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Unit 1　
Honesty and responsibility
Section 1　Welcome to the unit & Reading
1．Learn to identify and describe honest and responsible acts；
2．Understand the content，plots and characters of “After Twenty Years”；
3．Analyze the influence of time on characters，friendship and moral choices，and explore the theme and connotation(内涵) of the story；
4．Improve reading comprehension，analytical reasoning and depth of thinking on moral and human nature topics in literary works.
Activity 1　Lead-in
话题导入
1．What difficult choice related to moral values have you encountered in your life
Once I had to choose between covering up my friend’s cheating or telling the teacher—I chose honesty，though it hurt our bond briefly.
2．Do you believe that the passage of time can really change a person’s nature Why
I think it can. Time brings new experiences—like failures or kind acts—that reshape how we think，making us more mature or understanding，slowly changing our core traits.
1．Choose the best answers to the following questions according to the text.
(1) What type of story is this
A．Romance. B．Detective.
C．Science fiction. D．Comedy.
【答案】 B
Activity 2　First-reading　Read for main idea and structure
一读，读大意和结构
(2) What was the exact time when the policeman and Bob first met
A．About ten minutes to ten. B．About ten minutes past ten.
C．At ten o’clock sharp. D．Nearly past nine o’clock.
【答案】 A
(3) Why did the man in a long overcoat turn up the collar to his ears
A．Because it made him look more handsome.
B．Because it could help hide his true identity.
C．Because it was very cold.
D．Because Bob asked him to do so.
【答案】 B
2．Read the story and put the events in the correct order.
a．Bob waits in the doorway of the old restaurant’s location.
b．Bob explains the twenty-year appointment to the policeman.
c．The policeman(Jimmy) talks with Bob and learns about the appointment.
d．The plain-clothes officer arrests Bob and gives him a note from Jimmy.
e．A man claiming to be Jimmy meets Bob，but Bob later realizes it’s a plain-clothes officer.
【答案】 acbed
1．Why did Bob come back to the doorway
Because he and Jimmy Wells made an appointment twenty years ago to meet there again. The store stands where “Big Joe” Brady’s restaurant used to be，and they agreed to meet at this place after twenty years，no matter what.
2．How did Bob recognize that the man wasn’t really Jimmy
He recognized that the man wasn’t really Jimmy by the shape of his nose. Bob thought that twenty years wasn’t long enough to change the shape of a man’s nose，so the man with a different-shaped nose couldn’t be Jimmy.
Activity 3　Second-reading—Read for details
二读，读细节
3．What was Jimmy’s dilemma in the story
Jimmy’s dilemma was that he was a policeman and had the duty to arrest the criminal (Bob，who was wanted in Chicago)，but Bob was also his best friend whom he had a twenty-year appointment with. He had to choose between his moral duty as a policeman and his friendship.
1．What does the story imply about friendship and moral duty
The story implies that friendship is precious，as shown by Bob traveling a thousand miles to keep the appointment. However，moral duty (like a policeman’s duty to uphold the law) is also crucial. Jimmy，though valuing friendship，didn’t ignore his duty. It shows that sometimes one has to make hard choices between personal relationships and moral responsibilities，and that upholding moral duty doesn’t mean completely abandoning friendship (Jimmy still arranged the arrest in a way that showed some respect for their past，like sending a note to explain).
Activity 4　Third-reading—Read for further thinking
三读，深入思考
2．How does the title “After Twenty Years” contribute to the theme
The title “After Twenty Years” emphasizes the passage of time and its impact. It shows how time can change situations (the restaurant becomes a store)，test friendship (Bob and Jimmy’s friendship is tested by the twenty-year wait and the discovery of Bob being a criminal)，and influence moral choices (Jimmy’s duty vs friendship after twenty years). It highlights the contrast between the past friendship and the present reality，and how time can reveal the true nature of people and things，which is central to the story’s exploration of friendship，duty and change.
1. ___________(walk) along the street as he always did at night，the policeman came across a man，2. _______ was waiting for a friend named Jimmy. It’s 3. ______ appointment made two decades ago. The man struck a match，which showed a pale face. They 4. _________(agree) that they would meet here again 5. ___________(exact) twenty years later，no matter what their conditions might be or 6. ________ distance they might have to come from.
Activity 5　Summary
课文概要
Walking
who
an
agreed
exactly
what
About twenty minutes later，a tall man in a long overcoat，with collar 7. __________(turn) up to his ears，hurried toward him. He suspected that 8. ______ was not Jimmy. However，that tall man took charge of the situation and told him that he had been under arrest for ten minutes. It turned out 9. ________ he was the criminal wanted in Chicago. The tall man gave him a note from Jimmy，from which he knew that Jimmy was actually a policeman，and he was at the appointed place on time. Knowing he was the criminal，Jimmy got a plain-clothes man 10. _____________(arrest) him.
turned
it
that
to arrest
Finish B1 on page 5 of the textbook.
Assignment
作业

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