Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note

1. Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note 高一(4) 许志鹏

2. Period 1&2 Warming up and Reading I Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-note Period 1&2: 幻灯片9-42页

3. Warming up-I (2m) What do you know about Mark Twain? Do you know any of his works?

4. The greatest humorist of the 19th century American literature. Novels: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)(汤姆·索亚历险记） The Prince and the Pauper (1882)（皇子与贫儿） The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1894） （哈克贝利·费恩历险记） Mark Twain: (1835—1910)

5. good at writing about children’s adventures

6. his masterpieces The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876

7. his masterpieces The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1881

8. his short stories 1.Running for Governor 2.The £ 1,000,000 Bank-Note

9. Warming up-II (5m) About Mark Twain Find out more information about Mark Twain and then complete the following chart.

10. In Florida Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi It means the water is twofathoms deep.(=12feet) He left school to look for work. A printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier, a gold miner, a business- man and a newspaper reporter.

11. Question & Thinking: • 1.What was Mark Twain’s life like in the last years of his life? • 2.As a result of this, what happened to his writing? It was filled with sad events, loneliness and the loss of much money. His writing lost most of its humour and became sad like him.

12. 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.

14. ACT Pre-reading-I (2m) A brief introduction to the story 1 SCENE 1&2

15. Two rich gentlemen made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound note. Henry, the hero of the story, an American young man, sailed too far, drifted out to the ocean, A British ship, for London, passing by, fortunately saved him.

16. Pre-reading-II (1m) Prediction : What would happen to Henry?

17. ACT 1 The story began SCENE 3

18. Reading-I (2m) Scan the passage and find out : What happened to Henry? What does the brothers choose Henry for?

19. What happened to Henry? He was given a letter by the two brothers and was asked not to open it until two o’clock. What does the brothers choose Henry for? They wanted to make a bet on Henry.

20. Jobless,penniless,honest, the right person to choose for betting gave Henry an envelope and told him not to open it until 2 o’clock

21. Reading-II (3m) Skimming: answer the following questions: 1. Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know much about London? 2. What did he do in America? 3. Why did he land in Britain?

22. 1. Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know much about London? Henry comes from San Francisco. No, he doesn’t know London at all. 2. What did he do in America? He worked for a mining company.

23. 3. Why did he land in Britain? He was sailing out the bay when he was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was survived by a ship for London.

24. Put the following events in correct order. • Henry wandered in London streets. • About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay. • The next morning he was spotted by a ship. • Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind. • On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand. Reading III-pair work(5m)

25. Key: (2) About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay. (4) Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind. (3) The next morning he was spotted by a ship. (5) On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand. (1)Henry wandered in London streets.

26. Reading exercises: Write”F”if it is a fact. Write “O”if it is an opinion. Reading-IV (2m) • Henry wants to find a job in London. • Henry is given an envelope by two brother. • Henry is unlucky young man. • Henry is not a proud man. • Henry is foolish to go and meet the two brothers. F F O O O

27. Reading-V (7m) Read Act one again, then fill in the following form. sailing carried spotted London

28. lost called letter

29. Reading-VI (5m) Retell the story by filling the following passage. 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_____. American bay London lost incredible rags bet

30. After-reading (3m) After reading What kind of persons you think the characters are? (Henry Adams, Oliver Roderick)

31. Henry : 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). 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)

32. Prediction 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.

33. Assignment Review the new words and the key sentences in this part. Preview the words in the second period.

34. See you next time