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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,*,B,T,L,E,W,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Part Three,Text Appreciation,ENTER,Text Appreciation,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Text Analysis,Writing Devices,Ironic Ending,Euphemism,III.,Sentence Paraphrase,Contents,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Plot,of the story,Setting,of the story,Drama,of the story,Theme,of the story,Structure,of the text,Protagonists,of the story,Text Analysis,Have you got the key elements in the story,To be continued on the next page.,I.Text Analysis,Plot of the story,Bob,and,Jim,had obviously been close friends twenty years ago when they were young.Before their separation,they made an appointment to meet again at exactly,the same place,and,the same hour,twenty years later.,The end of the Plot.,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Text Analysis,The end of the Setting.,Setting of the story,On a business avenue of New York:,The same hour:ten oclock at night,Referring to Paras.1,11,The same place:,Big Joe Bradys restaurant 20 years agoin the doorway of a hardware store now,Referring to Paras.3,4,5 and 7,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Text Analysis,When they met again twenty years later,they should find themselves on opposite sides of the lawone was the man wanted by the police and the other turned out to be the police officer instructed to watch out for the runaway criminal.But no matter how much Jim had cherished their friendship,he would not let a personal relationship stand in the way of discharging his duty.,Drama of the story,The end of the Drama.,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Text Analysis,Theme of the story,The end of the Theme.,Loyalty to friend,VS.,Devotion to duty,Part 1(,paras.11,7),about:,Part 2(,paras.1,833),about:,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Text Analysis,Structure of the text,The end of the Structure.,The policeman(Jimmy)met with Bob,and had a conversation.,Bob was arrested by a plain clothes man without his awareness until he found that the policeman was his expected friend Jimmy.,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Text Analysis,Protagonists of the story,To be continued on the next page.,Bob,Jimmy,s,mart,restless,ambitious,ready to try in every,way to reach his goal,He had made his,fortune,though.,He had many fights.,He had broken the law,.,average height,a bit slow,strongly built,not so adventurous,honest,truthful,responsible and devoted,He was obviously a good,police officer,.,Para.6:His tiepin was a large diamond,oddly set.,Protagonists of the story,I.Text Analysis,Para.10:He pulled out a handsome watch,the lids of it set with small diamonds.,Para.31:He was wanted by the police.,Bob:,To be continued on the next page.,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Text Analysis,Protagonists of the story,Para.6:the light showed a pale,square-jawed face with keen eyes,and little white scar near his right eyebrow.,Para.9:“The West is a pretty big place,and I kept running around over it pretty lively.,Para.13:“Ive had to compete with some of the sharpest brains going to get my money.It takes the West to make a man really keen.,Bob:,To be continued on the next page.,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Text Analysis,Protagonists of the story,T,he end of Text Analysis.,Para.2:the officer,with his strongly built form and slight air of superiority,made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace.,Jimmy:,Para.9:“for he always was the truest,best old friend in the world.,Para.13:“He was a kind of slow man,though,good fellow as he was.,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Writing Devices,To be continued on the next page.,We dont know what happened twenty years ago that made them so special to each other.But it was clear that Jim was a good honest man and always true to his friends and Bob admired and trusted him.Slipping along this way,we would expect a very touching story.But the ending is very dramatic and surprising.,Ironic ending,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Writing Devices,The end of Ironic Ending.,O.Henrys most famous stories,such as“The Gift of the Magi,“The Furnished Room,and“The Ransom of Red Chief,make simple yet effective use of paradoxical coincidences to produce ironic endings.For example,in“The Gift of the Magi a husband sells his watch to buy his wife a Christmas present of a pair of hair combs;unbeknownst to him,she cuts and sells her long hair to buy him a Christmas present of a new chain for his watch.His style of storytelling became a model not only for short fiction,but also for American motion pictures and television programs.,Ironic ending,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Writing Devices,To be continued on the next page.,Euphemism,A,euphemism,is a word or phrase used to mask a rude or offensive concept.This figure of speech provides a technique to avoid taboos by being polite.Many euphemisms are so common,that we dont even recognize them as such.,Examples,Lesson 14-After Twenty Years,Writing Devices,The end of Euphemism.,Euphemism,Examples:,We are experiencing heavy casualties.(,many soldiers are being killed,),There is a
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