Unit 3,Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note,Reading,What do you know about Mark Twain?,Warming up,Mark Twain (18351910),The greatest humorist of the 19th century in American literature. Also one of the greatest writer in the world.,Do you know any of his works?,Read the short passage quickly and fill in the chart.,Samuel Langhorne Clemens,November 30th, 1835,Florida,the water is two fathoms deep,Fill in the blanks.,In Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River.,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.,The greatest humorist of the 19th century American literature. Novels: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)(汤姆索亚历险记) The Prince and the Pauper (1882)(皇子与贫儿) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1894) (哈克贝利费恩历险记),Mark Twain: (1835 1910),The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 汤姆 索亚历险记,He is good at writing about childrens adventures.,1876,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn哈克贝利弗恩历险记,1881,1. Running for Governor,his short stories,2. The 1,000,000 Bank-Note,1. Imagine that somebody gives you a large sum of money to spend as you like. What would you do with it?,Pre-reading,Listen to the tape and read the play, and find out the conflict in the play. After that, answer the questions.,How many characters are there in the scene? Who are they?,Reading,Characters （人物）：,Henry Adams: a lost American businessman in London,“Roderick” and “Oliver”: two brothers and rich Englishmen,Who is the main character? Where does he come from?,Henry, the hero of the story, comes from America.,When and where did the story happen? Where are the characters in Scene 3? What happened in Scene 3?,In London, the summer of 1903.,In the old brothers home.,The two old brothers gave Henry a bank note.,ACT,1,SCENE,1&2,A brief introduction to the story,the bet,ACT,1,SCENE,3,The story began,Read the play carefully and answer the following questions.,1. Where does Henry Adams come from? Does he know much about London? 2. What did he do in America? 3. Why is Henry lost in London? How did he get there? 4. How many questions do the brothers ask Henry? What is the brothers concern?,5. Why do the brothers give Henry the letter? 6. Can you guess why the brothers do not permit Henry to open the letter until 2 oclock?,1. Where does Henry Adams come from? Does he know much about London? 2. What did he do in America?,Henry comes from San Francisco. No, he doesnt know London at all.,He worked for a mining company.,3. Why is Henry lost in London? How did he get there?,He was sailing out the bay when he was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was survived by a ship for London.,4. How many questions do the brothers ask Henry? What is the brothers concern?,seven. They want to know whether or not Henry is penniless.,5. Why do the brothers give Henry the letter?,It was his first visit to London so nobody knew him. He had no money so he would have to rely on the bank note. They thought he looked honest because he asked for a job and not charity.,Read Act one again, then fill in the following form.,passage,spotted,sailed,accounted for,pavement,wandering,by accident,embassy,seek,invited,wealthy,changed,What do you think of Henry?,Character Analysis,Tells the truth to the brothers. It is my first trip here. Well, to be honest, I have none. (no money) Well, I cant say that I have any plans.,Honest,Henry was?,Wants work but not charity. I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand. Could you offer me some kind of work here? I dont want your charity, I just want an honest job.,Hard-working,Henry was?,Henry was?,Well, it may seem luck to you but not to me. If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I dont think its very funny. Now, if youll excuse me, I think Ill be on my way.,Direct / Frank,What kind of persons do you think Oliver and Roderick are?,Post-reading,Oliver and Roderick:,1.rich (servants and not worrying about giving a stranger a million pound bank-note), 2.mischievous (prepared to bet one million pounds just for a bit of fun), 3.good judges of character (they see Henry is honest and proud),剧本主要介绍人物、矛盾冲突和背景。并通过舞台指导告诉演员如何说话、如何表演和如何移位。,a. 角色 剧中至少要有两个主要人物。以生活 中的人物为原型来塑造剧中人物。 设计剧中人物的性格特征。具体描写 剧中人物的长相、行为和说话方式。,b. 选择问题和背景 剧中必须有一个矛盾冲突（问题）供 人物去解决，剧中所有的事件都与该 矛盾冲突（问题）有关；还要有一个 背景，确定该剧发生的地点，想一想 是让每一幕都发生在同一个地方，还 是发生在不同的场所。, 运用大量的对白，让观众了解剧中 人物及其与主题的联系，展示剧中人 物如何应对剧中发生的一切。 将每一个主要事件编写为独立的一幕。 剧本的写作格式。剧中人物的名字全 部大写，位于对白之前，后接冒号。 舞台指导用斜体字书写，置于括号中。,What do you think will happen to Henry? Will the bank-note help him or get him into trouble? Give a possible development to the story.,Prediction,