番外篇08｜上海高中英语精读世界名著精简版欧亨利的《The Last Leaf 》

#番外篇 #上海高一英语精读#TheLastLeaf #OHenry #SacrificeInArt #WillToLive #Masterpiece #ThePowerOfHope #最后一片叶子 #英语短篇解析 #上海高中生精读番外篇的内容是给英语补课的小朋友讲述精读的文章：这篇我为你挑选了欧亨利的另一篇巅峰之作——《最后一片叶子》(The Last Leaf)。这篇文章在上海高考英语的“文学常识”和“完形填空”中是常客。它探讨了信念、艺术与自我牺牲，且结尾的那个“反转”比《麦琪的礼物》更加震撼！英语精读素材：The Last Leaf (最后一片叶子)Part 1: The Falling LeavesIn a small district of New York, two young artists, Sue and Johnsy, shared a studio. In November, a cold stranger called Pneumonia (肺炎) visited the city. Johnsy fell ill and lay in her bed, looking out of the window at the wall of the next house."Twelve," she whispered, "then eleven, and ten..." She was counting the leaves on an old ivy vine. "When the last one falls, I must go, too," she said with despair. Her doctor told Sue that Johnsy's chance of recovery depended on her will to live.Part 2: Old BehrmanDownstairs lived an old painter named Behrman. He was a failure in art; for forty years he had always been about to paint a masterpiece, but had never begun it. When Sue told him about Johnsy’s fancy, the old man was angry. "Is there such foolishness?" he cried. "To die because leaves drop off a vine?"Part 3: The MiracleThat night, there was a terrible storm. The wind screamed and the rain beat against the windows. Johnsy was sure that the last leaf would be gone by morning.But the next morning, the last leaf was still there. It hung bravely against the wall. Another day passed, and the leaf did not fall. Johnsy watched it for a long time. "I've been a bad girl, Sue," she said. "Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I was to want to die." She began to eat and soon became stronger.Part 4: The MasterpieceA few days later, Sue came to Johnsy's bed. "Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital," she whispered. "The janitor found him on the floor of his room. His shoes and clothing were wet through and icy cold. They found a lantern, some green and yellow paint, and some brushes.""Look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew? Oh, darling, it is Behrman’s masterpiece—he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell."💡 核心词汇与精读笔记 (Vocabulary)🧠 逻辑分析：艺术的终极价值这篇文章展现了一个极其深刻的讽刺与升华： 讽刺： 老贝尔曼一生都想画“杰作”却没画成，最后却在狂风暴雨中，在一堵砖墙上画出了人类历史上最伟大的“杰作”。 反转： 叶子没掉不是奇迹，而是老贝尔曼用生命换来的“艺术欺骗”。✍️ 语法点拨：be about to do (正要做某事)文中有一句："...he had always been about to paint a masterpiece, but had never begun it." 用法： be about to do sth. 表示“正打算/就要做某事”。 高一语法重点： 这个短语通常不与具体的时间状语（如 in 5 minutes）连用。 例句： I was about to leave when the phone rang. (我正要离开，电话响了。)在小宇宙查看该单集文稿