Book 3 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note
Reading
自主学习
Step I. Warming up
Real name
sort out the factsMeaning of his pen name
Birth date
Birthplace
Place where he grew up
His famous stories
This unit is a play based on a short story by an American writer---Mark Twain. In pairs discuss what you know about him. Read the short passage on P17 and fill in the chart.
Step II. Pre-reading
Imagine that somebody gives you a large sum of money to spend as you like. What would you do with it?
合作探究
Step III. Skimming
Find out the main idea:____________________________________________
Step IV. Scanning
Introduce the following characters briefly:
①.Rodrick and Oliver:___________________________________________
②.Henry Adams:_______________________________________________
Step V. Careful reading
Task 1. Do the following exercises
1. Why did the two brothers make a bet?________
  A. They wanted to make fun of Hunry.   
B. They wanted to rob Henry of some money. 
C. To see whether a man could survive with a million pound bank note a month in London.   
D. They wanted to make Henry their son-in-law.
2. Why did Henry wander in London street?_______
A. He was on business.      B. He was visiting an old friend.
C. He was a citizen of London. D. He landed in Britain by accident without money.
3. What kind of person was Henry Adams?________
    A. brave    B. shy        C. honest      D. rich
Task 2.
1. Put the following events in order:_________________
1). Henry was stopped by a ship the next moring.
2). Henry wandered on the pavement in London.
3). He was sailing out of the bay about a month ago.
4). He earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand on a ship.
5). Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to the sea by a strong wind.
2. How did he earn his passage?
3. What sort of work did he do in America?
4. What did he want instead of their kindness?
5. Can you say something about the bet between Roderick and Oliver?
Step V. Paraphrase
1. I had to pay to come to England by becoming an unpaid sailor, which is the reason why I’m here.
2. You are making fun of me, I’m very unlucky.
3. Do you mind if we ask you a few questions?
Step VI. Translation
1. Oliver believed that with a million pound bank note a man could survive a month in London.
2. At this moment, they see a penniless young man wandering on the pavement outside their house.
3. His eyes stare at what is left of the brother’s dinner on table.
4. The next morning I’d just about given myself up for lost when I was spotted by a ship.
5. Well, towards nightfall I found myself carried out to sea by a strong wind.
6. 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.
Step VII. Retell the story
Henry was an _____ _____ who had an accident in a _____ and was _____ by a ship. One day he was _____ in the street in London. He has no money and is ________ on the pavement_______ what to do. To his surprise, an _______ thing happened. Two rich brothers gave him a _____ ______ ____ because they had _____ ____ ______ . One beli
eves that a man can’t _____ in the city for a month with so large a check. The other believes he can.
They asked him some questions. They found that Henry had been at sea and landed in England _____ _____, and he worked for a mining company in San Francisco. Now Henry only wanted to get an _____ job. The brothers gave Henry a letter with a bank-note in it and asked him not to _____ it _____ 2 pm. They do, however, suggest that it _________ money. Henry _______ to wait till 2 pm before opening the letter.
精讲点拨
Step VIII. Language points
1. Towards nightfall ____________________________(我发现我被刮到海上去了) by a strong wind.
自主学习：1). When he came to, he found himself in hospital.
          2). Then I found myself surrounded by a group of children.
精讲点拨：find oneself + 宾补（介词短语、done、doing、adj、 adv、 n. ….）:发现自己（不知不觉地）来到某处、处于某种境况中。
有效训练：When he came back to life, he found himself_______ in the woods and everything he had _______.
A. lying; stolen  B. lying; been stolen  C. lay; stolen  D. lay; been stolen
2. The next morning ________________________________(我正感到绝望的时候) when I was spotted by a ship.
自主学习: 1). I was wandering through the streets when I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.
        2). He was going to run away when the police came.
        3). We were about to start when it began to rain.
        4). We hadn’t walked long when he began to bring up.

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