O Henry简介.ppt

When he was 32 years old 32 In 1894 Porter started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. It was at this time that he began heavy drinking. When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. In 1894 cash was found to have gone missing from the First National Bank in Austin, where Porter had worked as a bank teller. Porter fled to Honduras to avoid trial. Little is known about Porter‘s stay in Central America. Part of his works Girl “姑娘” 　　An Adjustment of Nature 自然之修正 　　After Twenty Years 二十年后 　　An Afternoon Miracle 午后的奇迹 　　The Atavism Of John Tom Little Bear 小熊约翰·汤姆的返祖现象 　　Babes In The Jungle 丛林中的孩子 　　The Last Leaf 最后一片常春藤叶 　 The Cop and the Anthem 警察与赞美诗 　　A Bird Of Bagdad 巴格达的鸟 　The Gift of the Magi 麦琪的礼物（也有人译为《贤人的礼物》） * * The introduction of O. Henry O.?Henry?(1862-1910)?-?pseudonym(笔名)?of?William?Sydney?Porter? Prolific?American?short- story?writer,?a?master?of?surprise?endings,?who?wrote?about?the?life?of?ordinary?people?in?New?York?City.?Typical?for?O.?Henrys?stories?is?a?twist?of?plot?which?turns?on?an?ironic?or?coincidental?circumstance.?Although?some?critics?were?not?so?enthusiastic?about?his?work,?the?public?loved?it.? 3 When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his parental grandmother and paternal aunt. 15 William was an avid reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch. He continued to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, such as Pharmacy apprentice(药房学徒), cattle herders(牧牛人), accountant(会计员), land bureau again clerk(土地局办事员), journalists(新闻记者), a bank teller(银行出纳员) 20 After moving in 1882 to Texas, he worked on a ranch in LaSalle County for two years. 25 In 1887 he married Athol Estes Roach; they had one daughter and one son. 35 After hearing news that his wife was dying, he returned in 1897 to Austin. In 1897 he was convicted of embezzling money, although there ha