1、The Million Pound Bank Note Unit 3warming upbirthplace novel adventure phrase authorn.出生地；故乡n.小说；长篇故事adj.新奇的；异常的n.奇遇；冒险n.短语；词组；惯用语n.著者；作家bring up 抚养；教育；提出Words previewExpressions previewDo you know who he is?Im Mark Twain.How much do you know about me?Mark Twain(18351910)Mark Twains House Americas b
2、est known literary figureAmericas short story writer novelistLiterary giantDo you know any evaluation given to him?Humorist public speakerDo you know any of his works?Can you name any of them?His famous worksThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer汤姆索亚历险记The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn哈克贝利弗恩历险记Life on the Mi
3、ssissippi密西西比河上的生活Running for Governor竞选州长The Million Pound Bank Note百万英镑“The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that cannot read them.”“Always tell the truth;then you dont have to remember anything.”-Mark TwainRead the short passage below and then fill in the chart.(TB,P17)Ma
4、rk Twain was born in Florida on November 30th,1835.He was brought up in Hannibal,Missouri,along the Mississippi River.He is best known for his novels set in his boyhood world on the river,such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Twain loved the river so much that e
5、ven his pen name is about the river.“Twain”is an old word for“two”.The phrase“mark twain”means that the water is two fathoms deep.The authors real name was SamuelLanghorne Clemens.Fill in the blanksReal nameMeaning of his pen nameBirth dateBirthplacePlace where he grew upHis famous storiesSamuel Lan
6、ghorne Clemensthe water is two fathoms deepNovember 30th,1835FloridaHannibal,Missouri,along the MississippiThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer,The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnHave you ever read any of Mark Twains novels?Choose one and tell the class about it.Suppose you get a large amount of money by buy
7、ing lottery tickets(彩票)and become a millionaire (百万富翁).What will you do with the money?DiscussionImagine that somebody gives you a large sum of money to spend as you like.What would you do with it?Buy a houseTravel around the worldHave you ever made a bet with a friend?If so,what did you bet on?How
8、did you feel about the bet after it was won or lost?The Million Pound Bank NoteDo you know this novel?The novel is a story about bet.This novel was made into a film.Have you seen the film?If you have,what did you think of it?Henry:An American businessman,who arrived in London by accident,penniless,h
9、ungry and lonely.CharactersCharactersRoderick and Oliver:Two rich brothers,who made a bet.Roderick believed that a man couldnt survive in the city for a month with only a million pound bank-note.But Oliver believed he could.The Million Pound Bank Note Act IBrief introduction to the story:Two brother
10、s Oliver and Roderick brothers bet on what would happen if one had nothing but a bank-note of 1,000,000.They made a bet on a poor man Henry,who was in rags.They gave him a million pound bank note and saw whether he could win others respect even though he was in rags and looked poor.So the story beganThe Bet
