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Unit 3 The million pound bank note

Period one Warming up

Teaching aims:

1.

To know the characters of play, esp. the type of its language.

2.

To know the background of the play.

Teaching procedures:

Hello, everyone! This class, we are going to a new unit. In this class, we will learn lots

of information about Mark Twain and his works.

Mark Twain is probably one of the few American writers with whom your students are

already

familiar.

This

exercise

allows

you

to

discover

just

how

much

your

students

remember about this 19

th

century writer.

Step 1. Read and answer

Mark

Twain

was

born

in

Florida

on

November

30

th

,

1835.

He

was

brought

up

in

Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River. He is best know for his novels set in

his

boyhood

world

on

the

river,

such

as

The

Adventures

of

Tom

Sawyer

and

The

adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain loved the river so much that even his pen name

is bout the river. “Twain” is an old word for “two”. The phrase “mark twain” means that

the water is two fathoms deep. The author’s rea

l name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

NOTES

Read name

Meaning of his pen name

Birth date

Birthplace

Place where he grew up

His famous stories

Now, close your books and answer the following questions.

1.

What was the real name of Mark Twain?

2.

What century was 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 sotries?

Step 2. Sharing

Ask Ss if they know any of Mark Twain’s novels. If they know, let them tell the others

the plot briefly. If not, tell them briefly.

Summary of the adventures of Tom Sawyer

This

is

a

story

about

a

young

boy

named

Tom

Sawyer

who

is

very

mischievous

and

likes o go on adventures. He lives with his Aunt Polly and his halfbrother Sid. Tom also

had

two

friends

named

Joe

Harper

and

Huckleberry

Finn.

Bechy

Thatcher

is

Tom’s

girlfriend and Injun Joe is the town’s thief and murderer. This story takes

place in the

mid-1800s in a small village in Missouri along the Mississippi River.

Summary of the adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Before the novel begins, Huck Finn has led a life of absolute freedom. His parents are

either

dead

or

absent

and

so

Huck

is

not

used

to

following

any

rules.

The

most

important part of his character is his desire to save a black slave, Jim, and free him from

slavery. He runs away with Jim whom he sees as a person and not property. They escape

down the river giving Huckleberry time to think of the best thing to do.

Step

3.

Homework:

Try

to

read

one

of

Mark

Twain’s

work

and

share

it

with

your

partner.

Period two Reading

Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Pre-reading

Discuss the question with your partners and then report your work. Encourage to

express your opinions freely.

(1)

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 with it? Why?

(Have

a

discussion

on

this

question.

Whatever

choice

students

make

here,

they

should be ready to offer their classmates a good reason for it.)

(2) Have you ever made a bet with your friend? If so, what did you bet on? How

did you feel about the bet after it was won or lost?

(3) Have you ever read the story “The Million Pound Bank

-

Note”? Have you seen

the

movie?

If

so,

what

did

you

think

of

it?

Do

you

want

to

know

what

happened

to

Henry Adams in THE MILLION POUND BANK- NOTE written by Mark Twain? Have

you ever read the story? So this class we will learn the story together.

Step 2. Reading

1.

Language points

Discuss some important sentences and phrases in the passage.

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

Let’s make a bet on the next election

咱们赌下次大选好吗？

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

< br>(

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

Mrs. Black spent all her money betting on horses.

布莱克夫人把她所有的钱都花在了赌马上。

②

I bet……=(informal) I’m certain……

我肯定

…

I bet he’s gone to swimming

---he loves it.

我敢肯定他去游泳了，他喜爱这项运动。

2. permit(v.)

(1)permit sb to do sth.=allow sb to do sth.

允许

Her mother would not permit her to come back late.

她的妈妈是不会允许她晚归的。

Permit me to explain it.

容我解释一下。

(2) permit sth: allow sth. to exist, happen, or to be done(very formal)

许可、容许

(

某事物

)

存在、发生 或被（某人）做（非常正式）

We don’t permit smoking in the office.

在我们的办公室里不准吸烟。

The prisoners were permitted two hours’ outdoor exercise a day.

犯人每天允许有两个小时的户外活动。

3. incredible (adj.) = unbelievable: incredible tale

(1) to a great degree; extremely or unusually

极端地；异乎寻常地。

incredibly hot weather

极热的天气

(2) in a way that is difficult to believe; amazingly

难以置信；惊人地

Incredibly, no one had ever thought of such a simple idea before.

真是难以置信，这样简单的主意竟没有人想到。

4. go head :be carried out; take place

执行，进行，举行

(1)Despite the bad weather, the journey will go ahead.

尽管天气不好，旅行将照常进行。

(2)The building of the new bridge will go ahead as planned.

新桥的修建将按计划进行。

5. matter n.&v

(1) n. affair, topic or situation being considered

事情；问题；情况

I don’t discuss private matters with my colleagues.

我不和同事谈私事。

We have several important matters to deal with at our next meeting.

下次会议我们有几件重要的事情要处理。

(2)n.physical substance or things of a specified kind

物质，材料，物品

The universe is composed of matter.

宇宙是由物质构成的。

(3)v. be important

关系重大，要紧

What does it matter whether he comes or goes?

他来也好去也好，那有什么关系呢？

It doesn’t matter to me what you do.

你做什么我都无所谓。

v.

(1)look at sb./sth. with the eyes wide open in a fixed gaze

瞪着眼睛凝视

It’s rude to stare.

盯着人看是没有礼貌的

They all stared in amazement.

他们都惊讶得瞪大了眼睛。

(2) be wide open with a fixed gaze

睁大眼睛注视

He gazed at the scene with staring eyes.

他瞪着眼睛注视着这场面。

(3) bring sb. into a specified condition

瞪着某人使其做出某种反应

She stared him into silence.

她把他瞪得不吭声了。

她凝视着远方。

She is staring into the distance.

我看了可是看不清楚。

I looked but couldn’t see it clear.

7. spot

n.&v.

(1)n. small mark different in color, texture

斑点

豹和虎哪一个身上有斑点？

Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger?

(2)drop

滴

下了几滴雨，你感觉到了吗？

Did you feel a few spots of rain?

(3)v. pick out, catch sight of ,recognize, discover

找出，认出，发觉

杰克最终找到了他想要的衬衫。

Jack finally spotted just the shirt he wanted.

我看不出两者的区别。

I can’t spot the difference between them.

e n.

(1)process of passing/freedom or right to go through

通行

机动车禁止通行。

The passage of motor vehicles is forbidden.

他们被禁止穿越占领区。

They were denied passage through the occupied territory.

t for: be the explanation of sth.; explain the cause of sth.

做某事的解释；解释某事物的原因。

他因病缺席。

His illness accounts for his absence.

请你对自己的行为作出解释。

Please account for your own conduct.

9. appearance n.

(1) arrival

出现，来到

警察突然出现，小偷就逃跑了。

The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away.

(2)

外貌，外表

勿以貌取人

——

外貌不可靠。

Don’t judge by appearances

---- appearances can be misleading.

10. by accident =by chance

偶然地，

意外地

我只是碰巧找到的。

I only found it by accident.

11. to be honest = to tell you the truth=honestly speaking

to be frank =frankly speaking

坦率地说

我认为我们取胜的可能性不大。

To be honest

, I don’t think we have a chance of winning.

2. Listen to the tape of the text. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the

pauses within each sentence and try to find out the characteristics of the whole passage

and then some questions.

(1) What happened to Henry?

(2) What do the brothers choose Henry for?

(Answers: 1. He was

given a letter by the two

brothers and was

asked

not

to

open it

until two o’clock. 2. They wanted to make a bet on Henry.)

3. Scanning’

Read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. According

to the scenes, answer the following questions.

(1) Where does Henry Adams come from?

(2) Does he know much about London?

(3) What did he do in America?

(4) Why did he land in Britain?

(Answers: 1. Henry comes from San Francisco. 2. No, he doesn’t know L

ondon at all. 3.

He worked for a mining company. 4. He was sailing out the bay when he was carried

out to sea by a strong wind and was survived by a ship for London.)

4. Discussion

(1) Divide up the

class into

groups of four to

discuss

what

kind

of person

they think

their character is.

Name

Henry

Adams

Character

1. pround

2. honest

3. careless

Evidence

Pays for his passage by working as an unpaid sailor he

asks for work not charity

He did not sail his boat well and might have died if the

ship had not seen him

Oliver

and

1. rich

Servants and a house

Roderick

2. trusting

3.

mischievous

Give a stranger a million pound bank note without any

check or guarantee prepared to bet on so much money

just

for

fun

they

can

tell

by

his

face

that

Henry

is

4.

good

judge

honest

of character

(2)The style of the play

In

this

play,

Henry

speaks

American

English.

The

other

characters

all

speak

British

English.

Their

choice

of

words,

is

formal

by

today’s

standards.

So

draw

students’

attention to:

· Henry’s English style which shows he is American(“Go right ahead”, “I’d about given

myself up for lost”).

·

The

brothers’

use

of

English

that

shows

they

are

British(“Would

you

step

inside

please”, “I wonder if you’d mind us asking a few questions”).

Step 3. Comprehending

Polite language

Simple alternatives

1

Would

you

step

inside

a

moment,

Come in, please

please?

2

Good

morning,

sir,

would

you

please

Hello. Please come in.

come in?

3 Permit me to lead the way, sir.

4 How do you do, Mr…er…?

5 I won

der, Mr Adams, if you’d mind…

Let me show you the way

Hello Mr…

Mr Adams, is it OK if…

6 May

we

ask what

you’re doing in

this

Why are you in England?

country…?

7 Now if you’ll excuse me I’ll…

Step 4. Homework:

1.

Review the new words and the key sentences in this part.

2.

Preview the words in the second period.

Please excuse me.

Period three Grammar