课标人教实验版 高一 Module 3Unit 3

Unit 3The Million Pound Bank-note

Period 1&2

Warming up

and Reading I

What do you know

about Mark Twain?

Do you know any of

his works?

Warming up

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

1835 (died 1910)

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 adventureschildren’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

his short storieshis short stories

1. Running for 1. Running for GovernorGovernor

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

Some new words

incredible: difficult to believe

(unbelievable)

stare at: look at sb. / sth. for a long

time

nightfall: the time in the evening when

it becomes dark

survive: continue to live or exist

spot: see or notice a person or thing

account for: to be the explanation or

cause of sth.

charity: 施舍by accident: by chance

ACT

1

SCENE

1&2

A brief

introduction to

the story

Pre-reading

the bet

Two rich gentlemen made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound note.

Henry, the hero of the story, an American young man, sailed too far, drifted out to the ocean,

A British ship, for London, passing by, fortunately saved him.

What would happen to Henry?

Prediction:

ACT

1

SCENE

3

The story began

What happened to Henry?

Scan the passage and find out :

Reading

What happened to

Henry?He was given a letter by the two

brothers and was asked not to open

it until two o’clock.

Jobless, penniless,

honest, the right person

to choose for betting

gave Henry an envelope

and told him not to

open it until 2 o’clock

Skimming: 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 did he land in Britain?

4. Why do you think that the

brother chose Henry for their

bet?

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 did he land in Britain?

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. Why do you think that the

brother chose Henry for their

bet?• 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.

F (fact) or O (Opinion)

1). Henry wants to find a job in London.( )

2). Henry is given an envelope by the two brothers. ( )

3). Henry is an unlucky young man. ( )

4). The servant is called James. ( )

5). Henry is foolish to go and meet the two brothers. ( )

FF

FF

OO

FF

OO

About a month ago

Henry was ______ out of the bay;

Towards nightfall

Henry found himself ______ to sea by a strong wind.

The next morning

Henry was ______ by a ship.

Lastly Henry arrived in _______ by working on the ship as an unpaid hand.

sailing

carried

spotted

London

Read Act one again, then fill in the following form.

Now Henry was ___ in London and wandering in the streets.

Just at that time

Roderick ______ him and asked him to step in.

To Henry’s surprise

Roderick gave Henry a _____ with money in it.

lost

called

letter

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 kind of persons you think the

characters are?

(Henry Adams, Oliver Roderick)

After-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)

Henry:

Tells the truth to the brothers.honest:

Wants work but not

charity.

hard-working:

He worked for his passage

as an unpaid hand to

England

overconfident

independent

He thought he could sail

better than he could

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

1.bet n.

(1) agreement to risk money, etc. on an

event of which the result is doubtful

赌博 Make a bet打赌 咱们赌下次大选好吗？

Let’s make a bet on the next

election.

Language points for ReadingLanguage points for Reading

have a bet打赌win/lose a bet 打赌赢 /输了accept/take up a bet

(2) The money, etc. risked in this way (金钱等 )赌注

v. 1)risk (money) on a race or some other event of which the result is doubtful打赌 , 赌博

布莱克夫人把她所有的钱都花在了赌 马上。

Mrs. Black spent all her money betting on horses.

2) I bet……=(informal) I’m certain……

…我肯定 我敢肯定他去游泳了，他喜爱这项运动。 I bet he’s gone swimming---he

loves it.

2. permit (v.)

1) permit sb to do sth.=allow sb to do sth.

允许 她的妈妈是不会允许她晚归的。

Her mother would not permit her to

come back late.

容我解释一下。 Permit me to explain it.

2) permit sth: allow sth. to exist, happen, or to be done(very formal) 许可、容许 (某事物 )存在、发生或被 (某人 ) 做 (非常正式 )

在我们的办公室里不准吸烟。 We don’t permit smoking in the office.

犯人每天允许有两个小时的户外活动。 The prisoners were permitted two hours’ outdoor exercise a day.

3. go head :be carried out; take place执行，进行，举行

1) 尽管天气不好，旅行将照常进行。 Despite the bad weather, the journey

will go ahead.

新桥的修建将按计划进行。 The building of the new bridge

will go ahead as planned.

4. matter n.&v

(1) n. affair, topic or situation being

considered 事情；问题；情况 我不和同事谈私事。

I don’t discuss private matters

with my colleagues.

下次会议我们有几件重要的事情要处理。We have several important

matters to deal with at our next

meeting.

(2) n.<u>physical substance or things of a specified kind物质，材料，物品

宇宙是由物质构成的。

(3) v. be important关系重大，要紧 他来也好去也好，那有什么关系呢？

你做什么我都无所谓。It doesn’t matter to me what you do.

What does it matter whether he comes or goes?

The universe is composed of matter.

5. by accident =by chance

偶然地 , 意外地 我只是碰巧找到 的。 I only

found it by accident.

6. stare v.

(1) look at sb./sth. with the eyes wide

open in a fixed gaze瞪着眼睛凝视 盯着人看是没有礼貌的

It’s rude to stare.

他们都惊讶得瞪大了眼睛。 They all stared in

amazement.

(2) be wide open with a fixed gaze 睁大眼睛注视

他瞪着眼睛注视着这场面。 He gazed at the scene with

staring eyes.(3) bring sb. into a specified condition瞪着某人使其做出某种反应

她把他瞪得不吭声了。 She stared him into silence.

她凝视着远方。She is staring into the distance.

我看了可是看不清楚。I looked but couldn’t see it clear.spot n.&v.

(1) n. small mark different in color,

texture 斑点 豹和虎哪一个身上有斑点？Which

has spots, the leopard or the tiger?

(2) drop 滴 下了几滴雨 , 你感觉到了吗？

Did you feel a few spots of rain?(3) v. pick out, catch sight of, recognize,

discover 找出 , 认出 , 发觉 杰克最终找到了他想要的衬衫。

Jack finally spotted just the shirt he wanted.

我看不出两者的区别。 I can’t spot the difference between them.

7. passage n.船费（包括食宿） 她的祖父一路在船上打工支付船费

来到美国。 Her grandfather had worked his passage to America.

8. account for :be the explanation of sth. ;

explain the cause of sth. 做某事的解释；解释某事物的原因。

他因病缺席。 His illness accounts for his

absence.

请你对自己的行为作出解释。Please account for your own conduct.

9. appearance n.1) arrival 出现，来到 警察突然出现 , 小偷就逃跑了。

The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away.

2) 外貌，外表 —— 勿以貌取人 外貌不可靠。

Don’t judge by appearances---- appearances can be misleading.

Summary of the Million Pound Bank-Note Henry, a San Francisco businessman is rescued at sea by a British ship that takes him to London where he finds himself without money, friends or the hope of finding a good job. Hungry and alone, he walks the streets of the city when unexpectedly he is asked to a large and grand house.

Two rich brothers, Roderick and Oliver,

have made a secret bet, Roderick

believes that a man cannot survive in the

city for a month with only a million

Pound bank-note in his possession but

Oliver believes he can. The play takes us

along on Henry’s misadventures with

humor and surprise to discover who will

win the bet.

Assignment Assignment

Review the new words and the

key sentences in this part.

Preview the words in the second

period.