人教版高中英语必修3 Unit 3 The million pound bank note Reading 阅读课课件（共16张PPT）

(共16张PPT)
bank note
= paper money
a million pound
= ？￥
=9,000,000￥ or so
If you are given a million pound, what will you do with it? Why?

a bank-note
Mark Twain
Who do these words remind you of ?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Resume
Real name:
Meaning of his pen name:
Birth date:
Birthplace：
Place where he grew up:
His famous stories:
was brought up
P17 Just underline the information.
be best known for
What are the two stories set in?
He is best known for his novels set in his boyhood world on the river, such as ….
bring up

1.Tim ate something bad and felt so terrible that he brought up his lunch.

2.It was very difficult for a single mother
to bring up two children in the 1960s.

3. His work in maths needs to be brought up to the standard of the others

呕吐
raise养育
improve 提高
Unit 3
act scene narrator
character setting
lines stage direction
A play based on Mark Twain’s novel
The Million Pound Bank Note is a two-act play with the city of London in the early 20th century as its ______. This is ___ 1, _____ 3 in which there are 4 _________. Their ____ are the most important part of the play, which help us understand their personalities, while ______________ tell the actor and actress their movements, the facial expressions they should wear and so on.
setting
Act
Scene
characters
lines
stage directions
幕 场 叙述者
角色 背景
台词 舞台说明
ACT
SCENE
Read the lines of the narrator：
Henry Adams:
a penniless American businessman wandering on the pavement in London
1
Roderick and Oliver:
wealthy brothers
made a bet
Oliver: I bet a man with a
million pound bank
note could survive a
month in London.
earned passage by working as an unpaid hand
sailed out of the bay
carried out to sea by a strong wind
was spotted by a ship
just about given up for lost
went to the embassy to seek help
He came to Britain ___________.
to earn his living
to ask the embassy for help
to practise sailing
…
Henry



penniless American businessman wandering on the pavement in London
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
by accident
A.通道 B.文章 C.船费
Picture characters P19
He was wandering on the pavement.
unhappy
worried
miserable
What Henry says or does How he feels
1.Before he enters the brother’s house
2.When he introduces himself
It was his first visit to London so nobody knew him.
He had no money so he would have to rely on the bank note.
They thought he looked honest because he asked for a job and not charity.
Why do you think that the brothers chose Henry for their bet?
Picture characters
adventurous
He sailed out of the bay in a boat and got lost at sea.
characters What he looks like
What is he like What he says
What he does
Henry
Roderick
&
Oliver
Henry:
hardworking
frank
honest
proud / self-respecting
adventurous
Oliver & Roderick
polite
self-centered
Young man, would you step inside a moment,
please?
How do you do, Mr…er…?
I wonder, Mr Adams, if you’d mind us asking a few
questions?
A. Never mind. B. Not at all. C. Yes, please.
If you don’t mind, may I ask you how much money
you have?
Summary:
In the summer of 1903, Henry Adams, an American ___________, went _______and was ______ out to sea by a strong wind. He was about to ____ __ when he was ______ by a British ship, which _______ him and brought him to London where he found himself _________. _________ in the street, he heard someone _______ him. Two strangers invited him in, gave him an _________, and asked him not to open it until two o’clock in the afternoon. Full of _______, he stepped out into the street.
sailing
carried
give up
spotted
rescued
Wandering
calling
curiosity
businessman
penniless
envelope
Read the play again and pay
attention to the intonation and
pronunciation.
2. Underline the useful phrases
and the smart everyday talk in
the play.