1. Module 3 Unit 3 Unit 3 One Million Pound Bank Note

2. Reading

3. Warming up

4. Mark Twain’s House

5. The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. 友谊是如此圣洁的一种激情, 是如此甜蜜、牢固和 忠诚, 这样的特质可使友谊维系终身 — 只要不向对方 借钱。 — Mark Twain

6. Mark twain

7. Mark Twain was a great American writer, and he was also a famous speaker. He liked to tell funny stories to make people laugh. He also liked to play jokes on his friends. Once Mark Twain was traveling with a friend of his.

8. His friend lost his money, so he asked Mark Twain to buy a train ticket for him. “But I don't have enough money to buy two tickets,” said Mark Twain. His friend didn't know what to do. “You can hide under my seat when the conductor comes to check the tickets,” Mark Twain said to him.

9. When the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets, one for himself and one for his friend. He said to the conductor, “My friend is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he does not like to

10. sit on the seat. He likes to lie on the floor under the seat.” Everyone in the train looked at his friend under the seat and laughed.

11. Reading: About Mark Twain (P23) 1. Read the passage and answer the questions. 2. Do you know more about Mark Twain? Try to fill in the chart about Mark Twain. 3. Underline some language points.

12. Questions 1. Mark Twain has a meaning, which means _______ feet deep or ______ meters deep. 2. How old was Twain when he began writing stories? twelve 3.66 About 32 years old.

13. 5. Which universities honored him for his writing? Yale and Oxford. 3. What is his first story? It is about a jumping frog contest.

14. Real name of MT Date of birth Places where he lived Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835(died 1910) Raised in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River, but travelled much of the US, and also lived for a time in Europe. Fill in the blanks.

15. Jobs Writing style printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier, a gold miner, a businessman and a newspaper reporter, a writer description of common people and the way they talked humorous

16. Can you list three of his famous stories? The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 《汤姆 · 索亚历险记》

17. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 《哈克贝利 · 弗恩历 险记》

18. Life on the Mississippi

19. The Million Pound Bank-Note

20. the bet

21. 英格兰银行出于特殊的需要发行了 两张面值一百万的钞票，其中一张收回 并作废，但还有一张却留在银行，两兄 弟打赌，一个身无分文的人带着这张钞 票会发生什么，兄弟 A 说会死去，兄弟 B 说他肯定能活一个月。他们物色了一 个年轻人做试验，带着这张毫无使用价 值的百万英镑钞票。

22. 年轻人走进商店买东西，拿出钞票 要求找钱，店老板都震惊了并立刻 改变态度，极力讨好这个年轻人， 年轻人得到了他想得到的，包括爱 情和受人尊敬。他爱上的女孩正是 兄弟 B 的女儿。最后，百万英磅被 银行收回并作废，年轻人过上了幸 福的生活。

23. Act one scene 3 Pre-reading

25. If a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, for example, one million pound, what will you do?

26. Some new words incredible: difficult to believe 难以置信的 stare at: look at sb./sth. for a long time 凝视 nightfall: the time in the evening when it becomes dark 傍晚

27. survive: continue to live or exist 生存 ; 存活 spot: see or notice a person or thing 发现 account for: to be the explanation or cause of sth. 是.... 的原因 charity: 施舍

28. Characters in the play: Henry Adams: An American businessman, lost in London without money, friends or a job. Roderick and Oliver: Two rich brothers, who made a bet. Roderick believed that a man couldn’t survive in the city for a month with only a million pound bank-note. But Oliver believed he could.

29. While-reading 1. Who was Henry? An American businessman, who arrived in London by accident, penniless, hungry and lonely.

30. 2. How did Henry Adams come to England? It was the ship that brought him to England. 3. Where did Henry work before? How much did he have? He worked for a mining company before and he had no money at all.

31. 4. What did the two gentlemen give Henry? They give him a letter. 5. When can Henry open the letter? He can’t open it until two o’clock. 6. Why did they chose Henry? Because Henry was honest, hard- working and poor.

32. 7. Please find out all the stage directions (the Italics 斜体字 ), and guess their functions in the play. Functions: 1) tone of voice 2) behaviour

33. A. Henry wandered in London streets. B. About a month ago, Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay. C. The next morning he was spotted by a ship. D. Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind. E. On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand. BDCEA Put the following events in correct order:

34. Why did the narrator say “you’re about to hear the most incredible tale”?

35. A. Because Henry Adams survived at sea. B. Because Henry Adams earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand. C. Because Roderick and Oliver invited Henry to step in and asked him questions. D. Because Henry Adams, a tramp, was given some money for reasons unknown to him. D

36. The characteristics of Henry: It is my first trip here. Well, to be honest, I have none. (no money) Well, I can’t say that I have any plans. I don’t want your charity. I just want an honest job. honest:

37. I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand. Could you offer me some kind of work here? I don’t want your charity, I just want an honest job. hard-working:

38. Well, it may seem luck to you but not to me. If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I don’t think it’s very funny. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll be on my way. careless: direct: I landed in Britain by accident.

39. Explanation 1.A large quantity of money= a large sum of money 常用于修饰不可数名词。 Now he has a large amount of money. He can do anything he wants with it.

40. 1) 只用于修饰可数名词的有 : dozens of scores of a great many a big (large/great) number of big (large/great) numbers of 2) 只用于修饰不可数名词的有 : much a great (good) deal of a great (good) amount of

41. 3) 既可修饰可数名词, 也可修饰 不可数名词的有 : a lot of lots of plenty of a large quantity of

42. 2. What will you do with it? do with 对待；处理 What shall we do with the rubbish? 比较 :do with/deal with 两个都有 “ 处理, 对付 ” 之意 do with 中的 do 是及物动词 ; 而 deal with 中的 deal 是不及物动词, 所以 do with 用 what 提问, deal with 用 how 提问。

43. How are you going to deal with the waste paper? What are you going to do with the old books? 3. make a bet make a bet on sth. with sb.= bet on sth. with sb. I bet …= I’m certain… 我肯定 …

44. 4. Now ladies and gentlemen, you’re about to hear the most incredible tale. 女士们， 先生们， 你们将要听到一个 最令人难以置信的故事。 be about to do 正要（即将）做某事 e.g. Just as I was about to leave the room, the telephone rang. 我正要离开房间， 电话铃响了。

45. 辨析： be about to/ be to/ be going to 1)be about to do sth. 表示 “ 马上就要 ” ， 一般不和时间状语连用。 2)be to 表示按计划或职责、义务要求 必须做的事或即将发生的动作。 3)be going to 打算将要做某事，也可表 示很可能发生的事或自然现象。

46. I was about to jump when the guide stopped me. When is the invention to be put into use? I’m not going to tell you the truth.

47. 5. He is lost in London. 他在伦敦迷了路。 be lost 迷路；倾心于某事 e.g. He was lost in the forest for three days and nights and was finally rescued by his friends. 他迷失在树林里三天三夜, 最后被朋友们救了出来。 e.g. He was so lost in reading this book that he forgot the time of his train. 他看书入了神, 把上火车的时间都忘了。

48. 6. Permit me to lead the way, sir. 先生, 请让我来带路吧。 permit someone to do 准许 …… 做某事 e.g. Will you permit us to use this room for a meeting this afternoon? 你能准许我们今 天下午在这个房间开个会吗？ permit doing 准许做某事 e.g. The rules of the club don’t permit smoking. 俱乐部的规矩是不允许吸烟。 与 permit 同义的词 allow ，也这样使用。

49. 7. by accident= by chance eg. I only found it by accident. 8. stare at stare at angrily= glare at

50. 9. Find oneself carried out to sea ( 发 现某人自己被漂流到海上 ) find oneself + 介词短语 / 分词 ( 发现 某人自己不知不觉 …) He found himself walking in the direction of the park.

51. 10. I earned my passage by working as unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearance. 我靠做义工来顶替船费, 这 就是我为什么衣冠不整的原因了。 earn one’s passage 挣取旅费 e.g. He couldn’t afford the fare, and so he had to earn his passage by doing jobs on the ship. 他交不起船费, 只得靠在 船上做些零活来挣取路费。

52. account for 对 …… 做出解释；说明原因 e.g. Nobody could account for his absence from school. 没人能对他旷课做出解释。

53. 11. to be honest (with sb.)= to tell you the truth = honestly speaking

54. Summary of the Million Pound Bank- Note Henry, a San Francisco businessman is rescued at sea by a British ship that takes him to London where he finds himself without money, friends or the hope of finding a good job. Hungry

55. and alone, he walks the streets of the city when unexpectedly he is asked to a large and grand house. Two rich brothers, Roderick and Oliver, have made a secret bet, Roderick believes that a man cannot survive in the city for a month with only a million

56. Pound bank-note in his possession but Oliver believes he can. The play takes us along on Henry’s misadventures with humor and surprise to discover who will win the bet.

57. Summary and homework What do you think of this play? Is money so important? Some people say that money is everything. But some people still think that money can bring them happiness. What do you think of this?

58. 1. Review the key sentences in this part. 2. Preview the words in the second period.