教学设计
Learning Objectives (学习目标)
1.Enable students to read and hear natural language in a dramatic context and increase their self-confidence in using English, which will increase their overall motivation to learn English.
2.Enable students to sum up the main idea of ACT ONE Scene 3.
3.Enable students to understand the details about the whole scene.
Step 1 Lead-in
Ask students the question:
Do you want to be rich ?
Suppose you got a large amount of money by buying lottery tickets (彩票) and became a millionaire (百万富翁).
What will you do with the money?
Step 2. Fast reading
Some questions about Mark Twain:
What was his first successful story?
What are his most famous books?
Where was he born?
What happened when he was at the age of twelve?
Why did his writing become famous?
What has happened to his writing in the last years of his life?
How did he became rich?
What was Mark Twain’s life like in the last years of his life?
Tell us his wok experience
What was his pen name?
Tell us the meaning of his pen name
Where did he spend his childhood
Answer the following questions.
1. When and where did the story happen?(
2. How many characters are ? Who are they? And who’s the hero(main character)?
Characters （人物）：
________________ ________________________________________
________________ ________________________________________
_________________ ________________________________________
3.Where did Henry come from?
Step 3 Detailed Reading
I. Enjoy the text and fill in the blanks
About a month ago
Henry was __________ out of the bay;
Towards nightfall
Henry found himself _________ out to sea by a strong wind;
The next morning
Henry was __________ by a ship;
Lastly
Henry arrived in______ by working on the ship as an unpaid hand;
Now
Henry was______ in London and wandering in the street
Just at that time
Roderick _______ him and asked him to step in;
To Henry’s surprise
Roderick gave Henry a _________ with money in it.
II.Put the following events in correct order:
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.
Step 4 Group work
Character’s lines（台词） tell us what they are like. We can know more about the main characters only after we study their lines carefully.
The characteristics of Henry:
_______________________________________________________________________________
The characteristics of the two brothers:
_______________________________________________________________________________
Step 5. Assignment
What do you think will happen to Henry?
Will the bank note help him or get him into trouble?
Give a possible development to the story.
评测练习
Retell the story by filling the following passage.
Henry was an_________. One day he had an accident in a_____. Luckily he was survived by a ship for_______. He arrived in London by earning his passage without pay. 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 made a_____.
课件46张PPT。Unit 3
The Million Pound
Bank-noteDo you want to be rich ? Suppose you got a large amount of money by buying lottery tickets (彩票) and became a millionaire (百万富翁).
What will you do with the money?Buy a new houseBuy a new carbuy new mobile phone Travel (study) around the worldDonate generously to charity.
慷慨捐助慈善事业。 Million Pound Bank-NoteAbout the writer
--Mark Twain Find out more information about Mark Twain and have a competition.6195117231284101.Tell us his wok experienceOver the next two decades he was a printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier, a gold miner, a business- man and a newspaper reporter.2.What was his pen name?Mark twain.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens is his real name.3.Tell us the meaning of his pen name “twain ” is an old word for “two”.
“mark train” is to say that the water is two fathoms deep.4.Where did he spend his childhoodIn Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River.5.What was his first successful story?His first successful story was about a jumping frog contest.
Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras美[k?l?'ver?s County 6.What are his most famous books?
The adventures of Tom Sawyer.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Life on the Mississippi7.Where was he born?He was born in Florida8.What happened when he was at the age of twelve?He left school at the age of twelve to look for work.9. Why did his writing become famous?His writing became famous for common people and the way they talked, but especially for his humor.10.What has happened to his writing in the last years of his life?His writing lost most of its humor and became sad like him.11.How did he became rich?He became rich from the many novels ,short stories and travel journals he wrote and was very popular at public readings.12.What was Mark Twain’s life like in the last years of his life? The last years of his life were filled with sad events, loneliness, and the loss if much money.his famous works1876The Adventures of Tom Sawyerhis masterpieces(杰作)1881The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnhis short storiesThe ￡ 1,000,000 Bank-NoteThe Million Pound Bank-NoteFast-reading: answer the following questions.1. When and where did the story happen?(the setting)2. How many characters are ? Who are they? And who’s the hero(main character)?In the summer of 1903 in London. Henry, Roderick, Oliver, Servant. 3.Where did Henry come from?San Francisco of the US.Four.HenryCharacters （人物）：Henry Adams :
a lost American businessman in London“Roderick” and “Oliver” :
two brothers and rich Englishmen
Servant:
servant(仆人) of the two brothers Enjoy the text and fill in the blankssailingcarriedspottedLondonlostcalledletterHenry 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.12345Put the following events in correct order: Character’s lines（台词） tell us what they are like. We can know more about the main characters only after we study their lines carefully.Group1 :Henry
Group2: Two brothersGroup work Group workCharacter AnalysisIt 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: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
independent 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.straight:Careless He didn’t sail his boat well and might
have died if the ship had not seen him.The characteristics of the two brothers:some servants and a big house
not worrying about giving a stranger a million pound bank-noterichwealthy
They see that Henrry is honest and proudgood judges of
character
trustinggive a stranger a million pound
bank note without any check or
guarantee mischievousPrepared to bet on so much money just for fun You are asked to act the story out in groups.Role playAppreciation Money is not everything
It can buy you a house but not a home,
It can buy you a bed but not sleep,
It can buy you a clock but not time,
It can buy you books but not knowledge,
It can buy you blood but not life,
It can buy you a position but not respect,
It can buy you medicine but not health,
Money may not be the root of all evil(罪恶),
But it often bring us anguish (苦恼)and regrets(懊悔).Assignment What do you think will happen to Henry?
Will the bank note help him
or get him into trouble?
Give a possible development
to the story. Thank you!Henry was an_________. One day he had an accident in a___. Luckily he was survived by a ship for_______. He arrived in London by earning his passage without pay. AmericanLondonbayRetell the story 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 made a____. incredibleragslostbetDifficult sentences1. I wonder, Mr Adams, if you’d mind us asking a few questions.Note :I wonder whether (if) you… 是表示委婉的请求的句式，用于较为正式的场合。 译为：不知您是否…
2 I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearance.我靠做义工来挣船费, 这就是我衣冠不整的原因。
