Lesson1Unit8LiteratureHowmuchdoyouknowaboutO.Henry?1.WherewasO.Henryfrom?a.UKb.Francec.USA2.Asawriter,hewasmostfamousfor_________.a.novelsb.shortstoriesc.poems3.Hestartedthewritingstyleof________.a.surprisingendingsb.humorousstartsc.sadendingsTheGiftoftheMagi

麥琪的禮物ABriefIntroductionofO.HenryGuydeMaupassantAntonChekhovO.HenryTheworld’sThreeGreatMastersofShortStoryHaveyoureadthestory?Andwhatdoyouknowaboutit?Threeelementsofshort

storiessettingcharactersplots?ThreeelementsofnovelcharactersettingPlotwhowhenandwhereSueJohnsyBehrmandoctorfriendsneighborsItwasthelate19thcenturywhenPneumonia(肺炎)wasadeadlydiseaseinNewYork.beginningdevelopmentclimaxendinginNovember,GreenwichVillageInNovember,Johnsy_______.Thedoctor____.Johnsycountedtheleavesontheivyvineandthought________.BehrmanandSuelookedoutthewindowandfound_______________.Thefollowingday,Johnsy______.Thedoctor______.MrBehrman______.Thenextmorning,Johnsy_______________________.Thenextday,MrBehrman______.Thejanitorfound_______thedaybefore.Readcarefully,findthewordsoftimeandcompletethetimeline.gotsickwithpneumoniasaidshemightnotgetbetterthatshemustdiewhenthelastivyleaffallsonlyoneleafleftaskedtolookoutthewindowandsawtheleafstilltheresawtheleafwasstilltheresaidshewouldliveandgetbetterwassickwithpneumoniadiedMrBehrmaninbedwithpainClimaxFallingActionRisingActionJohnsywasill.

Johnsycountedtheleavesoutside.Therewasonlyoneleafoutsidethewindow.Thefollowingday,thelastleafwasstillthere.Johnsysurvived.MrBehrmandied.Postreading1.WhatdoyouthinkSue’scomment“it’sBehrman’smasterpiece”means?It

was

painted

true

to

life

that

Johnsy

didn’t

even

find

it

was

a

picture.It

is

the

best

art

he

ever

painted

because

it

kept

Johnsy

hopeful

andalive.2.Whatdoyouthinkthestoryistryingtoexpress?The

story

is

trying

to

express

how

people

love

and

take

care

of

eachother.It

also

invites

readers

to

think

about

attitudes

towards

life.3.Doestheendingofthestorysurpriseyou?Ifyes,how?Whatdoyouthinkofsuchanending?It

is

surprising

because

the

reader

expects

Johnsy

to

either

dieorrecover,

but

the

reader

does

not

think

that

Mr

Berhman

would

beaffected

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Johnsy’ssickness.Whatdoyouthinkofthepersonalitiesofthesethreecharacters,Johnsy,SueandBehrman?characterization(人物刻畫)MainCharactersPersonalityExamplesJohnsySueBehrmanpessimistic;stubbornconsiderate;kind;patientambitious;selfless;bravewaitedtodieconstantlyencouragedJohnsyandattendedtohercarefullyForfortyyearshehadbeenabouttopaintamasterpiece.HesacrificedhislifetosaveJohnsy.die:___________________________________Howdoestheauthorusedifferentwordstoexpresssimilarmeaningsinthestory?go,gosailingdown,goaway,slipawayvarietyinlanguageO.Henry's

typicalwritingfeatures?“InNovember,acold,unseenstranger,whomthedoctorscalledPneumonia,arrivedinGreenwichVillage.”(para.2)“Iwanttogosailingdown,down,justlikeoneofthosepoor,tiredleaves.”(para.6)“Johnsy’seyeswereopen,buttheyweren’twatchingher.Instead,shestaredotthewindowandcountedbackwards:’Ten,nine,eight,seven...’”(para.4)“Didn’tyouwonderwhyitnevermovedaninchwhenthewindblew?Ah,dear,it’sBehrman’smasterpiece...”(para.13)personificationthevividnessofdetailssimile&personificationthesurprisingbutlogicalendingWritingstylesofO.Henryhints:simile(明喻)personification(擬人)thevividnessofdetails(生動的細(xì)節(jié)描寫)thesurprisingbutlogicalending(驚人但合邏輯的結(jié)局)Whatdoyouthinkofthetitle----Thelastleaf？ToBehrmanToJohnsyTotheplotToBehrman:Hesavedayoungartistatthecostofhisownlife.Withouthissacrifice,Johnsywouldn’thavethechancetorecover.ToJohnsy:TotheplotWhatdoyouthinkofthetitle----Thelastleaf？ITheleafmentionedmorethanonceinthestorytohelptheplotdevelop.?IvyVineLeaf?ThelastleafToJohnsyToMrBehrmanTotheplotAnotherliterarydevice:symbolismevergreenplant,symboloflifeandhope

Whatcanwelearnfromthestory?

Neverabandonyourselvesandnevergiveup.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.Kindnessisnotascience,butakindofbehavior.Thereisloveeverywherearoundus.Thepowerofloveisgreatanditcansaveaperson’slife.ThemeThelastleafrepresentsthespiritofkindheartandself-sacrifice.Itradiatesthegloryofhumanity,andcreatesthemiracleoflife-saving.最后一片葉子是同情心和自我犧牲精神的象征，它閃耀著人性的光輝，創(chuàng)造了挽救生命的奇跡。Belief，friendshiparestrongpillarofourlife.信念、友誼是生命得以延續(xù)的堅(jiān)強(qiáng)支柱。Lesson1TheLastLeafSummary:

SueandJohnsywere1._______(friend)andtheylivedinonestudio.Unfortunately，JohnsysufferedfromPneumoniaand2._____(lie)onthebed，staringoutthesmallwindowandcountingbackwards“Ten，nine，eight，seven...”Shesaidfeeblyshemustgowhenthelastleaffell.ThedoctortoldSuetoencouragehertothink3._____________(hopeful)thoughts，aboutthefuture，aboutliving.Atthesametime，shewenttofetchMrBehrman4._____wasafailedpaintertobeamodelforherdrawing.Acoldrainwasfalling,friendslaymorehopefulwho5.______(mix)withsnow.Thenextmorningtherewasstilloneleaf.Andanotherterriblenight，itwasstillthere.Johnsylayforalongtime,6._______(look)atit.Thenshesawthelife’energyandwanted7.______(live).WiththehelpofthedoctorandSue，J