湖南大学《大学英语第三册》课件-第6章.pdf

Unit 6 The Human The Human TouchTouchBecause of love and care life has become richer and better.Jiang Jingzhi Jiang Jingzhi College of Foreign Languages,Hunan UniversityWhat is human touch?Showing the feelings,such as kindness/thoughtfulness/sympathy to the people who are suffering misfortune.In a word,to treat people who are suffering the misfortune humanely.Teaching Procedure Warm Up Plot Understanding Text Organization Language Study Writing Review HomeworkO.Henry:(1862-1910)Pen name of William Sydney Porter,American writer of short stories,best known for his ironic plot twists and surprise endings.The Gift of MagiThe Cop and the Anthem A Service of Love make simple yet effective use of paradoxical coincidences to produce ironic endings.The O Henry Twist A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel,film etc.or other work of fiction.In short stories,the twist often appears at the end of the story reaching its climax.Twist is characteristic of O.Henrys stories.What is the twist in this story?He was born on _,1862 in North Carolina,where he spent his childhood.Listen and fill in the missing informationSeptember 11 He went to Texas in 1882 and worked _-as a teller in an Austin bank(18911894)and as a _ for the Houston Post.Listen and fill in the missing informationat various jobsnewspaperman In 1898 _in the Austin bank was charged to him.Although many people believed him _,he fled to the Honduras,but then returned to be with his wife,who was _ ill.He eventually served three years in prison,where he first started writing short stories.Listen and fill in the missing informationan unexplained shortageinnocentfatally Upon his _ he settled in New York City and became a highly successful and prolific _ to various magazines.Although his stories have been _ as shallow and contrived,O.Henry did catch the color and movement of the city and evidenced a genuine _ for ordinary people.His _ 300 stories are collected in Cabbages and Kings(1904),The Four Million (1906),The Voice of the City(1908),Options(1909),and others.Listen and fill in the missing informationreleasecontributorcriticizedsympathyapproximately He died on _in New York City at the age of forty-seven._,he died _ penniless.Listen and fill in the missing informationJune 5,1910An alcoholicvirtuallyThe Bay of NaplesNot to visit the Bay of Naples is not to visit Italy.If not visiting the Bay of Naples,one has no qualification to talk about love,life and even death.It has a very romantic origin.It was said that there lived an Goddess on the island in the sea.People were so obsessed by her singing that they jumped into the sea and went after her regardless of life.But one day the Goddess fell in love with a warrior,and this time it was herself not others that jumped into the sea for pursuing her lover.Later her body was pushed by waves to the area which people call the Bay of Naples now.Sue and Johnsy had so muchSue and Johnsy had so much that that they had their joint studiothey had their joint studio.Do you think whether they are familiar with each other?in tunein tune What was wrong with Johnsy?Johnsy caught pneumonia,Johnsy caught pneumonia,moving on her moving on her bed,with her face toward the window.She was looking bed,with her face toward the window.She was looking out and counting the leaves of the old ivy vine.out and counting the leaves of the old ivy vine.s scarcelycarcelyWhat was Johnsy doing when Sue asked her to take some soup?Johnsy was down in spirits and refused to take Johnsy was down in spirits and refused to take the soup,she told Sue when the last leaf falls the soup,she told Sue when the last leaf falls she would dieshe would die.What were Johnsy and Behrman talking about?Sue was telling Behrman,an old painter who drank gin and lived on the ground floor beneath them,about Johnsys idea.to excessWhat did Johnsy and Sue find the next day?After the beating rain and fierce wind that had endured through the night,there yet _against the brick wall one ivy leaf.stood outWho painted the last leafWhat did happen to the old man?Behrman painted the never leaf on the terrible night,at last he died of pneumonia.?flutteredtext organizationtext organization A story is composed of scenes.Normally a A story is composed of scenes.Normally a change of character(s)indicates a change in change of character(s)indicates a change in scene.scene.The text can be divided into scenes according The text can be divided into scenes according to the changes in character.to the changes in character.ScenesPara(s)Events121CharactersSue,JohnsySues roommate Johnsy caughtpneumonia.text organizationtext organizationScenes Para(s)CharactersEvents238The doctor told Sue that Johnsy needed3917Johnsy decided that she would die when41821Sue told Behrman about 52233As Johnsy was encouraged by the last leaf that to the weather,her will to livethe doctor,Suea strong will to live on.Johnsy,Suethe last ivy leaf fell.Behrman,SueJohnsysfancy.Sue,Johnsywou