Unit 3 The Million Pound Band-note[下学期]

课件19张PPT。Unit 3
The Million Pound
Bank-noteWhat do you know abou Mark Twain? Do you know any of his works?Mark Twain
1835-1910Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
1835 — 1910 American short story writer
Humorist good at writing about children’s adventureshis masterpieces1876The Adventures of Tom Sawyerhis masterpieces1881 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnhis short stories Running for Governor The ￡ 1,000,000 Bank-NoteRead the passage about Mark Twain and fill in the chart.1835Florida Hannibal, Missouri,along the Mississipi RiverPrinter, riverboat pilot, soldier, gold miner,businessman, newspaper reporter, writerThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry; Life On The MississipiIts description of common people and the way they talked and his humorSamuel LanghorneIntroduce Mark Twain according to the chart1835Florida Hannibal, Missouri,along the Mississipi RiverPrinter, riverboat pilot, soldier, gold miner,businessman, newspaper reporter, writerThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry; Life On The MississipiIts description of common people and the way they talked and his humorSamuel LanghorneDescribe Mark Twain according to the chart.1835Florida Hannibal, Missouri,along the Mississipi RiverPrinter, riverboat pilot, soldier, gold miner,businessman, newspaper reporter, writerThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry; Life On The MississipiIts description of common people and the way they talked and his humorThe Million Pound Bank-note
Act OneBrief introduction to the story:
Two brothers Oliver and Roderick brothers bet on what would happen if one had nothing but a bank-note of ￡ 1,000,000.They made a bet on a poor man Henry, who was in rags. They gave him a million pound bank-note and saw whether he could win other’s respect even though he was in rags and looked poor. So the story began…
hero:Henry ￡1,000,000Main idea:
Henry’s experience with two brothers after he landed in London by chance.Read the passage and answer the questions:
Where does Henry come from? Does he know much about London?
2. What did he do in America?
3. Why did he land in Britain?
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.4. Put the following event in correct order.
Henry wandered in London streets.
About a months 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.
(2) (3) (4) (1) (5) B. (2) (4) (3) (5) (1)
C. (5) (2) (3) (4) (1) D. (1) (4) (3) (5) (2)
5. Why did the narrator say “ you’re about to hear the most incredible tale?”
Because Henry Adams survived
Because Henry Adams earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.
Because Roderick and Oliver invited Henry to step in and asked him questions.
Because Henry Adams, a tramp, was given some money for reasons
unknown to himComprehending:
1.F
2.F
3.O
4. O
5.O
sailing out of the baycarried out to sea by a strong windspotted by a shipearn his passage by working as an unpaid handlost in London and wandering in the streetcalledstep insidea letter with money in itclever
confident
fooilish
glad
jealous