1、Unit 3The Million Pound Bank-note Warming up and Reading I整理課件 Suppose a rich person gives you a million pound bank-note, what will you do with it ? Give the reasons.Speaking 整理課件How much do you know about Mark Twain? Warming up整理課件Quiz (2 m) 1.What was the real name of Mark Twain?2.What century was

2、 he born?3.What was his job?4.Along which river are some of his most famous novels set?5.What does Mark Twain mean?6.Can you name one of his famous novels?7.Did he write plays as well as novels and short stories?8.Can you name one of his short stories?整理課件The greatest humorist of the 19th century Am

3、erican literature.Mark Twain:(18351910)整理課件Real nameMeaning of his pen nameBirth dateBirthplacePlace where he grew upHis masterpiecesRead the short passage quickly and fill in the chart.整理課件Real name of MTMeaning of his pen nameBirth dateBirth placeSamuel Langhorne Clemens1835 (died 1910)Florida Fil

4、l in the blanks.The water of the river is two fathoms deep.整理課件Place where he grew up HismasterpiecesIn Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)(湯姆湯姆索亞歷索亞歷險記）險記） The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1894)(哈哈克貝利克貝利費恩歷險記費恩歷險記) 整理課件Have you read the story? Have

5、you seen the film ? If so, what do you think of it?Pre-reading :humorous / satirical 諷刺的諷刺的 money worship 拜金主義拜金主義 a rags-to-riches story整理課件Fast ReadingRead the narrators part :1.Who are the main characters in the play?2.What is their bet about?Oliver believes it while Roderick doubt it.3.Who is He

6、nry?He is an American businessman, penniless and wandering in London. He even doesnt know what to do.Careful reading 1.Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know much about London?2. What did he do in America?3. Why did he land in Britain? 4. Why do you think that the brother chose Henry for thei

7、r bet?1. Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know much about London? 2. What did he do in America?Henry comes from San Francisco. No, he doesnt know London at all.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

8、wind and was rescued by a ship for London.整理課件4. Why do you think that the brothers chose Henry for their bet? It was his first visit to London so nobody knew him. He was penniless so he would have to rely on the bank note. They thought he looked honest because he asked for a job and not charity.整理課

9、件(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.Put the follo

10、wing events in correct order.整理課件About a month agoHenry was _ out of the bay;Towards nightfallHenry found himself _ to sea by a strong wind.The next morningHenry was _ by a ship.LastlyHenry arrived in _ by working on the ship as an _ hand.sailingcarriedspottedLondonConsolidation unpaid整理課件NowHenry w

11、as _ in London and _in the streets.Just at that momentRoderick _ him and asked him to step in.To Henrys surpriseRoderick gave Henry a _ with money in it.lostcalledletterwandering整理課件1.以以為基礎為基礎3.因因.而聞名而聞名4.以以為背景為背景7.迷失迷失;迷路迷路9.繼續繼續;前進前進 be base on be brought up be best known for be set in a large sum

12、 of money make a bet be lost in permit me to lead the way go right ahead land in Britain整理課件13.盯著盯著.看看;凝視凝視20在礦業公司工作在礦業公司工作 by accident sail out of the bay stare at towards nightfall give oneself up for lost work as an unpaid hand account for seek help I dont follow you work for a mining company整理課件

13、21. 老實說；坦白說老實說；坦白說 to be honest on the contrary show sb out 整理課件Homework 1.熟讀課文熟讀課文 retell the story 3.Unit 3 練習卷練習卷2（上交）（上交）整理課件Explanation1.be well known for ( be better / best known for) be well known as a writer be well known to sb2.be set in以為背景 The novel is set in London in the 1930s. He is be

14、st known for his novels set in his boyhood on the river ( which are set in) beside a large sum of money / a large amount of money do a sum整理課件4. 你會如何處置這筆錢? What would you do with the money? How would you deal with ?整理課件整理課件整理課件整理課件整理課件整理課件整理課件整理課件整理課件Henry was an_. One day he had an accident in a_.

15、Luckily he was survived by a ship for_. He arrived in London by earning his passage without pay. AmericanLondonbayRetell the story by filling the following passage. 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

16、made a_.incredibleragslostbet整理課件What kind of persons you think the characters are?(Henry Adams, Oliver Roderick)After-readingOliver 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 characte