Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-note Warming up Mark Twain’s House

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