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1、AfterTwentyYears—O.HenryE0902刘珍子Part1Warm-upQuotationsonJobWithoutambitiononestartsnothing.Withoutworkonefinishesnothing.Theprizewillnotbesenttoyou.Youhavetowinit.Themanwhoknowshowwillalwayshaveajob.Themanwhoalsoknowswhywillalwaysbehisboss.Job&FriendshipA
2、stomethodstheremaybeamillionandthensome,butprinciplesarefew.Themanwhograspsprinciplescansuccessfullyselecthisownmethods.Themanwhotriesmethods,ignoringprinciples,issuretohavetrouble.—EmersonQuotationsonFriendship“Exceptincasesofnecessity,whicharerare,leave
3、yourfriendtolearnunpleasantthingsfromhisenemies;theyarereadyenoughtotellthem.”—OliverWendellHolmes“Friendshipistheonlycement[si’ment](afactororelementthatunitesagroupofpeople)thatwilleverholdtheworldtogether.”—WoodrowWilsonGroupDiscussionAfterreadingthese
4、quotations,exchangewithyourpartneryourunderstandingandviewpointsofjoborfriendship.Part2BackgroundInformationO.Henry(1862—1910)wasthepennameofWilliamSydneyPorter,anAmericanshortstorywriter.Hisshort,simplestoriesarenotedfortheircarefulplotting,ironiccoincid
5、ences,andsurpriseendings.1.AuthorO.HenrywasborninGreensboro[`ɡrinz,bərə],NorthCarolina[,kærə`lainə].HewenttoTexasin1882andworkedatvariousjobs—astellerinanAustinbank(1891—1894)andasanewspapermanfortheHouston[ju:]Post.In1898anunexplainedshortageintheAustinb
6、ankwaschargedtohim.Althoughmanypeoplebelievedhiminnocent,hefledtotheHonduras[hɔn'djuərəs]butreturnedtobewithhiswife,whowasfatallyill.Heeventuallyservedthreeyearsinprison,wherehefirststartedwritingshortstories.UponhisreleasehesettledinNewYork.Althoughhisst
7、orieshavebeencriticizedasshallowandcontrived,O.Henrydidcatchthecolorandmovementofthecityandevidencedagenuinesympathyforordinarypeople.TheAmericanWestisgenerallyconsideredtoincludetheeightRockyMountainstatesandthethreePacificCoaststates.Historically,theWes
8、thasbeenmainlyasociopoliticalorevenmythologicalconceptratherthanaspecificgeographicalarea.Ⅱ.TheAmericanWestTheRockyMountainStates:Thisregionconsistsofeightstates:Arizona,Colorado,Idaho,Montana,Nevada,NewMexico,Utah,
