unit 3 the million pound bank-note warming up mark twain’s house
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Unit 3
The Million Pound
Bank-note
Warming up
Mark Twain’s House
What do you know about the American writer Mark Twain ?
Do you know any of his works? Can you name any of them?
Mark TwainMark Twain
Samuel Samuel Langhorne Langhorne ClemenssClemenss
(塞谬尔(塞谬尔 .. 朗赫恩 朗赫恩 ..克来门司)克来门司)
11/30/183511/30/1835
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04/21/191004/21/1910
America's best known literary figure
America's short story writershort story writernovelistnovelistHumoristHumoristpublic speakerpublic speaker
literary giant
The evaluation given to him
His famous works
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 《汤姆 · 索亚历险记》
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn《哈克贝利 · 弗恩历险记》
Life on the Mississippi
The Million Pound Bank-Note
Discussion :
Warming up-III (3m)
Discussion :
Suppose a rich person gives you a million pound bank-note, what will you do with it ? Give the reasons.
Homework
1) Find the information (story) of scene 1 and scene 2.2) Preview act 1, find out the useful expressions.3) Prepare for a performance for the text.
The Million Pound
Bank-note
Act 1
ACT
1
SCENE
1&2
A brief introduction to the story
Task 1: pre-reading
Two rich gentlemen made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound note.
Henry, sailed too far, drifted out to the ocean, wandering in Landon
Jobless, penniless, dressed in rags
ACT
1
SCENE
3
The story began
Task 2: Reading
1.How did Henry Adams come to England?
2.Where did Henry work? How much money did he have?
3.What did the two gentlemen give Henty?
4.When can Henry open the letter?
Scan the passage and find out :
1.How did Henry Adams cone to England?
It was the ship that brought him to England.
2.Where did Henry work? How much money did he have?
He worked for a mining company and had no money at all.
3.What did the two gentlemen give Henry?
They give him a letter.
4.When can Henry open the letter?
He can’t open it until 2 o’clock.
Listen to the tape and then put the following events in correct order.
(1)Henry wandered in London streets.
(2)About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay.
(3)The next morning he was spotted by a ship.
(4)Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind.
(5)On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.
5
1
3
2
4
Find out the useful expressions
Post-reading: Role-play
1.Narrator2.Roderick3.Oliver 4.Servant
1.bet n.
(1)agreement to risk money, etc on an event of which the result is doubtful 赌博
Make a bet 打赌
咱们赌下次大选好吗?Let’s make a bet on the next election
have a bet 打赌 win/lose a bet 打赌赢 / 输了
accept/take up a bet
(2) The money, etc risked in this way (金钱等)赌注v. 1)risk (money) on a race or some other event of which the result is doubtful 打赌,赌博
布莱克夫人把她所有的钱都花在了赌马上。Mrs. Black spent all her money betting on horses.
2)I bet……=(informal) I’m certain…… 我肯定…我敢肯定他去游泳了,他喜爱这项运动。I bet he’s gone to swimming---he loves it.
Henry was an_________. One day he had an
accident in a_____. Luckily he was survived by a
ship for_______. He arrived in London by earning
his passage without pay. He was _____in the street
in_____. To his surprise an ________ thing
happened. Two rich brothers gave him a million
pound bank-note because they had made a_____.
incredible
American
London
bay
rags
lost
bet
Retell the story by filling the following passage.
What kind of persons you think the characters are?(Henry Adams, Oliver Roderick)
After reading
proud (he earns his passage by working on a ship to England), careless( he arrived in England by accident after not sailing his boat well), honest (he asks for work not charity).
Henry :
Oliver and Roderick :rich (servants and not worrying about giving a stranger a million pound bank-note), mischievous (prepared to bet one million pounds just for a bit of fun), good judges of character( they see Henry is honest and proud)
What do you think will happen to Henry?
Will the bank-note help him or get him into trouble?
Give a possible development to the story.
Prediction
Learning about language
Alternative words and expressions
Words and expressions from the text
someone paid to do housework
unbelievable
early evening
the cost of a journey on a ship
in a way not planned
look at..for a long time
be the reason for
servant
stare at
by accident
passage
nightfall
incredible
account for
to be honest
appearance
silly
patience
a bank-note
tale
permitallow
story
a piece of paper used as money
willingness to wait
foolish
the way someone looks
to tell you the truth