【恒心】After-Twenty-Years【优秀课件事例】【背景介绍】

BTLEWAfterTwentyYears校对：李炳璋（原名李东升）---全国唯一一位曾经连续三年命中过高考试题中理科和文科一些试题的人更多精彩请加824135830请告诉你的姓名&省份&文理&学校...谢谢更多精彩请加61955377请告诉你的姓名&大学名称&专业...谢谢BTLEWPartTwoENTERAfterTwentyYearsBTLEWI.AuthorII.TheAmericanWesta.GeneralIntroductionb.theRockyMountainstatesc.thePacificCoaststatesd.FrontierSpiritandExpansiontowardstheWeste.Violenceinthe19thCenturyBackgroundinformationBTLEWO.Henry(1862—1910)wasthepennameofWilliamSydneyPorter,anAmericanshortstorywriter.Hisshort,simplestoriesarenotedfortheircarefulplotting,ironiccoincidences,andsurpriseendings.I.AuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.BTLEWO.HenrywasbornWilliamSydneyPorterinGreensboro,NorthCarolina.HewenttoTexasin1882andworkedatvariousjobs—astellerinanAustinbank(1891—1894)andasanewspapermanfortheHoustonPost.I.AuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.BTLEWIn1898anunexplainedshortageintheAustinbankwaschargedtohim.Althoughmanypeoplebelievedhiminnocent,hefledtotheHondurasbutreturnedtobewithhiswife,whowasfatallyill.Heeventuallyservedthreeyearsinprison,wherehefirststartedwritingshortstories.I.AuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.BTLEWUponhisreleasehesettledinNewYork.Althoughhisstorieshavebeencriticizedasshallowandcontrived,O.Henrydidcatchthecolorandmovementofthecityandevidencedagenuinesympathyforordinarypeople.I.AuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.O.Henry'shumorous,energeticstyleshowstheinfluenceofMarkTwainandAmbroseBierce.BTLEWHisapproximately300storiesarecollectedinCabbagesandKings(1904),TheFourMillion(1906),TheVoiceoftheCity(1908),Options(1909),andothers.I.AuthorTheendoftheAuthor.Writewhatyoulike;thereisnootherrule.---O.HenryBTLEWTheAmericanWestisgenerallyconsideredtoincludetheeightRockyMountainstatesandthethreePacificCoaststates.Historically,theWesthasbeenmainlyasociopoliticalorevenmythologicalconceptratherthanaspecificgeographicalarea.II.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.GeneralIntroductionBTLEWTheRockyMountainstates:Thisregionconsistsofeightstates:Arizona,Colorado,Idaho,Montana,Nevada,NewMexico,Utah,andWyoming.II.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.BTLEWArizonaII.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.ColoradoIdahoBTLEWII.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.MontanaNevadaNewMexicoBTLEWUtahII.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.UtahLakeWyomingYellowStoneBTLEWThePacificCoaststates:ThisdivisionincludesAlaska,California,Hawaii,OregonandWashington—and,asitsnamesuggests,theyallhavecoastlinesonthePacificOcean(andaretheonlystatesthatborderthatocean)accordingtotheUnitedStatesCensusBureau'sdefinitionofWestRegion.II.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.BTLEWII.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.AlaskaHawaiiBTLEWII.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.CaliforniaOregonWashingtonStateBTLEWFrontierSpiritandExpansiontowardstheWestII.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.ThisspirithasshapedAmericanhistoryinauniqueway.Thefrontierspiritthatexistedinthe19thcenturywasborninpartofaneedtoownland.AndthegovernmentthenencouragedthewhitetoexploittheWest.ThismentalityandhistoricalexperienceisfavoredbymostAmericanstodayasadventurous,active,andenterprising..BTLEWII.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.In1803PresidentThomasJeffersonsentasecretmessagetoCongresscallingforanexpeditionintotheareawestoftheMississippiRivertothePacificOcean.FromthenonthewhiteAmericanssparednoefforttoexploittheWest;duringthiscourse,theWestwasdevelopedbutthenativeAmericanssufferedextremelyespeciallyinthe19thcentury.FrontierSpiritandExpansiontowardstheWestBTLEWII.TheAmericanWestTobecontinuedonthenextpage.TheAmericanswereacompetitive,ambitious,upwardlymobilepeoplewhohadastrongsenseofself-reliance.Theconqueringofanenvironmentbyanindividualwasamarkofsuccess.Fearofunknownplaceswasunacceptableandahindrancetomovement.Thesetraits,firstformulatedinwesternexpansion,persisttodaywiththeslightestmodifications.FrontierSpiritandExpansiontowardstheWestBTLEWViolenceinthe19thCenturyII.TheAmericanWestTheendoftheAmericanWes.tInthe19thcentury,thesettlersinthewestweremostverytoughandimprudent.Thewaytheysettledconflictswitheachotherwasveryviolentasthentherewerenoadequatesystemoflawandgovernmentalinstitutionstoturnto.Andgunfighterswerecommon.Tobeabletohandlegunsseemedtobeabasicsurvivalskillunderthecircumstances.BTLEWPartTwoThisistheendofPartTwo.PleaseclickHOMEtovisitotherparts.