新世纪版高三下册英语《Module 3 A taste of literature Unit 5 The surprising stories of O. Henry》优秀教学ppt课件

新世纪版高三下册英语《Module 3 A taste of literature Unit 5 The surprising stories of O. Henry》优秀教学ppt课件

Protector

Model

1. How many characters are there in the story? Who are they?

2. What are the relationships among Sue, Johnsy and Behrman?

3. Who got pneumonia at the beginning of the story?

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1. She was struck down, and she lay, scarcely moving, on her bed looking through the window at the blank side of the next brick house.

2. She lay scarcely moving with her face toward the window.

3. “I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. Then I’ll go, too.”

What kind of person was Johnsy? (You can choose proper adjective(s) from the adjective box)

Johnsy was a __________ lady.

Scan the whole story again to find more sentences (actions and lines) which show that Johnsy didn’t want to live.

pessimistic

Character analysis - Johnsy

What helped Johnsy survive her pneumonia at last?

Character analysis - Johnsy

Read Para. 31 again to find the sentences that tell the reason why Johnsy was able to survive her pneumonia at last.

‘I’ve been a bad girl, Sue,’ said Johnsy. ‘Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I was. It was a sin to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now. I will sit up and watch you look.’

Johnsy at last became a lady who __________.

Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor. He was past sixty and was a failure in art. He had been always to paint a masterpiece, but had never begun it. For several years he had painted nothing, he warned a little by serving as a model to young artists. He was a fierce little old man who regard himself as s special protector of the two young artists in the studio above.

Character analysis – Behrman

Behrman looked like a(n) _______________ man.

(You can choose proper adjective(s) from the adjective box)

short-tempered

Old Behrman shouted his contempt for such idiotic thoughts.