Book 3 Unit3 The Million Pound Bank Note
【Teaching Aims】
Students can develop their reading and speaking abilities.
Students can learn something about Mark Twain.
【Studying Focuses】
The character analysis of Henry
【Studying Methods】
Task-based teaching method.
Group work method
【课前预习】
Warming up-A brief introduction about Mark Twain(P17)
Real name
Meaning of his pen name
Birth date
Birthplace
Place?where he grew up
His famous stories
【课中探究】
I. Scan the text and fill in the blank.
Time:______________________________________________________________
Place:______________________________________________________________
Characters:_________________________________________________________
II. Read the text and answer the following questions.
Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know much about London?
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What did he do in America?
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How did Henry land in London?
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Why did the brothers give Henry the letter?
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III. Read the text again and then fill in the following form.
Before Henry came to London
A month ago, Henry ______ out of the bay.
He was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was _______ by a ship.
He earned his ________ by working unpaid, which _______________ his appearance.
When Henry was in London
He landed in Britain ____________.
He lost his way, _________ on the pavement.
He went to the American __________ to seek help.
How Henry’s luck changed
Two ________ brothers made a bet.
Henry was invited to ________ inside their house.
Henry was ________ the letter with a million pound bank note.
IV. Group work.
Character analysis- What kind of person do you think Henry is? Why do you
think so?
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V. Homework
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.
Try to act the short play in your group.
VI. 评测练习
Quotations by Mark Twain
● A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
● A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
● Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
● Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
● An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.
● Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing you can do is keep your mind young.
● Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
● Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
● By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.
● Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
● Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
● Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
● Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
● Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
● Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
● Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
● Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
● George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
● Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
● Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
Q: What can you learn from the Quotations by Mark Twain?
课件25张PPT。 Unit 3
The Million Pound
Bank Note
Mark Twain
(1835—1910)The greatest humorist of the 19th century in American literature. Also one of the greatest
writer in the world.Samuel Langhorne ClemensNovember 30th, 1835 Florida Fill in the blanks.The water is two fathoms deepIn Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer;汤姆·索亚历险记
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.哈克贝利· 费恩历险记
Running for Governor（竞选州长）
The Million Pound Bank-Note（百万英镑）
Suppose a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, what will you do with it ? What will you do with the money?Help othersTravel around the worldBuy a big houseACTSCENE1The story beganA playOliver and RoderickHenry AdamsservantTime
Place
Characters
Event
In the summer of 1903Londonmake a bettwo brothers and
rich Englishmento the brothersa lost American businessman
in LondonScanning Reading Answer the following questions.Where does Henry Adams come from?
Does he know much about London?
2. What did he do in America?
3. How did Henry land in London?
4. Why did the brothers give Henry the letter?
1. Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know much about London?
Henry comes from San Francisco.
No, he doesn’t know London at all.2. What did he do in America?He worked for a mining company. 3. How did Henry land in London?He was sailing out of the bay when he was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was spotted by a ship for London. 4. Why did the brothers give Henry the letter? Because it was his first visit to London
and he had no money . Besides, they
thought he looked honest and hardworking.
passage spotted sailed accounted for Reading Fill in the following form.wandering by accident embassy wealthy step given passage spotted sailed accounted for wandering by accident embassy wealthy step given ACTSCENE1Let’s enjoy the film!What kind of person do you think Henry is?
Character AnalysisDiscussion Henry was?honest?happy?hard-working?brave?direct/frank?kind?generous?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/Frank Henry was?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. PredictionHomework
