U3P1Warmingup&reading

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1、TheMillionPoundBankNoteUnit3Doyouknowwhoheis?I’mMarkTwain.Howmuchdoyouknowaboutme?MarkTwain(1835—1910)MarkTwainMarkTwain’sHouseAmerica'sbestknownliteraryfigureAmerica'sshortstorywriternovelistLiterarygiantDoyouknowanyevaluationgiventohim?HumoristpublicspeakerDo

2、youknowanyofhisworks?Canyounameanyofthem?HisfamousworksTheAdventuresofTomSawyer《汤姆·索亚历险记》TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn《哈克贝利·弗恩历险记》LifeontheMississippi《密西西比河上的生活》RunningforGovernor《竞选州长》TheMillionPoundBankNote《百万英镑》“Themanwhodoesnotreadbookshasnoadvantageoverthe

3、manthatcannotreadthem.”“Alwaystellthetruth;thenyoudon’thavetorememberanything.”---MarkTwainReadtheshortpassagebelowandthenfillinthechart.Supposeyougetalargeamountofmoneybybuyinglotterytickets(彩票)andbecomeamillionaire(百万富翁).Whatwillyoudowiththemoney?DiscussionIma

4、ginethatsomebodygivesyoualargesumofmoneytospendasyoulike.Whatwouldyoudowithit?BuyahouseTravelaroundtheworldMakeabet!Haveyouevermadeabetwithafriend?Ifso,whatdidyoubeton?Howdidyoufeelaboutthebetafteritwaswonorlost?TheMillionPoundBankNoteDoyouknowthisnovel?Thenovel

5、isastoryaboutbet.Thisnovelwasmadeintoafilm.TheMillionPoundBankNoteHenry:AnAmericanbusinessman,whoarrivedinLondonbyaccident,penniless,hungryandlonely.CharactersCharactersRoderickandOliver:Tworichbrothers,whomadeabet.Roderickbelievedthatamancouldn’tsurviveinthecit

6、yforamonthwithonlyamillionpoundbank-note.ButOliverbelievedhecould.TheMillionPoundBankNoteActIWhatdidthetwobrotherbeton?Theybetonwhatwouldhappenifonehadnothingbutabank-noteof￡1,000,000.1.HowdidHenryAdamscometoEngland?2.WheredidHenrywork?Howmuchmoneydidhehave?3.Wh

7、atdidthetwogentlemengiveHenty?4.WhencanHenryopentheletter?Readthepassageandfindout:1.HowdidHenryAdamsconetoEngland?ItwastheshipthatbroughthimtoEngland.2.WheredidHenrywork?Howmuchmoneydidhehave?Heworkedforaminingcompanyandhadnomoneyatall.3.Whatdidthetwogentlemeng

8、iveHenry?Theygivehimaletter.4.WhencanHenryopentheletter?Hecan’topenituntil2o’clock.HenrywanderedinLondonstreets.AboutamonthagoHenryAdamswassailingoutofthebay.Thenextm