“Soapy’s Winter Home”(a short passage adapted from the “Cop and the Anthem” by O. Henry, a short story master) 通过本篇文章的讲解，让学生初步了解欧•亨利短篇小说的写作特点 (His stories expressed the effect of coincidence through humor and irony, and often had surprising endings.)以及小说创作中故事情节发展的5个阶段和快速阅读的技巧，同时训练他们的快速阅读、归纳总结和口语表达能力。