课件26张PPT。A wonderful English WorldPre-reading:Background knowledge about
Mark Twain and his play .Getting to know a great literary giant:
Mark TwainTask 1:Samuel Langhorne ClemensHannibal, Missouri, along the MississippiThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Life on the MississippiThis play was made into a film. Two rich gentlemen in London made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound bank-note. An American young man who sailed too far was carried out to sea, but was saved by a British ship for London . So he was now in London , tired,hungry and penniless……
Task 2: Getting to know the story.While-reading: Try to gain as much information
as possible from the story through
reading and train reading skills.
While-reading: Task 1. Scanning Reading strategy: Go through the play for specific information.Don’t
read sentence by sentence. Characters (人物):Henry Adams :a lost American businessman
in London“Roderick” and “Oliver” : two brothers and rich Englishmen
sailingcarriedspottedLondonTowards
nightfallLastlyAbout a month agoThe next morning Henry was _____ out of the bay.Henry was ______ out to sea by a strong wind.Henry was ________by a ship.Henry arrived in __________ by working as an unpaid hand.lostcalledletterRoderick gave Henry a _________
with money in it.
NowHenry was______ in London and wandering in the street.Just at that timeTo Henry’s surpriseletterWhile-reading: Task 2. Skimming Reading strategy: Go through the play for the gist which is the general idea of the play.Don’t worry about the language.Answer the following questions:
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?Henry comes from San Francisco.
No, he doesn’t know London at all.
He worked for a mining company.
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.
Henry wandered in London streets.
About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay.
The next morning he was spotted by a ship.
Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind.
On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.Put the following events
in correct order.
1.2.3.4.5.While-reading: Task 3. Detailed-reading Reading strategy: Read the play carefully and try to get as much information as possible .Try to keep them in mind. The story happened in _________ in ________. Henry, a tramp who came from ______________ landed in Britain ____________. He earned his ________ by working as an _________ hand. He was _____in the street in_____. Two rich brothers gave him a million pound bank-note because they had made
a_____.
London1903San Franciscoby accidentpassageunpaid lostragsbetRetell the story Think about what kind of person Henry was?Post-Reading: Henry was?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. honest Henry was?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 Henry was?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.
Direct/StraightforwardLanguage PointsLet’s learn some important words and expressions:1. A large quantity of money= a large sum of money
2. Make a bet
make a bet on sth. With sb= bet on sth with sb.
I bet …= I’m certain…我肯定…
3. Permit sb. To do sth.
E.g. : Her mother would not permit her to come back late.
permit doing sth.
E.g. :We do not permit smoking in the office.
4. Find oneself carried out to sea (发现某人自己被漂流到海上)
find one’s +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.
5. Account for (说明/解释某事的原因)
E.g. His illness accounts for his absence.
6. by accident= by chance
E.g. I only found it by accident.
7. stare at
stare at angrily= glare at
8. to be honest= to tell you the truth = honestly speaking
9. pretend to do pretend to be doing
10. take chances of doing sth./on sth.(冒险/碰运气)
Home work Rewrite the play in to a
story in your own words.