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Unit 3The Million Pound
Bank-note
Warming up
and Reading I
李晓琴
What do you know about
Mark Twain?
Warming up
Mark Twain (1835—1910)
The greatest humorist
of the 19th century
in American literature.
Also one of the greatest
writer in the world.Do you know any of his works?
Real name
Meaning of his pen name
Birth date
Birthplace
Place where he grew up
His famous stories
Read the short passage quickly and fill in the chart.
Real name of MT
Meaning of his pen name
Birth date
Birth place
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
November 30th, 1835
Florida
Fill in the blanks.
river
Place where
he grew up
His famous
stories
In Hannibal, Missoouri,
along the Mississippi
River.
The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer; The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn.
The greatest humorist of the 19th century American literature.Novels:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)(汤姆 ·索亚历险记)The Prince and the Pauper (1882)(皇子与贫儿 ) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1894)(哈克贝利 ·费恩历险记 )
Mark Twain:(1835—1910)
The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer
《汤姆 ·索亚历险记》
He is good at writing about He is good at writing about children’s adventures.children’s adventures.
The Adventures of
Huckleberry
Finn《哈克贝利 ·
弗恩历险记》
his masterpieceshis masterpieces
18761876
The Adventures The Adventures
of Tom Sawyerof Tom Sawyer
his masterpieceshis masterpieces
18811881
The Adventures The Adventures of Huckleberry of Huckleberry FinnFinn
1. Running for 1. Running for GovernorGovernor
his short storieshis short stories
his short storieshis short stories
2. The £ 2. The £ 1,000,000 1,000,000 Bank-NoteBank-Note
Suppose a rich
person gives you a
million pound bank-
note, what will you
do with it? Give the
reasons.
Discussion
We are going to study the play “The Million Pound Bank Note” by Mark Twain. First, let’s learn something about play.
戏剧包括哪些要素?情感,欲望,争斗,妥协。什么是戏剧冲突?戏剧冲突表现在人物性格的冲突上,具体表现为一系列的动作。
Pre-reading
什么是戏剧语言?戏剧语言包括人物语言和舞台说明。舞台说明是写在剧本每一幕的开端,结尾和对话中间的说明性的文字,内容包括人物表、时间、地点、服装、道具、布景、以及人物的表情、动作、上下场等,它具有增强舞台气氛,烘托人物心情,展示人物性格,推动情节展开等多种作用。
Listen to the tape and read the play,
and find out the conflict in the play.
After that, answer the questions.
•How many characters are there in the
scene? Who are they?
Characters (人物):
Henry Adams:
a lost American
businessman in London
“Roderick” and “Oliver”:
two brothers and rich
Englishmen
Who is the main character? Where does
he come from?
Henry, the hero of the story, comes from America.
When and where did the story happen?
Where are the characters in Scene 3?
What happened in Scene 3?
In London, the summer of 1903.
In the old brothers’ home.
The two old brothers gave Henrry a bank note.
Read the play carefully and 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 is Henry lost in London? How did
he get there?
4. How many questions do the brothers
ask Henry? What is the brothers’
concern?
5. Why do the brothers give Henry the
letter?
6. Can you find the examples of polite
requests?
7. Can you guess why the brothers do not
permit Henry to open the letter until 2
o’clock?
1. Where does Henry Adams come
from? Does he know much about
London?
2. What did he do in America?
Henry comes from San Francisco.
No, he doesn’t know London at all.
He worked for a mining company.
3. Why is Henry lost in London?
How did he get there?
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. How many questions do the brothers
ask Henry? What is the brothers’
concern?
Seven. They want to know whether
or not Henry is penniless.
5. Why do the brothers give Henry the
letter?
• 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.
(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.
Put the following events in correct order.
Key:
(2) About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay.
(4) Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind.
(3) The next morning he was spotted by a ship.
(5) On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.
(1)Henry wandered in London streets.
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.
American
London
bay
Retell the story by filling the following
passage.
Retell the story by filling the following
passage.
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 ____.
incredible
ragslost
bet
What do you think of Henry?
Tells the truth to the brothers.
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.
Wants work but not charity.
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.
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.
What kind of persons you think Oliver
and Roderick are?
Post reading
Oliver and Roderick:
rich (servants and not worrying about
giving a stranger a million pound bank-
note), mischievous (prepared to bet one
million pounds just for a bit of fun),
good judges of character (they see Henry
is honest and proud)
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.
Prediction