labor Union in the
factory paying all the living expenses.
下一页上一页
Language Points
8,The other,submerged in his overcoat,
listened with interest,
“Submerged in his overcoat” --- who
was buried in his overcoat,
9,At the corner stood a drugstore,
brilliant with electric lights,
--- which was brilliantly lit up by electric
lights,
Before us was large swimming pool,14
meters long by 10 meters wide.,Which
is” is omitted,
下一页上一页
Language Points
10,snap,say sth,suddenly and
sharply
“Mind your own business,”
snapped the man,
The superintendent snapped
out his order.,Go to the
playground immediately!”
下一页上一页
Discussion
A Mysterious Intruder
Mary,You are very surprised to see the
room in terrible state,You think that a
burglar has broken in,because the
window which was closed is now open,
the food in the refrigerator has all gone,
The chair near the window is
overturned,You are afraid that the
burglar might still be in the flat,and so
want to phone the police,
下一页上一页
Discussion
A Mysterious Intruder
Jim,You are also amazed by the
untidiness in the room,You have a
careful look round the room and think
that it is a burglar but some
mischievous youngsters who got in
during your absence,Although the
room is in a mess,nothing is missing
except the food,They must have had a
good time when you were away,You
try to comfort Mary and are ready to
tidy up the flat,
下一页上一页
Homework
1,Finish the exercises in the workbook.
2,Write a letter according to the
requirements in the textbook.
3,Review the lessons we’ve learned
today.
The End
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