PartⅢDevelopingideasAfterTwentyYearsTheshortstory“AfterTwentyYears”issetinNewYorkonacold,darknight.Mostpeoplehaveleftworktogohome,andthispartofthecityisnowquiet.Apolicemanwhoischeckingtheareaseesamanoutsideashop.Hegoesuptothemanandfindshehasascaronhisface.Theyhaveachatandthemanstartstotellhisstory.“Twentyyearsagotonight，”saidtheman,“Idinedhereat‘BigJoe’Brady’swithJimmyWells,mybestchum,andthefinestchapintheworld.HeandIwereraisedhereinNewYork,justliketwobrothers,together.IwaseighteenandJimmywastwenty.ThenextmorningIwastostartfortheWesttomakemyfortune.Youcouldn’thavedraggedJimmyoutofNewYork;hethoughtitwastheonlyplaceonearth.Well,weagreedthatnight(1)thatwewouldmeethereagainexactlytwentyyearsfromthatdateandtime,nomatterwhatourconditionsmightbeorfromwhatdistancewemighthavetocome.Wefigured(2)thatintwentyyearseachofusoughttohaveourdestinyworkedoutandourfortunesmade,whatevertheyweregoingtobe.”“Itsoundsprettyinteresting，”saidthepoliceman.“Ratheralongtimebetweenmeets,though,itseemstome.Haven’tyouheardfromyourfriendsinceyouleft？”“Well,yes,foratimewecorresponded，”saidtheother.“Butafterayearortwowelosttrackofeachother.Yousee,theWestisaprettybigproposition,andIkepthustlingaroundoveritprettylively.ButIknow(3)Jimmywillmeetmehereifhe’salive,forhealwayswasthetruest,staunchestoldchapintheworld.He’llneverforget.Icameathousandmilestostandinthisdoortonight,(4)andit’sworthitifmyoldpartnerturnsup.”(Excerptsfrom“AfterTwentyYears”byO.Henry)(1)that引导宾语从句；nomatterwhat引导让步状语从句；what引导宾语从句。(2)that引导宾语从句，从句中含有“havesthdone”结构；whatever引导让步状语从句。(3)Jimmywill...为省略that的宾语从句；if引导条件状语从句；for引导原因状语从句。(4)and连接并列句；if引导条件状语从句。①besetin以……为背景②goupto走上前去③scarn.伤疤④haveachat聊天⑤dinev.进餐⑥chumn.好朋友⑦chapn.小伙子，家伙⑧makeone’sfortune发财⑨dragv.拖，拉pullv.拉；扯；拖⑩onearth在世界上；到底ontheearth在地球上⑪distancen.距离，间距⑫figurevt.认为⑬oughttomodalverb应该，应当⑭destinyn.命运，天命⑮hearfrom收到……的来信hearof听说⑯correspondv.通信⑰propositionn.提议，建议⑱hustlev.拼命干，努力干⑲staunchadj.坚定的，忠实可靠的⑳partnern.伙伴，搭档○turnup(意外地或终于)出现○excerptn.摘录，节录StepⅠFactualreadingReadthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.1.Wheredoesthisstoryhappen?A.NewYork.B.London.C.Paris.D.Tokyo.2.Whyisthemanwithascaronhisfaceoutside‘BigJoe’Brady’s?A.BecausehewantstodinewithJimmyWells.B.BecauseheandJimmyWellsagreedtomeetheretwentyyearsago.C.Becauseheisthebossof‘BigJoe’Brady’s.D.Becausethepoliceofficerletshimdoso.3.Whatcanbeinferredfromthesecondparagraph?A.ThemanwithascaronhisfaceandJimmyWellsarebrothers.B.Theyusedtodinehereat‘BigJoe’Brady’s.C.Themanwithascaronhisfacemusthavemadehisfortune.D.Heisthirty-eightandJimmywasforty.4.Whatisthewriter’spurposeinwritingthestory?A.Totellusashortstory.B.Toexplainwhatrealfriendshipis.C.Toinformushowtomakefriends.D.Tointroducewheretomakeafortune.答案1.A2.B3.D4.AStepⅡClozetestFillintheblanksaccordingtothetext.Theshortstory“AfterTwentyYears”isset1.inNewYorkonacold,darknight.Apolicemanwho2.is__checking(check)theareaseesamanoutsideashop.Hegoesuptotheman3.andchatswithhim.4.Themanstartstotellhisstory.Twentyyearsagotonight,hedinedhereat‘BigJoe’Brady’swithhisfriendJimmyWells.Thenextmorninghewas5.to__start(start)fortheWes...
