1、Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note,Period 1&2 Warmingup and Reading,What do you know about Mark Twain? Do you know any of his works?,Warming up,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
2、 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1894） （哈克贝利费恩历险记）,Mark Twain:(18351910),good at writing about childrens adventures,his masterpieces,1876,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,his masterpieces,1881,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,his short stories,1.Running for Governor,2.The 1,000,000 Bank-Note,About Mar
3、k Twain,Find out more information about Mark Twain and then complete the following chart.,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 two fathoms deep.(=12feet),He left school
4、to look for work.,A printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier, a gold miner, a business- man and a newspaper reporter.,Question & Thinking:1.What was Mark Twains 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
5、 loss of much money.,His writing lost most of its humour and became sad like him.,Suppose a rich person gives you a million pound bank-note, what will you do with it ? Give the reasons.,Discussion :,ACT,1,SCENE,1&2,A brief introduction to the story,Pre-reading-I,Two rich gentlemen made a bet on what
6、 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.,What would happen to Henry?,Prediction :,Pre-reading-II,ACT,1,SCENE,3,The story
7、 began,What happened to Henry?What does the brothers choose Henry for?,Scan the passage and find out :,Reading-I,What happened to Henry?,He was given a letter by the two brothers and was asked not to open it until two oclock.,They wanted to make a bet on Henry.,What does the brothers choose Henry fo
8、r?,Jobless,penniless,honest, the right person to choose for betting,gave Henry an envelope and told him not to open it until 2 oclock,Skimming : answer the following questions:,Reading-II,1. Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know much about London?,Henry comes from San Francisco. No, he doesn
9、t know London at all.,2. What did he do in America?,He worked for a mining company.,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.,Put the following events in correct order.Henry wandered in London stre
10、ets.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,Key:,(2) About a month ago Henry Adams w
11、as 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.,Reading exercises: Write”F”if it is a fact. Write
12、 “O”if it is an opinion.,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,O,O,O,F,Reading-IV (2m),sailing,carried,spotted,London,Read Act one again, then fill in the f
13、ollowing form.,Reading-V (7m),lost,called,letter,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 poun
14、d bank-note because they had made a_.,incredible,American,London,bay,rags,lost,bet,Retell the story by filling the following passage.,Reading-VI (5m),What kind of persons you think the characters are?,(Henry Adams, Oliver Roderick),After reading,After-reading (3m),proud (he earns his passage by work
15、ing 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),
