英语unit_6_最后一片常春藤叶详解.ppt

ivy [aivi] n.〈植〉常春藤 What do you know about O. Henry? Please tell me the five elements of a novel: time, place, persons, event and end. characters the main characters Johnsy and Sue are artists who move into Greenwich Village in New York City. As Winter approaches and the weather gets colder, Johnsy becomes ill with pneumonia. She gets so sick that she believes that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window, she will die. An old artist, named Behrman, who lives in the same building as the girls, braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on the wall — a leaf that will never fall. Cold and wet from painting in the icy rain, he catches pneumonia and dies. This gives Johnsy the hope to survive her illness, and it also creates the masterpiece Behrman had always dreamed of painting What made Sue and Johnsy decided to set up a joint studio? They had the same taste. What happened to Johnsy? she caught Pneumonia. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctor called Pneumonia, killed many people. Johnsy was among his victims. The doctor told Sue that Johnsy needed a strong will to live on. According to the doctor, how would Johnsy be able to recover from pneumonia? What had been Johnsy’s ambition before she fell ill? How did Sue went into Johnsy’s room? Why ? What could Johnsy see while lying in bed? Why did Johnsy count the leaves? What was, at first, Johnsy determined to do if the last ivy leaf should fall? 1. What could Johnsy see while lying in bed? There was only a bare dreary yard to be seen, and the blank side of the brick house. An old, old ivy vine climbed half way up the brick wall. 2. Why did Johnsy count the leaves? When the last leaf fell she would die. What was, at first, Johnsy determined to do if the last ivy leaf should fall? She made up her mind to die when the last leaf fell. painter live on the ground floor ov