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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,butshortertemperamentsandnarrowerpointsofview;Wespend
2、more,butenjoyless;Wehavemorecompromises,butlesstime;Wehavemultipliedoutpossessions,butreducedoutvalues;Thesearetimeswithmoreliberty,butlessjoy;That’swhyIpropose,thatasoftoday;Youdonotkeepanythingforaspecialoccasion.becauseeverydaythatyouliveisaSPECIALOCCASION.Searchforknowledge,readmore,sitonyourpo
3、rchandadmiretheviewwithoutpayingattentiontoyourneeds;Lifeisachainofmomentsofenjoyment;notonlyaboutsurvival;Theauthor----O.Henry（WilliamSydneyPorter）DoreyThebook----O.Henry’sShortStoriesmiThetwistendingandthehumanityofcharactersinO.Henry’sShortStoriesfaShortVersesO.Henry,oneofthethreemostfamousshort
4、-storywritersintheworld,enjoysequalstatuswithChekhovandMaupassant.Somecriticscalledhim“thefounderofAmericanstories.”Exquisiteplot,wryhumorandtwistendingdominatehisworks.Themainstreamofhisworksiseulogyofhumanityandhismanyclassicalworksarenotable.O·HenrybackItisaboutayoungcouplethatisshortofmoneybutd
5、esperatelywantstobuyeachotherChristmasgifts.UnknowntoJim,Dellasellshermostvaluablepossession,herbeautifulhair,inordertobuyplatinumasthechainforJim'swatch;unknowntoDella,Jimsellshismostvaluablepossession,hiswatch,tobuyjeweledcombsforDella'shair.TheGiftoftheMagiThewholepassageisalwayssuddenlyendowedw
6、ithagreatcharmbecauseoftheending.Andthetwistendingnotonlygivesthereadersasuddenfall,butalsoletusthinksalot.Thinkwhat?Fromthetwistending,thehumanityisclearlypresented.AmongO.Henry’sshortstories,theeternalthemeprovestobethehumanity.Whethersimpleorcomplex,themysteryofhumanmotivescontrolledbyhumannatur
7、eisexposed.O.Henryfocusesonthepoverty-strickenlifeandspiritualdepressionofcommonpeople.Hetakesgreatsympathyonthem,withdissatisfactionwiththegreedinessoftherichandthenoble.O.Henryisadeptatseizingandgraspingt
