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