1、教学设计Reading课前准备1学生的学习准备。把学生分成四人一组，去查阅有关 Mark Twain 的相关内容。2教师的教学准备：认真备好课，上网搜集有关 Mark Twain 的资料及与百万英镑有关的图片、评论和 VCD。3把教室座位设计成四人一组的方式，使学生相向而坐。4教具准备。准备好多媒体所需的各种设备。教学过程第一步 呈现Tell students about Mark Twain；give a brief introduction of him.Mark Twain is probably one of the few American writers with whom you
2、 are already familiar.The following questions are designed to find out how much you know about this writer and decide how much more you need to know about the author.第二步 热身练习Show some pictures of the film “The Million Pound Bank Note”，and ask the students to talk about them in their own words.Then a
3、sk them to imagine what they would do if they got one million pounds.第一环节，导入与热身。通过图片及问题，让学生对 Mark Twain 有一个初步的了解，并由此激发他们的求知欲。学生回答这一问题可以让学生积极参与进来，让课堂达到热身的目的，为下一阶段的学习扫平障碍。第三步 读前活动Get students to discuss the questions in Prereading on Page 17 with their partners and then ask them to report their work.E
4、ncourage them to express their opinions freely.A short introduction to arouse their interest and curiosity：This play is adapted from Mark Twains short story by the same title.Like most of Twains stories， it is meant to be humorous.This is a ragstoriches story but with a new twist：the hero，Henry， is
5、actually doing quite well for himself before his accident at sea.How did he get along with his long voyage，and where did he arrive?第二环节，读前活动。通过小组讨论，让学生充分表述个人观点。在这一过程中，能引起学生的共鸣，也能使学生深刻体会主人公在遇到这一情况时的感受，并更加深刻地体会剧本语言特点和主人公的内心活动，为下一环节的阅读作好充分的准备。第四步 阅读1Fast readingGet students to look through the whole sc
6、ene quickly.Where does this scene happen，at home，at a hotel or in the street?2Detailed reading1）How did Henry Adams come to England?2）Where did Henry work before？How much does he have?3）What did the two gentlemen give Henry?4）When could Henry open the letter?3ComprehendingAsk students to finish Exer
7、cises 1 &2 on Page 19 and check the answers.第三环节，阅读与理解。这一环节是本单元的中心内容，也是本课的重难点所在，采用以下步骤：1快速阅读。让学生快速阅读文章，并且能够回答一些简单的问题，这样做可以让学生对课文有一大概的了解，便于后面详读的展开。2详细阅读。学生详读完这篇文章后，用问题来检测学生，看他们是否已经掌握文章内容，通过问题的回答，可以了解学生对知识的接受程序，并由此可以相应调整接下来的步骤。3理解。让学生完成 Comprehending 的练习，以此来检查学生的理解程度，便于教师对整堂课的掌控。第五步 朗读与复述In this part，
8、students will read the play again and then the teacher plays the tape.Let students try to understand the sentences and the main idea of the whole scene.（Reference retelling）It was the summer of 1903，and Henry Adams，an American businessman，had some bad luck.He was rescued at sea by a British ship tha
9、t took him to London where he found himself without money，friends or a job.He was lost and alone in London.He didnt know what to do.Walking down the street，he heard someone calling him，then he went in and was led to two rich brothers，who made a secret bet and gave him a letter with a millionpound ba
10、nk note.He was asked not to open the letter until two oclock in the afternoon.第四环节：朗读与听力训练。让学生自己阅读之后，再来听课文录音，可以训练学生的听力能力，并且可以检测学生的听力能力。把学生分成小组朗读剧本，让他们可以参与到课文中来，同时又可以模仿，能极大地激发他们的兴趣，同时也扩展了他们复述故事，把剧本改写成文章的能力。第六步 作业布置1Review the key sentences in this part.2Preview the words in the second period.3Design a millionpound bank note：1 000 000 in a group of four，for the coming performance.第五环节：作业的设计与布置。为培养学生的探究能力，设计这样的作业可以让他们充分发挥集体的力量，同时进一步巩固所学的语言知识，培养他们的写作能力。
