Unit11TextII．WritingSkills‘AfterTwentyYears’isashortstorywrittenbyOHenry.Theshortstoryisaformoffictiongenerallyunder10,000wordsinlength.Becauseofitslimitedlength,ashortstorypresentsveryfewcharacters(generallyoneortwo),andfocusesononlyoneevent.Throughsomemeansorother,theshortstoryachievessuspenseanddramaticeffectthroughcomplication.①Structurally,ashortstorymaybreakupintofivesections:thesituation(settingandabriefintroductiontothecharacters),thegeneratingcircumstance(theincidentinthestory),therisingaction,theclimaxandtheending.②Theplotisdevelopedmainlythroughthedialogues.③Thecharactersaredescribedandshowntothereadersthroughtheirexternalactionanddialogue.④Thelanguageofthisshortstoryissomewhatout-datedandungrammaticalattimes.II．LanguagePoints1.onthebeat:ontheroutehewasorderedtopatrolbeat:(n)①theusualpathfollowedbyapolicemanonduty巡逻e.g.Thetwopolicemenarecoveringtheir~s.par.Theyoungpolicemanwasontheroutehewasorderedtopatrol.(Theyoungpolicemanwasonhis~.)②theparticularnewssourceoractivitythatareporterisresponsibleforcovering记者负责采访的新闻,范围或单位e.g.Thefledglingnewspaperreporterisonthesports~.ThewomanreporterhasbeenremovedfromtheWhiteHouse~.ShegoesoutontheCityHall~fortheeveningpaperat3everyafternoon.beoutof/offone’s~:(fig.)bedoingsth.withwhichoneisnotfamiliar,sth.differentfromone’susualwork做非本行的工作,做自己不熟悉的事e.g.Doingthatisratheroffmy~.Englishgrammarisoutofmy~.2.impressively:admirably①impressive:(adj.):makingadeepimpressiononthemindandfeelings于人印象深刻的,令人佩服的e.g.Theyobservedan~ceremonylastweek.Mr.Brownmadean~speechonenvironmentalprotection.②impressiveness:(n.)e.g.Thisgives~towhathesays.Theprofessor’s~makesusadmireandrespecthim.1③impressively:(adv.)e.g.Thepolicemanwalkedalongthestreetimpressively.3.forshow:intendedtobeseenbutnotusede.g.Hewearsglassesforshowonmanyoccasions.Allthisceremonyisjustemptyshow:it’salldoneforshow:itdoesn’tmeanathing.Thedecorationisjustforshow,notforcomfort.par.Sheiswearingaverybrightdressatthepartytoshowherself.Manypeopledonatedmoneynottoshowthemselvesbuttohelpthepoor.4.casthiswatchfuleyedownthepacificthoroughfareeye:thepowerofseeinge.g.Thelittlegirl’sfellontheteddybearassoonassheenteredtheroom.Toagreatsculptor’s~,ayoungmusculararcherreadytoshootanarrowwouldmakeagoodstatue.Thereismuchtoarrestthe~ofthetravellersinthissouvenirshop.castaneye/one’seyeat/on/ove:lookat,examinee.g.Thepolicemanondutyalwayscastaneyeat/over/ontheplacestheyareresponsiblefor.par.Pleasekeepaneyeontheluggageforawhile.Heaskedmetoexaminetheconditionofthemachine.5.vicinity:(n.)①nearness,closenessofrelationship(fml)beinclose~toe.g.Thisschoolisinclose~tothechurch.②neighborhoode.g.Therearetwoprimaryschoolsinour~.Arethereanyamusementparksinthis~?par.Therearenoshopsintheneighborhood.Thepostofficeissomewhereintheneighborhood.Therearequiteafewuniversitiesintheneighborhood.inthe~of:a)nearpar.Therearesomecinemasintheplacenearourcollege.Thebiggestpostofficeinourcityisneartherailwaystation.Hishomeisnearourfactory.b):aboutpar.Hisincomeisabout$5,000ayear.Thecostoftheleathercoatisabouttwentydollars.6.(every)nowandthen/again:attimes;formtimetotime;occasionallypar.Idon’tthinkaboutmyoldhomeverymuch,onlyfromtimetotime.2Foreignvisitorscometoourcountyoccasionally.Attimes,IseeDavidatthelibrary.7.majority①majority(n.):thegreaternumberoramount(espofpeople);...
