1. nextlastreturn exit Revision Description Reading Word and sentence study Background Analyzing Homework Lesson 38 AT THE TAILOR ’ S SHOP Senior English for China Students’ Book 2B Lesson 38 At the tailor’s shop Discussion By chen cui xia Free talk Listening Practice Performing

2. Cumstomer (Henry) Shop assistnat (Tod) Manager

4. A short play: AT THE TAILOR’S SHOP Enjoy the short play,then choose the best answer: 1.What did the customer want?He wanted to buy ______ at the shop. A. a coat B. a shirt C. a suit D. a dress 2.How did the customer look?He looked _____. A. well B. poor C. happy D. ill 3.How did the customer want to pay?With_____. A. change B. a billion pound note C. a £1,00,000 bank note D. a £1,000,000 bank note

5. AT THE TAILOR’S SHOP The £1,000,000 Bank-Note Mark Twain

6. American short story writerAmerican short story writer Humorist Humorist Social criticSocial critic Mark Twain (1835-1910) Samuel Langhorne Clemens

7. his masterpieces 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

8. his masterpieces 1881 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

9. his masterpieces 1881 The Prince and the Pauper

10. his short stories The Cop and the Anthem The Cop and the Anthem Running for Governor Running for Governor The £ 1,000,000 Bank-Note The £ 1,000,000 Bank-Note

11. Detail reading: 1.Why did the shop assistant show the customer the cheapest clothes? 2.What did he really mean by saying“I know that gentlemen like you carry only large notes”? 3.What made the manager feel excited? 4.When and why did the manager and Tod change their attitudes to the customer?

12. Match the following words according to the English meaning: tailor depend on choice trust favor/favour judge millionaire serve apologize change 1.believe 2.consider 3.say sorry 4.a person who has a million pounds/dollars 5.rely on 6.act of choosing 7.maker of clothes 8.act of kindness 9.money in small units 10.work for sb.

13. Sentence study: 1.Will you serve him?= 2.I apologize.= 3.Is anything the matter?= 4.Ah, here’s the thing I’m after.= 5.A very good choice,sir.= 6.I can wait all my life,sir.= 7.I’ll drop in = 8.Let me show you out,sir.= Please see what he wants. I am very sorry. What’s wrong?/ What’s the matter? You’re choosing sth.that is just right for you,sir. I don’t mind how long I wait to be paid,sir. I’ll call in at the shop when I’m next passing it. Let me come with you to the door,open it and say goodbye,sir. Ah, here’s the suit I’m looking for.

14. Find out the sentences about the attitudes of the manager towards the customer: The first time he saw the customer: 1.There’s a customer ， Tod ． Will you serve him ？ 2.No matter what he is wearing ， Tod ， just show him the cheapest ． 3.Come ， come ． Get him his change ， Tod ． When he realized that the customer was a millionaire: 4.To sell such a suit as that to a millionaire ！ Tod’s a fool ． Please get those things off ， sir ， and throw them into the fire ． Do me the favor to put on this shirt ， and this suit… 5.I can wait all my life ， sir ． Tod ， you will send these things to the gentleman’s address ． Put down the gentleman’s address… (look down upon) (flatter, snob)

15. Discussion : 1.Suppose you are Tod or the manager, what’s your attitude towards the customer? 2.What can you learn from the passage? 3.What does money mean in capitalist countries?

16. A customer went into a tailor’s shop to buy a new___. All he had in his pocket was a million-pound_____.His wearings were so worn-out that the shop assistant looked _____ upon him and _____ him the cheapest clothes. In his mind, that was the best ______ for such a poor man. When the customer ______ him the million-pound note, the shop assistant felt very _______,and didn’t know what to do. Just then the manager went _____ to him and asked what was happening.Seeing the note, he got so _____ that he asked the customer to do him a _____ to get those cheap clothes_____ and _____ on much better ones. Then he __________ the gentleman and picked out nice _________ for making a suit ____this man’s own measure. The man said that he couldn’t _____ the clothes unless they would wait or _____ the note. The manager promised to wait _____ his life. Finally, he told the assistant to _____ down the man’s address. The gentleman said it was not necessary because he would drop _____ and leave his new address _____ he found another hotel. suit downchose choice showed surprised up excited favoroff put measured material to order changeall put inwhen note

17. Practise the dialogue and act it out:

18. Homework: 1.Suppose you are Tod, rewrite the text in the first person form. 2.Find the language points of the text.