9a u8 period 2 reading

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1、Unit8SurprizeendingsReadingMatchthegiftgivingtimesintheboxwiththepicturesbelow.Lead-inA.Whatdoyouknowabout…ChristmasMother’sDayweddingsbirthdaysgraduationLookatthepicture,thetitleandthefirstparagraphoftheshortstoryonpage115.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.B

2、.Beforeyouread1Whendidthestorytakeplace?OnthedaybeforeChristmas./OnChristmasEve.2WhydidDellacounthermoney?Becauseshewantedtobuyapresent.3WhatwasDella’sproblem?Shecouldnotaffordapresent.O.Henry(1862-1910)HewasaprolificAmericanshort-storywriter,amasterofs

3、urpriseendings,whowroteaboutthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCity.Henrywasknownforgoodend,itwascalled“O•Henry-end”.Althoughsomecriticswerenotsoenthusiasticabouthiswork,thepubliclovedit.HewascalledProseLaureateofManhattanandFatherofshortstories.Heisoneoft

4、hreeshortstorymasterintheworld.(O.Henry,Maupassant,Chekhov)Somethingaboutthewriter创作丰富的美国短篇小说作家，主要描写纽约平民的生活，市民非常喜欢他。以“欧亨利式结尾”闻名于世。曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。世界三大短篇小说大师之一。（欧·亨利、莫泊桑、契诃夫）SomethingaboutthewriterTimeCharactersCauseThedaybeforeChristmasDellaandJimD

5、ellawantedtobuyagiftforherhusbandbutsheonlyhadonedollarandeighty-sevencents.Readthefirsttwoparagraphsofthestoryandcompletethetablebelow.IfyouwereDella,whatwouldyoudo?ReadingDividethestoryintothreepartsandsummarizethemainideaofeachpart.Part1:Part2:Part3:

6、(Para1–2):Thebackgroundinformationofthestory.(Para3–8):Dellasoldherhairandboughtherhusbandawatchchain.(Para9–17):JimsoldhiswatchandboughtasetofcombsforDella.TimeCharactersBeginningMiddleEndingThedaybeforeChristmasDellaandJimSkimthestoryandcompletethetab

7、lebelow.Dellawantedtobuyagiftforherhusbandbutsheonlyhadonedollarandeighty-sevencents.DellasoldherhairtobuyawatchchainforJim.JimandDellabothsoldtheirmostvaluablepossessionstobuygiftsforeachother.Dellaputonheroldjacketandoldhatandwentoutside.1Dellasawthes

8、trangeexpressioninJim’seyes.6Dellalookedforagiftforherhusband.3Dellamadethedinnerandwaitedforherhusband.5Dellastoppedatahairgoodsstoreandsoldherbeautifulhair.2Dellaboughtawatchchainfor$21.4Readparagraphs3to12.Thenputthesentencesi