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1、CollegeEnglish(NewEdition)IntegratedCourse1Unit6TheHumanTouchTextATheLastLeafPre-readingQuestionsCulturalNotesTextOrganizationGeneralQuestionsLanguageStudyTranslationReviewPre-readingQuestions---Whatisyourunderstandingoffriendship?---Somesaythatcharitybeginsathome,thatweshouldtakecareofthoseclose
2、sttousratherthanworryingaboutstrangers.Whatdoyouthinkofthat?---Canyoufigureoutwhatthestoriesofthisunitaregoingtobeabout?CulturalNotesO.Henry(1862-1910):pseudonymofWilliamSydneyPorter(1862-1910),Americanwriterofshortstories,bestknownforhisironicplottwistsandsurpriseendings.BornandraisedinGreensbor
3、o,NorthCarolina,O.Henryattendedschoolonlyonlyuntilage15,whenhedroppedouttoworkinhisuncle’sdrugstore.CulturalNotesDuringhis20shemovedtoTexas,whereheworkedformorethantenyearsasaclerkandabankteller.O.Henrydidnotwriteprofessionallyuntilhereachedhismid-30s,whenhesoldseveralpiecestotheDetroitFreePressa
4、ndtheHoustonDailyPost.In1894hefoundedashort-livedweeklyhumormagazine,TheRollingStone.CulturalNotesIn1896O.HenrywaschargedwithembezzlingfundsfromtheFirstNationalBankofAustin,Texas,wherehehadworkedfrom1891to1894.Theamountofmoneywassmallandmighthavebeenanaccountingerror;however,hechosetofleetoHondur
5、asratherthanstandtrial.CulturalNotesLearningthathiswifewasdying,hereturnedtoTexasin1897and,afterherdeath,turnedhimselfintotheauthorities.Heservedthreeyearsofafive-yearsentenceathefederalpenitentiaryinColumbus,Ohio,wherehefirstbegantowriteshortstoriesandusethepseudonymO.Henry.CulturalNotesReleased
6、fromprison,O.HenrymovedtoNewYorkCityin1901andbeganwritingfulltime.InhisstorieshemadesubstantialuseofhisknowledgeofTexas,CentralAmerica,andlifeinprison.HealsobecamefascinatedbyNewYorkstreetlife,whichprovidedasettingformanyofhislaterstories.CulturalNotesDuringthelasttenyearsofhislife,O.Henrybecameo
7、neofthemostpopularwritersinAmerica,publishingover500shortstoriesindozensofwidelyreadperiodicals.O.Henry’smostfamousstories,suchas“TheGiftoftheMagi,”“TheFurnishedRoom,”and“TheRansomofRedChief,”makesimpleyeteffectiveuseo
