新编英语教程3 Unit 11 language work

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1、Unit11TextII．WritingSkills‘AfterTwentyYears’isashortstorywrittenbyOHenry.Theshortstoryisaformoffictiongenerallyunder10,000wordsinlength.Becauseofitslimitedlength,ashortstorypresentsveryfewcharacters(generallyoneortwo),andfocusesononlyoneevent.Throughsomemeansorother,theshortstory

2、achievessuspenseanddramaticeffectthroughcomplication.①Structurally,ashortstorymaybreakupintofivesections:thesituation(settingandabriefintroductiontothecharacters),thegeneratingcircumstance(theincidentinthestory),therisingaction,theclimaxandtheending.②Theplotisdevelopedmainlythrou

3、ghthedialogues.③Thecharactersaredescribedandshowntothereadersthroughtheirexternalactionanddialogue.④Thelanguageofthisshortstoryissomewhatout-datedandungrammaticalattimes.II．LanguagePoints1.onthebeat:ontheroutehewasorderedtopatrolbeat:(n)①theusualpathfollowedbyapolicemanonduty巡逻e.

4、g.Thetwopolicemenarecoveringtheir~s.par.Theyoungpolicemanwasontheroutehewasorderedtopatrol.(Theyoungpolicemanwasonhis~.)②theparticularnewssourceoractivitythatareporterisresponsibleforcovering记者负责采访的新闻,范围或单位e.g.Thefledglingnewspaperreporterisonthesports~.Thewomanreporterhasbeenrem

5、ovedfromtheWhiteHouse~.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:

6、(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.③impressively:(adv.)10e.g.Thepolicemanwalkedalo

7、ngthestreetimpressively.3.forshow:intendedtobeseenbutnotusede.g.Hewearsglassesforshowonmanyoccasions.Allthisceremonyisjustemptyshow:it’salldoneforshow:itdoesn’tmeanathing.Thedecorationisjustforshow,notforcomfort.par.Sheiswearingaverybrightdressatthepartytoshowherself.Manypeopledo

8、natedmoneynottoshowthemselvesbuttohelpth