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 Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemenss （塞谬尔. 朗赫恩. 克来门司） 11/30/1835|04/21/1910
America's best known literary figure America's short story writer novelistHumorist public 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
Find out the useful expressions
Post-reading: Role-play 1.Narrator 2.Roderick 3.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 permit allow story a piece of paper used as money willingness to wait foolish the way someone looks to tell you the truth