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1、newwordscompromise妥协，让步liberty自由porch门廊exquisite奇巧精致的plot构思dominate占优势notable显著的greediness贪欲noble贵族grasp理解领会chiefly主要地mentality心态智力arouse唤起ponder考虑衡量ornament装饰retiring过隐居生活forth向前eulogy赞颂beboundedin以…约束…Todaywehavehigherbuildingsandwiderhighways,butshortertemperamentsan
2、dnarrowerpointsofview;Wespendmore,butenjoyless;Wehavemorecompromises,butlesstime;Wehavemultipliedoutpossessions,butreducedoutvalues;Thesearetimeswithmoreliberty,butlessjoy;That’swhyIpropose,thatasoftoday;Youdonotkeepanythingforaspecialoccasion.becauseeverydaythatyoulive
3、isaSPECIALOCCASION.Searchforknowledge,readmore,sitonyourporchandadmiretheviewwithoutpayingattentiontoyourneeds;Lifeisachainofmomentsofenjoyment;notonlyaboutsurvival;Theauthor----O.Henry（WilliamSydneyPorter）DoreyThebook----O.Henry’sShortStoriesmiThetwistendingandthehuman
4、ityofcharactersinO.Henry’sShortStoriesfaShortVersesO.Henry,oneofthethreemostfamousshort-storywritersintheworld,enjoysequalstatuswithChekhovandMaupassant.Somecriticscalledhim“thefounderofAmericanstories.”Exquisiteplot,wryhumorandtwistendingdominatehisworks.Themainstreamo
5、fhisworksiseulogyofhumanityandhismanyclassicalworksarenotable.O·HenrybackItisaboutayoungcouplethatisshortofmoneybutdesperatelywantstobuyeachotherChristmasgifts.UnknowntoJim,Dellasellshermostvaluablepossession,herbeautifulhair,inordertobuyplatinumasthechainforJim'swatch;
6、unknowntoDella,Jimsellshismostvaluablepossession,hiswatch,tobuyjeweledcombsforDella'shair.TheGiftoftheMagiThewholepassageisalwayssuddenlyendowedwithagreatcharmbecauseoftheending.Andthetwistendingnotonlygivesthereadersasuddenfall,butalsoletusthinksalot.Thinkwhat?Fromthet
7、wistending,thehumanityisclearlypresented.AmongO.Henry’sshortstories,theeternalthemeprovestobethehumanity.Whethersimpleorcomplex,themysteryofhumanmotivescontrolledbyhumannatureisexposed.O.Henryfocusesonthepoverty-strickenlifeandspiritualdepressionofcommonpeople.Hetakesgr
8、eatsympathyonthem,withdissatisfactionwiththegreedinessoftherichandthenoble.O.Henryisadeptatseizingandgraspingt
