,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,辽宁石油化工大学 外语学院 第四教学部 田苏,Unit 6,The last Leaf,辽宁石油化工大学 外语学院 第四教学部 田苏,Teaching Procedures,A Brief Introduction to the Author,Text Analysis,Vocabulary Learning,Summary,4,1,2,3,Homework,5,Introduction to the Author,O. Henry (1862-1910),the,pseudonym,(,笔名,) of,William Sydney Porter, was a distinguished American storywriter,.,Main Works,The Cop and the Anthem,The Gift of the Magi,The Last Leaf,Surpring endings,Writing Style,The vividness of details,Coincidence,1. Surprising endings,The Gift of the Magi,TIP,:,His surprise ending is especially liked by readers and makes all readers think of it long after.,In “,The Gift of the Magi,”, O. Henry used the most famous trick ending. The story tells readers about how a poor young husband and wife buy each other a Christmas present, though they are both nearly penniless. They make up their minds to get a suitable Christmas gift for the other side for sincere love. The wife has her beautiful hair cut off and sells the hair to buy the husband a gold watch chain. He sells his watch to get a set of combs. When he and she finally know what is the matter, both of them feel very surprised and at the same time , they feel much disappointed, for the presents that they have bought have no use at this time. The conception of this is really ingenious and clever. When the story is over, the readers become intoxicated in the minute arrangement of the writer, and meanwhile are deeply moved by this young affectionate couple,.,The Gift of the Magi,Watch the video to appreciate O. Henrys writing style and discuss about where the surprising endings lie in.,Surprise endings,In “,The Cop and the Anthem,”, a vagrant(,流浪者,) tries to be arrested by the police and put into prison in order to get a shelter in the winter. He has a meal in a restaurant without paying, breaks the glass of the window, takes liberties with (,放肆,) a young pretty woman and robs a man of his umbrella, etc. But all the evil deeds dont get him arrested. At last Soapy is moved by the music coming from a small church.,When he is determined to correct his errors and make a fresh start, he is caught by a policeman. The sad end of the story surprises every reader. When Soapy does bad things and wants to be arrested, he cant be arrested. When he doesnt do bad things and wants to turn over a new leaf, he is done wrong to become a prisoner. As every reader can see, O. Henry affords food for thought in this story.,The Cop and the Anthem,2. The vividness of details,O. Henry often observes the people and things around him, so he always gives a description of vivid details in his short stories. He does his best to make his portrayal exact and exquisite. The very style of the stories is absorbing. Such detailed description makes every reader indulge him in the plots of the story. The more people read such writings, the more they are interested in the characters and plots in the stories.,3. Coincidence,Coincidence is another characteristic of O. Henrys writing. In many of his stories, there are many coincidental plots. In “The Gift of Magi”, Della sells her long hair to get Jim a gold watch chain, and Jim sells his watch to buy Della a set of combs. How coincidental it is really!,Text Analysis,Characters in the story,Text Organization,Introduction to the Plot,Threads,1,2,4,3,Characters,Doctor,Johnsy,Sue,Old Behaman,Text Organization,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1-2,3-8,9-17,18-21,22-33,34-37,38-39,Johnsy caught pneumonia.,The doctor told Sue that Johnsy needed a strong will to live on.,Johnsy decided that she would die when the last leaf fell.,Sue told Behrman about Johnsys fancy.,As Johnsy was encouraged by the last leaf that she decided not to give up and live on.,As Johnsy recovered, Behrman caught pneumonia and his case was hopeless.,Sue told Johnsy that Behrman had performed a kind deed without any thought of self.,scenes,characters,paragraph,events,Threads,Thread 1,The last leaf,Thread,2,The doctors three visits,Thread,3,Soup,Thread,4,Masterpiece,Thread 1,The story is, as indicated by its title, built around the last ivy leaf. In other words, the last ivy leaf is the main thread that runs through the whole story.,At first,Johnsy,was determined to die when the last ivy leaf fall,When she saw the last leaf still cling to the vine after two nights rain and wind, she decided no to give up her life.,The cold fierce wind did not blow away the “last leaf” because Behrman risked his life to paint the last leaf.,At the end of the story, Sue called the painted leaf Behrmans masterpiece because it was so perfect that the girls both mistook it for the real thing,Thread 2,Johnsy was seriously ill.,Johnsy had a 50-50 chance for survival and death while old Behrman was incurably sick.,Johnsy was sure to recover.,The doctors three visits are another “thread” that helps make the story a coherent piece. Scan the story and underline the sentences that indicate this point.,Thread 3,1. Johnsy refused to take any soup when she decided to die with the fall of the last leaf.,2. When she was shaken alive again by that undying last leaf, one of her first desires was to drink some soup.,Scan the story and underline the sentences that indicate this point.,Soup is another “thread” that helps make the story a coherent piece.,Thread 4,Masterpiece is another “thread” that helps make the story a coherent piece. Scan the story and underline the sentences that indicate this point.,One,Two,Three,Old Behrman was a failure in art. He had always talked about a masterpiece, yet he was unable to deliver it.,“Someday I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away.”,Finally, old Behrman painted his masterpiece at the cost of his life.,Introduction to the plot,1,趣味相投的两个年轻画家,Sue,和,Johnsy,成了好朋友，拥有一间共同画室。,2 Johnsy,得了肺炎，很虚弱，只能隔着小窗看着窗外那棵几乎光秃秃的常青藤，并在不停数着树上的叶子。,Introduction to the plot,3 Johnsy,情绪很低落，跟,Sue,说，树上最后一片树叶落下的日子就是她离去的日子，,Sue,很担心她。,4 Sue,把,Johnsy,的想法告诉了也很关心她的老画家,Behrman,。,Introduction to the plot,5,一夜疾风暴雨后，,Johnsy,看到树上仍留有一片树叶，重新鼓起了活下去的勇气。,6 Behrman,冒着风雨在墙上画了一片树叶,因感风寒，得了肺炎死了。,Vocabulary learning,Language Points,1,Useful Expressions,2,Vocabulary learning,joint=join(,加入,)+t (n),1. joint,adj.,共同的；连接的；,构词, The house is our joint property.,这房子是我们的共同财产。,These foreigners have put forward a proposal for a,joint venture.,这些外国人提出了一个合资企业的建议。,例句,搭配,joint effect,共同努力,joint ownership,共同所有,Vocabulary learning,Many pets are victims of overfeeding.,有许多宠物因喂食过量而遭殃。,2. victim,n.,牺牲品，受害的人,(,或动物,),例句,fall a victim to,成为,的受害者,例句搭配,派生,victimize vt.,使牺牲，是受害 ，欺骗,Vocabulary learning,I was really scared by his fierce look.,我被他凶狠的表情吓坏了。,3. fierce,adj.,凶猛的,;,愤怒的,例句,fierce effort,拼命努力,搭配,派生,fiercely adv.,（副词）,fierceness n.,（名词）,Vocabulary learning, I always have the fancy that he will come back.,我常常幻想他会回来。,Ive suddenly taken a fancy to detective stories.,我突然喜欢上了侦探小说,.,4. fancy,n.,幻想 幻觉；爱好,例句,after sbs fancy,中某人意,catch the fancy of sb.,吸引某人,搭配,派生,fanciful adj.,存在于想象中的，想象出来的,近形,fantasy n.,想象（的产物）,Vocabulary learning, The stream is shallow.,那条小溪水很浅。,My eyes were streaming with tears.,我的眼中流下了泪水。,5. stream,n.,河；流,vi.& vt.,流,例句,streamy adj.,多河川的；流水般的,派生,近形,scream vi.,尖叫,n.,尖叫声,辨析,current stream,Current,可指空气，水，电等的流，强调流动的方向或路线以及力量和速度。,Stream,主要指“溪流”，强调源源不断流动的概念,Vocabulary learning,subtract 8from 10 you have 2.,10,减,8,得,2,。,6. subtract,vt.,减，减去，去掉,例句,subtract sth. (from sth.),减去,搭配,派生,subtractive adj. (,可,),减少的， 负的,subtraction n.,减,(,法,),近形,abstract adj.,抽象的,n.,摘要,Vocabulary learning, He just walked in bare feet on the rugged path.,他赤脚走在崎岖的小路上。,Tom earn a bare subsistence wage.,汤姆挣得工资勉强糊口。,7. bare,adj.,赤裸的；仅仅的,例句,bear n.,熊,v.,负担,忍受,带给,具有,挤,向,近形,辨析,bare, naked,bare adj.,指物体表面没有遮盖，没有装饰；或人的部分躯体露。,naked adj.,赤裸的，无保护的。指人时表示一丝不挂的，指物时表示无保护层或无装饰物,Vocabulary learning, Its a sin to waste food.,浪费粮食是一种罪过。,Jonah sinned by not obeying what God told him to do .,约拿不遵照上帝嘱咐的去做而犯了罪,.,8. sin,n.,罪，罪孽,vi.,犯罪,例句,sinful adj.,有罪的,有过失的,sinless adj.,无罪的,;,无辜的,sinner n.,犯罪者,派生,辨析,crime ; sin,crime:,触犯法律的罪行,sin:,冒犯上帝或宗教的罪恶、罪孽,Vocabulary learning,Theres an acute shortage of water in the city .,城里严重缺水。,A painter must be an acute observer.,画家必须敏于观察。,9. acute,adj.,尖的，锐的；敏锐的,例句,acute disease,急性发作的病,acute angle,锐角,搭配,辨析,keen, acute, sharp, shrewd,这些形容词均有“锐利的、敏锐的、机敏的”之意。,keen,多指对复杂艰深的事物或问题有敏锐的观察和敏捷的理解。,acute,侧重感觉敏锐，能分辨出一般人难以觉察的细微区别。,sharp,指人头脑精明、敏锐或机警。,shrewd,指有头脑，善于判断分析，精明过人,Vocabulary learning,There were scarcely a hundred people present.,出席的不足一百人。,To my surprise, the guide turned out to know scarcely a,word of English.,让我吃惊的是，那个向导几乎一点英语都不懂。,10. scarcely,adv.,仅仅；几乎不,例句,scarcely any,几乎没有,搭配,辨析,hardly,scarcely,barely,这些副词均含“几乎不”之意。,hardly,指接近最低限度，差不多没有多余，强调困难和程度。,scarcely,指不太充分，不太够，不足，不能令人满意，强调数量。,barely,指仅仅够，一点不多，强调没有多余。,Vocabulary learning,Hes go for the rest for the rest of the now.,他今天不会回来了。,Save the rest for the food for tomorrow.,把其余的吃的留到明天。,11. for the rest,至于其他，除此以外,例句,Vocabulary learning,This is one of the things that stand out in my,memory.,On the record I have just played, the first song,stands out from all the others.,12. stand out,引人注目,显眼,;,突出,出色,例句,Useful expressions,（,1,）,砖楼,某人在某方面的品味,灯笼袖,是,和谐的,可怕的蔓延这一地区,in tune (with),One,s taste in sth.,bishop sleeves,brick building,stalk about the distract,Useful expressions,（,2,）,到处,一成希望,那不勒斯湾,医药疗效,吹着轻快的口哨,curative power of medicines,one chance in ten,the Bay of Naples,here and there,whistling a merry tune,Useful expressions,（,3,）,倒着数,空荡荡的沉闷的院子,常青藤,低声地,两眼一直盯着窗外,in a whisper,a bare, dreary yard,ivy vine,count backward,keep one,s eyes fixed out the window,Useful expressions,（,4,）,住在底层,过分，过度,嘲笑,看护人,光线暗淡的,guard dog,to excess.,mock at,live on the ground floor,dimly lighted,Useful expressions,（,5,）,流泪,听说,混合着,无神的睁大的眼睛,拉起,dull, wide-open eyes,hear of.,mingle with,eye stream,pull up,Useful expressions,（,6,）,急风骤雨,显著，突出,暗绿,（时间）流逝，磨损,紧紧抓住，抱住,wear away,Stand out,dark green,beating rain and fierce wind,cling to,Summary,The implications of the last leaf,medicine,masterpiece,dream,1.,Summary,For Johnsy,：,the symbol of hope,希望的象征。,“,When the last leaf falls, I must go too. ”,“,当最后一片叶子落下来，我也要去了。”,Summary,The reasons for Johnsys recovery,2.,love,kindness,care,cure,Summary,The last leaf symbolize the spirit of love, care and self-sacrifice and reflects the glory of humanity and miracle of life-saving.,最后一片叶子是同情心和自我牺牲精神的象征，它闪耀着人性的光辉，创造了挽救生命的奇迹。,Belief, friendship are strong pillar of our life.,信念、友谊是生命得以延续的坚强支柱。,Homework,1.Please read the passage carefully and sum up the implications of the last leaf.,2. Write an essay entitled “Can Love move mountains”.,Thank you for your attention!,The End,