04/20/23

必修 3Unit 3

马林霞

Unit3The Million Pound Bank Note

The Million Pound Bank Note

Warming up Warming up

He was a great American writer, and he

was also a famous speaker.

He liked to tell funny stories to make

people laugh. He also liked to play jokes

on his friends. Once he was traveling

with a friend of his.

When the conductor came to check

the tickets, he gave him two tickets,

one for himself and one for his friend.

He said to the conductor, “My

friend is a strange man. When he

travels on a train, he does not like to

sit on the seat. He likes to lie on the

floor under the seat.”

Everyone in the train looked at his

friend under the seat and laughed.

Mark Twain

His friend lost his money, so he asked

him to buy a train ticket for him.

“But I don't have enough money to

buy two tickets,” said he.

His friend didn't know what to do.

“You can hide under my seat when the

conductor comes to check the tickets,” he

said to his friend.

ScanningScan the passage and try to find outwhat the passage mainly talks about?

A. Mark Twain’s famous novels.B. Mark Twain’s writing style.C. Mark Twain’s life.D. The origin of Mark Twain’s name.

Place he was born in

Places where he lived

famous works

The meaning of “mark twain”

the age of twelve

Working experience

In Florida

Hannibal, Missouri, along the MississippiThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi

It means the water is two fathoms deep.(=12feet)

He left school to look for work.

A printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier, a gold miner, a business- man and a newspaper reporter.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 《汤姆 ·索亚历险记》

He was good at writing about He was good at writing about children’s adventureschildren’s adventures

His masterpiecesHis masterpieces

18761876

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn《哈克贝利 ·弗恩历险记》

(1894）

Life on the Mississippi

18811881

his short storieshis short stories

The £ 1,000,000 The £ 1,000,000 Bank-NoteBank-Note

The Million Pound Bank-note

Why did his writing become famous?

• His writing became famous for common people and the way they talked, but especially for his humor.

Question & Thinking:

1.What was Mark Twain’s life like in the last years of his life?

2.As a result of this, what happened to his writing?

It was filled with sad events, loneliness and the loss of much money.

His writing lost most of its humour and became sad like him.

America's best known literary figure

America's short story writershort story writernovelistnovelisthumoristhumoristpublic speakerpublic speaker

literary giant

The evaluation given to him

Reading

The Million Pound Bank-Note

The Million Pound Bank-Note

《百万英镑》剧情介绍

导演：罗纳德·尼姆

演员：格里高利·派克

出品：英国电影企业家公司

富豪之家的两兄弟，从银行取出面额为一百万英镑的钞票，籍以此验证各自的理论。一个认为，这样一张钞票对穷人毫无价值；另一个认为，仅拥有这样一张钞票不用兑现，就可以过上上等人的生活。

他们选中了一个身无分文的年轻人亨利，就他是否能在三十天内凭这张百万英镑的钞票活下去而打赌。结果，亨利有了这张钞票，人们立刻对他毕恭毕敬，礼遇有加，他可以随意享用任何东西，而大家也都以能向他赊账为荣。亨利不仅活过了三十天，并且利用这张百万英镑发了一笔财，还获得了一位小姐的芳心。

影片根据马克·吐温的同名小说改编。喜剧类型影片。

记得主人公拿到百万英镑后就毫不犹豫地去吃了两份大餐，最后连盘子都舔得像铜镜一般光亮不用洗了，强烈的幸福感，在久久不能得到，又经历了千辛万苦之后，充分体会到了。《百万英镑》对很多影迷来说是一部永远都能得到满足的作品。

Fast-reading

1.How many characters are there in the play?

2.What did Henry get?

Five

A letter with money

Careful reading

1.Did Henry come to Britain on purpose? Why?

2.Where did Henry come from?

3.Why did he stare at something that was left of the

brothers’ dinner on the table?

4.What’s Henry’s attitude when he got a letter?

No. He didn’t. A strong wind carried him out to sea and another ship brought him to England.

San Francisco in American.

Perhaps he was very hungry.

He didn’t want the charity.He just wanted an honest job.

Language points

• 1. a large amount of: a large quantity of

• 2. make a bet: make an arrangement to risk money

• 3. permit sb. to do sth. : allow sb. to do sth.

• 4. by accident: as a result of chance

• 5. stare at: look at sb. with the eyes wide open in a fixed gaze

• 6. to be honest: to tell you the truth

Discussion What kind of person are they?

Henry:

Oliver and

Roderick:

Proud (to earn the passage by working on a ship to England); Careless(to arrive in England by accident after not sailing his boat well); Honest(to ask for work not charity).

Rich;Good judges of character(to see that Henry is honest and proud).

Homework

1.Finish the part“Comprehending”.

2.Find four partners to get ready for acting out the play.