最后一片常春藤叶英文演讲.ppt

欧.亨利 ;How ？ he became such a famous writer; ;Who you were 10 years ago, one year ago, or even yesterday is not important at all. Whats important is who you are today, and who youll be tomorrow.;;Everything that youve learnt and all the hardships youve suffered will all come in handy at some point in your life.;你学过的每一样东西，你遭受的每一次苦难，都会在你一生中的某个时候派上用场。;The last leaf ;Johnsy has fallen into a serious ill and is dying of pneumonia. She watches the leaves falling from a vine outside the window of her room, and thinks that when the last leaf drops, she will die. While her friend Sue tries to tell her to stop thinking like that,but Johnsy is still determined to die when the last leaf falls. An old, frustrated artist named Behrman lives below Johnsy and Sue. He has been claiming that he will paint a masterpiece, even though he has never attempted to start. Sue goes to him, and tells him that her friend is dying of pneumonia, and that Johnsy claims that when the last leaf falls off from the vine outside her window, she will die. Behrman scoffs at this at first, but he is protective of the two young artists,so he decides to see Johnsy and the vine. ;One night, a very bad storm comes and wind is howling and rain is splattering against the window. Sue closes the curtains and tells Johnsy to go to sleep, even though there is still one leaf left on the vine. The next morning, Johnsy wants to see the vine at once, to be sure that all the leaves are gone, but to her surprise, there is still one leaf left. While Johnsy is surprised that it is still there, she insists it will fall that day. But it doesnt. Johnsy believes that the leaf stayed there to show how wicked she was, and that she sinned in wanting to die. She regains her will to live, and makes a full recovery throughout the day. ;In the afternoon, a doctor talks to Sue. The doctor says that Mr. Behrman has come down with pneumonia, as there is nothing to be done for him, he is being taken to the hospital to be made comfo