Unit3TheMillionPoundBank-noteWarmingupandReadingIWhatdoyouknowaboutMarkTwain?Doyouknowanyofhisworks?WarmingupRealnameofMeaningofhispennameBirthdateBirthplaceSamuelLanghorneClemens1835(died1910)FloridaFillintheblanks.riverPlacewherehegrewupHisfamousstoriesInHannibal,Missoouri,alongtheMississippiRiver.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer;TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.Thegreatesthumoristofthe19thcenturyAmericanliterature.Novels:TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876)(湯姆·索亞歷險記）ThePrinceandthePauper(1882)(皇子與貧兒)TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1894)(哈克貝利·費恩歷險記)MarkTwain:(1835—1910)hismasterpieces1876TheAdventuresofTomSawyerhismasterpieces1881TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnhisshortstories1.RunningforGovernor2.The￡1,000,000Bank-NoteSupposearichpersongivesyouamillionpoundbank-note,whatwillyoudowithit?Givethereasons.DiscussionACT1SCENE1&2AbriefintroductiontothestoryPre-readingthebetTworichgentlemenmadeabetonwhatwouldhappentoapersonifhewasgivenamillionpoundnote.Henry,theheroofthestory,anAmericanyoungman,sailedtoofar,driftedouttotheocean,ABritishship,forLondon,passingby,fortunatelysavedhim.WhatwouldhappentoHenry?Prediction:ACT1SCENE3ThestorybeganRODERICK:

Youngman,wouldyoustepinsideamoment,please?HENRY:

Who?Me,sir?RODERICK:

Yes,you.OLIVER:

Throughthefrontdooronyourleft.HENRY:

(Aservantopensadoor)Thanks.SERVANT:

Goodmorning,sir.Wouldyouplease

comein?Permitmetoleadtheway,sir.OLIVER:

(Henryenters)Thankyou,James.Thatwillbeall.RODERICK:

Howdoyoudo,Mr....er...?HENRY:

Adams.HenryAdams.OLIVER:

Comeandsitdown,Mr.Adams.HENRY:

Thankyou.RODERICK:

You'reanAmerican?HENRY:

That'sright,fromSanFrancisco.NARRATOR:

Itisthesummerof1903.Twooldandwealthybrothers,RoderickandOliver,havemadeabet.OliverbelievesthatwithamillionpoundbanknoteamancouldsurviveamonthinLondon.HisbrotherRoderickdoubtsit.Atthismoment,theyseeapennilessyoungmanwanderingonthepavementoutsidetheirhouse.ItisHenryAdams,anAmericanbusinessman,whoislostinLondonanddoesnotknowwhatheshoulddo.THEMILLIONPOUNDBANKNOTEActI,Scene3RODERICK:

HowwelldoyouknowLondon?HENRY:

Notatall,it'smyfirsttriphere.RODERICK:

Iwonder,Mr.Adams,ifyou'dmindusaskingafewquestions.HENRY:

Notatall.Gorightahead.RODERICK:

Mayweaskwhatyou'redoinginthiscountryandwhatyourplansare?HENRY:

Well,Ican'tsaythatIhaveanyplans.I'mhopingtofindwork.Asamatteroffact,IlandedinBritainbyaccident.OLIVER:

Howisthatpossible?HENRY:

Well,yousee,backhomeIhadmyownboat.Aboutamonthago,Iwassailingoutofthebay...

(hiseyesstareatwhatisleftofthebrother'sdinnerontable)OLIVER:

Well,goon.HENRY:

Oh,yes.Well,towardsnightfallIfoundmyselfcarriedouttoseabyastrongwind.Itwasallmyfault.Ididn'tknowwhetherIcouldsurviveuntilmorning.ThenextmorningI'djustaboutgivenmyselfupforlostwhenIwasspottedbyaship.OLIVER:

AnditwastheshipthatbroughtyoutoEngland.HENRY:

Yes.ThefactisthatIearnedmypassagebyworkingasanunpaidhand,whichaccountsformyappearance.IwenttotheAmericanembassytoseekhelp,but...(Thebrotherssmileateachother.)RODERICK:

Well,youmustn'tworryaboutthat.It'sanadvantage.HENRY:

I'mafraidIdon'tquitefollowyou,sir.RODERICK:

Tellus,Mr.Adams,whatsortofworkdidyoudoinAmerica?HENRY:

Iworkedforaminingcompany.Couldyouoffermesomekindofworkhere?RODERICK:

Patience,Mr.Adams.Ifyoudon'tmind,mayIaskyouhowmuchmoneyyouhave?HENRY:

Well,tobehonest,Ihavenone.OLIVER:

(happily)Whatluck!Brother,whatluck!(clapshishandstogether)HENRY:

Well,itmayseemluckytoyoubutnottome!Onthecontrary,infact.Ifthisisyourideaofsomekindofjoke,Idon'tthinkit'sveryfunny.(Henrystandsuptoleave)

Nowifyou'llexcuseme,IthinkI'llbeonmyway.RODERICK:

Pleasedon'tgo,Mr.Adams.Youmustn'tthinkwedon'tcareaboutyou.Oliver,givehimtheletter.OLIVER:

Yes,theletter.(getsitfromadeskandgivesittoHenrylikeagift)Theletter.HENRY:

(takingitcarefully)Forme?RODERICK:

Foryou.(Henrystartstoopenit)Oh,no,youmustn'topenit.Notyet.Youcan'topenituntiltwoo'clock.HENRY:

Oh,thisissilly.RODERICK:

Notsilly.There'smoneyinit.(callstotheservant)

James?HENRY:

Oh,no.Idon'twantyourcharity.Ijustwantanhonestjob.RODERICK:

Weknowyou'rehard-working.That'swhywe'vegivenyoutheletter.James,showMr.Adamsout.OLIVER:

Goodluck,Mr.Adams.HENRY:

Well,whydon'tyouexplainwhatthisisallabout?RODERICK:

You'llsoonknow.(looksattheclock)Inexactlyanhourandahalf.SERVANT:

Thisway,sir.RODERICK:

Mr.Adams,notuntil2o'clock.Promise?HENRY:

Promise.Goodbye.Answerthefollowingquestions:1.WheredoesHenryAdamscomefrom?DoesheknowmuchaboutLondon?2.WhatdidhedoinAmerica?3.WhydidhelandinBritain?1.WheredoesHenryAdamscomefrom?DoesheknowmuchaboutLondon?HenrycomesfromSanFrancisco.No,hedoesn’tknowLondonatall.2.WhatdidhedoinAmerica?Heworkedforaminingcompany.

3.WhydidhelandinBritain?HewassailingoutthebaywhenhewascarriedouttoseabyastrongwindandwasspottedbyashipforLondon.passage

spotted

sailed

ThemillionpoundbanknoteBeforeHenrycomingtoLondonAmonthago,Henry______outofthebay.Hewascarriedouttoseabyastrongwindandwas_______byaship.Heearnedhis________byworkingunpaid,which__________hisappearance.accountedfor

ReadActoneagain,thenfillinthefollowingform.ThemillionpoundbanknoteWhenHenrycomingtoLondonHelandedinBritain____________.Helosthisway,_________onthe_________.HewenttotheAmerican________to______help.pavementwandering

byaccident

embassy

seek

ThemillionpoundbanknoteHowHenry’sluck_______Two________brothersmadeabet.

Henrywas_______toentertheirhouse.

Henrywasgiventheletterwithamillionpoundbanknote.

invited

wealthychangedHenry______outofthebayandwas_____intheseabecauseofastrongwind.Luckily,hewas______byashipandheearnedhis______byworkingasanunpaidhand,which____________hisappearance.HewenttotheAmerican________to_____helpbutfailed.Tohissurprise,an___________thinghappened.Tworichbrothersgavehimamillionpoundbank-notebecausetheyhadmadea_____.ButHenrywasunwillingtoacceptother’s_______becausehewas____________.sailedlostspottedpassageaccountedforembassyseekunbelievablebetcharityhard-workingWhatkindofpersonsyouthinkthecharactersare?(HenryAdams,OliverRoderick)PostreadingOliverandRoderick:rich(servantsandnotworryingaboutgivingastrangeramillionpoundbank-note),mischievous惡作劇的(preparedtobetonemillionpoundsjustforabitoffun),goodjudgesofcharacter(theyseeHenryishonestandproud)Henry:Tellsthetruthtothebrothers.honest:Wantsworkbutnotcharity.hard-working:HeworkedforhispassageasanunpaidhandtoEnglandoverconfidentindependentHethoughthecouldsailbetterthanhecould1.bet

n.(1)agreementtoriskmoney,etc.onaneventofwhichtheresultisdoubtful賭博makeabet打賭咱們賭下次大選好嗎？Let’smakeabetonthenextelection.Languagepointshaveabet打賭win/loseabet打賭贏/輸了accept/takeupabet(2)Themoney,etc.riskedinthisway(金錢等)賭注v.1)risk(money)onaraceorsomeothereventofwhichtheresultisdoubtful打賭,賭博布萊克夫人把她所有的錢都花在了賭馬上。Mrs.Blackspentallhermoneybettingonhorses.2)I

bet……=(informal)I’mcertain……我肯定…我敢肯定他去游泳了，他喜愛這項運動。Ibethe’sgoneswimming---helovesit.2.permit(v.)1)permitsbtodosth.=allowsbtodosth.允許她的媽媽是不會允許她晚歸的。Hermotherwouldnotpermithertocomebacklate.容我解釋一下。Permitmetoexplainit.2)permitsth:allowsth.toexist,happen,ortobedone(veryformal)許可、容許(某事物)存在、發(fā)生或被(某人)做(非常正式)在我們的辦公室里不準吸煙。Wedon’tpermitsmokingintheoffice.犯人每天允許有兩個小時的戶外活動。Theprisonerswerepermittedtwohours’outdoorexerciseaday.3.gohead:becarriedout;takeplace執(zhí)行，進行，舉行1)盡管天氣不好，旅行將照常進行。Despitethebadweather,thejourneywillgoahead.

新橋的修建將按計劃進行。Thebuildingofthenewbridgewillgoaheadasplanned.4.mattern.&v(1)n.affair,topicorsituationbeingconsidered事情；問題；情況我不和同事談私事。Idon’tdiscussprivatematterswithmycolleagues.下次會議我們有幾件重要的事情要處理。Wehaveseveralimportantmatterstodealwithatournextmeeting.(2)n.<U>physicalsubstanceorthingsofaspecifiedkind物質(zhì)，材料，物品宇宙是由物質(zhì)構成的。(3)v.beimportant關系重大，要緊他來也好去也好，那有什么關系呢？你做什么我都無所謂。Itdoesn’tmattertomewhatyoudo.Whatdoesitmatterwhetherhecomesorgoes?Theuniverseiscomposedofmatter.5.byaccident=bychance偶然地,意外地我只是碰巧找到的。Ionlyfounditbyaccident.6.starev.(1)lookatsb./sth.withtheeyeswideopeninafixedgaze瞪著眼睛凝視盯著人看是沒有禮貌的It’srudetostare.他們都驚訝得瞪大了眼睛。Theyallstaredinamazement.(2)bewideopenwithafixedgaze睜大眼睛注視他瞪著眼睛注視著這場面。Hegazedatthescenewithstaringeyes.(3)oaspecifiedcondition瞪著某人使其做出某種反應她把他瞪得不吭聲了。Shestaredhimintosilence.她凝視著遠方。Sheisstaringintothedistance.我看了可是看不清楚。Ilookedbutcouldn’tseeitclear.7.Ididn’tknowwhetherIcouldsurviveuntilmorning.[考點]賓語從句。[考例1]Youcanonlybesureof_____youhaveatpresent；youcannotbesureofsomething_____youmightgetinthefuture．(安徽2007)A．that;whatB．what;/C．which；thatD．/；thatB[點撥]做好本題要先弄清句子結構。第一個空是由what引導的賓語從句作of的賓語,并且what在從句中作have的賓語。第二空格為關系代詞引導定語從句,修飾限制something。在這個定語從句中,關系代詞that作get的賓語,也可以省略。[考例2]Havingcheckedthedoorswereclosed,and_____allthelightswereoff,theboyopenedthedoortohisbedroom.(湖南2007)A.whyB.thatC.when D.whereB[點撥]Havingchecked之后帶了并列的兩個以that引導的賓語從句,即：thedoorswereclosed,andthatallthelightswereoff。這時可以省略第一個that,第二個that一般不能省。Having短語在句中作狀語。8.spotn.&v.(1)n.smallmarkdifferentincolor,texture斑點豹和虎哪一個身上有斑點？Whichhasspots,theleopardorthetiger?(2)drop滴下了幾滴雨,你感覺到了嗎？Didyoufeelafewspotsofrain?(3)v.pickout,catchsightof,recognize,discover找出,認出,發(fā)覺杰克最終找到了他想要的襯衫。Jackfinallyspottedjusttheshirthewanted.

我看不出兩者的區(qū)別。Ican’tspotthedifferencebetweenthem.9.passagen.船費（包括食宿）她的祖父一路在船上打工支付船費來到美國。

HergrandfatherhadworkedhispassagetoAmerica.

10.accountfor:betheexplanationofsth.;explainthecauseofsth.做某事的解釋；解釋某事物的原因。他因病缺席。Hisillnessaccountsforhisabsence.請你對自己的行為作出解釋。Pleaseaccountforyourownconduct.11.appearancen.arrival出現(xiàn)，來到警察突然出現(xiàn),小偷就逃跑了。Thesuddenappearanceofapolicemancausedthethieftorunaway.2)外貌，外表勿以貌取人——外貌不可靠。Don’tjudgebyappearances----appearancescanbemisleading.12.Ifthisisyourideaofsomekindofjoke,Idon’tthinkit’sveryfunny.如果你們認為這是一個笑話，我可不覺得很可笑。[點撥]此句是一個主從復合句。主句為Idon’tthink...；從句是if引導的條件狀語從句，即Ifthisisyourideaofsomekindofjoke；另外Idon’tthink稱之為否定前移或否定轉(zhuǎn)移，即：當主句中含有think,believe,suppose,expect,imagine等謂語動詞時，后面賓語從句中的否定詞not往往轉(zhuǎn)移到主句謂語動詞之前。如：Idon’tbelievetheywillwinthegame.我相信他們不會贏得這場比賽。Idon’tthinkitisfair.我認為那不合理。Shedoesn’tsupposethatwehavefinishedthejob.她認為我們還沒有完成工作。[即學即用]翻譯下列句子。1)我認為瑪麗的父親將不允許她熬夜。Idon’tthinkthatMary’sfatherwillpermithertostayuplate.2)我不相信史密斯先生是一個畫街景的畫家，對嗎？Idon’tbelievethatMr.Smithisapainterofstreetscenes,ishe?3)我猜想我永遠不會再見到她。Idon’tsupposeI’lleverseeheragain.13.Weknowyou’rehard-working.That’swhywe’vegivenyoutheletter.[考點]表語從句。[考例1]Thetraditionalviewis__wesleepbecauseourbrainis“programmed”tomakeusdoso.(上海2007)A.when B.whyC.whether D.that[點撥]通讀題目后可以知道表語從句中不缺少句子成分,所以用that引導,這時that不可以省略。D[考例2]Whynottryyourluckdowntown,Bob?That’s_____thebestjobsare.(浙江2007)A.where B.whatC.when D.why[點撥]考查where引導表語從句。句意：為什么不在鬧市區(qū)碰碰運氣呢？那里是找好工作的地方。ASummaryoftheMillionPoundBank-NoteHenry,aSanFranciscobusinessmanisrescuedatseabyaBritishshipthattakeshimtoLondonwherehefindshimselfwithoutmoney,friendsorthehopeoffindingagoodjob.

Hungryandalone,hewalksthestreetsofthecitywhenunexpectedlyheisaskedtoalargeandgrandhouse.Tworichbrothers,RoderickandOliver,havemadeasecretbet,RoderickbelievesthatamancannotsurviveinthecityforamonthwithonlyamillionPoundbank-noteinhispossessionbutOliverbelieveshecan.TheplaytakesusalongonHenry’smisadventureswithhumorandsurprisetodiscoverwhowillwinthebet.I.根據(jù)下列各句句意及所給單詞的首字母或漢語提示,寫出該單詞的正確形式。1.Wediscoveredasecret_______(通道)behindthewall.2.Iadviseyounottodobusinesswiththatdishonest___________(商人).passagebusinessman練習坊3.Wecanseeamagicalviewoverthecalmwaterofthe____(海灣)fromourwindow.4.Peoplehavealreadygatheredoutsidethe________(大使館)gates.5.Myfatherisalwaysfindingf_____withthewayIdothings.

bay

embassyault6.Thesignsays,“Noparkingonthep________.”7.Herendlessp_______madeherthebestnurseinthehospital.atienceavementII.用所給單詞的適當形式填空。1.WhenIcamein,theboy____________(wander)aroundintheclassroom.2.They___________(spot)bythepoliceastheywereenteringthebank.3.Youwerewrongtotakethecarwithout___________(permit).waswanderingwerespottedpermission4.Finallyw