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1、AfterTwentyYears校对：李炳璋（原名李东升）---全国唯一一位曾经连续三年命中过高考试题中理科和文科一些试题的人更多精彩请加824135830请告诉你的姓名&省份&文理&学校...谢谢更多精彩请加61955377请告诉你的姓名&大学名称&专业...谢谢PartTwoBackgroundInformationENTERAfterTwentyYearsAuthorTheAmericanWesta.GeneralIntroductionb.theRockyMountainstatesc.thePacificCoaststatesd.FrontierSpiritandExpan
2、siontowardstheWeste.Violenceinthe19thCenturyBackgroundinformationContentsO.Henry(1862—1910)wasthepennameofWilliamSydneyPorter,anAmericanshortstorywriter.Hisshort,simplestoriesarenotedfortheircarefulplotting,ironiccoincidences,andsurpriseendings.AuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.O.HenrywasbornWil
3、liamSydneyPorterinGreensboro,NorthCarolina.HewenttoTexasin1882andworkedatvariousjobs—astellerinanAustinbank(1891—1894)andasanewspapermanfortheHoustonPost.AuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.In1898anunexplainedshortageintheAustinbankwaschargedtohim.Althoughmanypeoplebelievedhiminnocent,hefledtotheH
4、ondurasbutreturnedtobewithhiswife,whowasfatallyill.Heeventuallyservedthreeyearsinprison,wherehefirststartedwritingshortstories.AuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.UponhisreleasehesettledinNewYork.Althoughhisstorieshavebeencriticizedasshallowandcontrived,O.Henrydidcatchthecolorandmovementofthecitya
5、ndevidencedagenuinesympathyforordinarypeople.AuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.O.Henry'shumorous,energeticstyleshowstheinfluenceofMarkTwainandAmbroseBierce.Hisapproximately300storiesarecollectedinCabbagesandKings(1904),TheFourMillion(1906),TheVoiceoftheCity(1908),Options(1909),andothers.AuthorTh
6、eendoftheAuthor.Writewhatyoulike;thereisnootherrule.---O.HenryTheAmericanWestisgenerallyconsideredtoincludetheeightRockyMountainstatesandthethreePacificCoaststates.Historically,theWesthasbeenmainlyasociopoliticalorevenmythologicalconceptratherthanaspecificgeographicalarea.TheAmericanWestTobecon
7、tinuedonthenextpage.GeneralIntroductionTheRockyMountainstates:Thisregionconsistsofeightstates:Arizona,Colorado,Idaho,Montana,Nevada,NewMexico,Utah,andWyoming.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.ArizonaTheAmericanWestTobecont
