Unit 3 The million pound bank-note,Period 1.,Step1. Warming up,1. What do you know about the American writerMarkTwain?,2. Doyou know any ofhis work? Can you name some?,T:Show the picture of Mark Twain and have an introduction of him, then let the students read “About,MarkTwain” onpage 23, andfill inthe following chart.,Realname ofMarkTwain Samuel Langhorne Clemens,Dateof birth1835,Namesof three of his famous stories “The adventure of Tom Sawyer”,“The adventure of Huckleberry Finn ”“Life on the Mississippi”,Step2. Pre-reading,1.A rich mangivesyou a large amount of money touse as you like. What will you do with it?Whu?,2.Have you ever made a bet with a friend? If so, what did you bet on? How did you feel about the bet,afterit waswonof lost?,- bet n. make/have a bet 打赌,win/lose a bet 打赌赢/输了 Accept/take up a bet 同意打赌,-bet v. beton,Eg.MrBlackspent allhis money betting onborses.,I bet=(informal) Im certain 我肯定,Eg.Ibet he has gone swimming-he loves it.,3. Have you ever read the story “The million pound bank note”? Have you seen the movie? If so, what,did you think of it?,4. Look atPage31 of BestEnglish to see the Introduction of “The million pound bank note”.,Step3.Fast reading andanswer the following questions,1. How did Henry come toEngland?,2. Why did he land in Britain?,3. Where did Henrywork before?,4. Why did the twogentlemen give him the envelope?,5. When canhe open it?,Step4.Readthe passage once againcarefully todo the comprehending exercise.,Step5. Take rolesto readthe play,Period 2. Intensive reading,Step1. Language points,1. be about to 即将做某事,eg.As I wasabout to lock the door when you appeared.,Be to 按照命令或安排即将发生或将做的事,Eg.Tellher not tobe backlate.,2. 1)permit sb. todo sth. = allow sb todo sth,eg.Her mother would not permit her tocome home late.,辨析：permit 含有积极同意某人做某事，多用于正式场合，不和副词连用,Allow 含有听任或默许某人做某事，可和副词连用,Eg.Willyou permit me tosay afew words?,Marywouldnt allow me in.,2) Permit sth./doing sth. 许可，荣许某事存在发生,Eg.Love cannot permit athird person.,We dont permit smoking in the office.,3. incredible (adj.),1) 难以置信的，不可思议的，惊人的，奇异的。,Eg.Sallyearnsan incredible amount of money in the company.,The Gateshadanincredible holiday in Greece.,2) 不可相信的。,Eg.Theytold us an incredible story!,Adv. Incredibly,Incredibly hot weather 极热的天气,Incredibly，no one hadever thought ofsuch a simple idea before.,4.“Iwonder, Mr Adams, if you mind us asking a few questions?”,I wonder if/whether 不知您是否,Ifyou mind us asking = if you mind our asking,“名词所有格/形容词性物主代词+doing”为动名词（-ing）的复合结构，该结构在句中能作主语，,表语和宾语。,Eg.Sophias having seen them did not surprised us.(主语),Excuse my interrupting you. (宾语),What worried the child washis not being allowed tosee his mother in the hospital.(表语),5.Andit wasthe ship thatbrought you toEngland.,强调句式，it+is/was +被强调部分+that +其他,Eg.It wasinthis room that LuXun once lived.,Wasit because his mother wasill thathe didnt gotoschool?,When wasit that the club wasset up?,6. account for: be the explanation ofsth.; explain the cause of sth.,Eg.His illness accounts for his absence.,Please account for your own conduct.,Step2. Readthe playcarefullyonce againtofind out what sort of personeachpersonisaccording totheir,words and stagedirections.,charactorsactions words Prove him tobe a,Oliver,Rodrick,Henry,Servant,Step3. Acting out the playin groups of four.,Period 3. Readingand actingAct one, Scene 4,Step1.Listento the tapeand answer the following questions.,1. What did Henry have for meal?,2. Could the restaurantchange his money? Why?,Step2. Readthe playwhile listening tothe tape toget abetter understanding.,Step3. Languagepoints,Step4. Ss act the scene 4 out.,Period 4 Talking andlistening in the workbook.,外链 www.seoai.com 外链 zvgxvhw4,