必修三Unit3 The Million Pound Bank Note 第1课时 Warming up 学习目标：熟悉与本单元相关的话题，并通过阅读积累词汇。背景材料导入：About the 1, 000,000 Bank NoteThe Bank of England once issued two notes of a million pounds, to be used for a special purpose connected with some public trade with a foreign country. For some reason or other only one of these had been used and canceled; the other still lay in the Bank. Well, the brothers, chatting along, happened to get to wonder what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned homeless in London without a friend, and with no money but that million-pound bank note, and no way to account for his being in possession of it. Brother A said he would starve to death. Brother B said he wouldnt. Brother A said he couldnt offer it at a bank or anywhere else, because he would be arrested on the spot. So they went on quarreling till Brother B said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that the man would live thirty days. They thought me to be the right person, a poor, honest and intelligent stranger. They handed me an envelope that contained the 1,000,000 bank note. I, dressed in rags, with nothing but a bank note, got into a restaurant. I took the bank note to pay for the bill and asked for changes. The boss who looked down upon me at first changed his attitude completely. He told me that I could have anything I wanted, any time I chose, and let the account run as long as I pleased. They all treated me as an honored guest. Then I got into a tailors shop, the same thing happened. I bought whatever I wanted, and asked for change. I owned the respect and fell in love with a girl, Portia. Everything went well, because I had a 1,000,000 bank note on me. After a month, Brothers returned, to my surprise, one of them was Portias father. He took that bill back to the Bank of England and cashed it, then the Bank canceled it and made him a present of it, and he gave it to us at our wedding.Answer the following questions according to the passage.1.Why did the Bank of England issue two notes of a million pounds?2.What is the relationship between the two brothers and Portia? 第2课时 Reading学习目标:知识目标：1. 理解文章大意 2. 掌握文中重要词汇和句型情感目标：提高文化修养和跨文化意识Step1 Fast-reading阅读课本17页，找出以下信息Time ：_ Place： _Characters （人物）：_ ：a lost American businessman in London _ ：two brothers and rich EnglishmenStep 2 Detailed-readingReading strategy: Read the play carefully and try to get as much information as possible .Try to keep them in mind.Task 1 Choose the right answer1. What did happen to Mr. Adams before he landed in Britain? A. He just sailed out of the bay for a travel. B. He planned to go to Britain by his own boat. C. His boat was broken by a strong wind. D. His boat was carried out to sea by a strong wind. 2. What does “spot” mean in the text? A. discover B. a point C. a place D. save3. What did Mr. Adams feel when he heard one of the brothers saying “What luck! Brother! What luck!”? A. He felt he was lucky, too. B. He thought they laughed at him. C. He was a bit of angry and is ready to leave. D. He felt the two brothers would help him.4. What the character did Mr. Adams have according to the text?A. A young, kind but silly person. B. A young, proud and hard-working man. C. A careful, kind and poor man. D. A young, rich and happy man. 5. What did Mr. Adams ask for from the two brothers? A. A house to stay for a short moment. B. A letter with a bank note worth million pounds in it. C. An honest job. D. Charity from the two brothers.Step 3 Consolidation（旨在训练概括大意的能力）根据句子结构或语法要求填空（旨在掌握本课文中的重点及难的句子）1. At this moment, they see a penniless young man _(wonder) on the pavement outside their house.2. It is Henry Adams, an American businessman, _ is lost in London and does not know _ he should do.3. Well, towards nightfall I found myself _(carry) out to sea by a strong wind.4. The next morning Id just about given myself up for lost _I was spotted by a ship.5. The fact is _ I earned my passage_working as an unpaid hand, _accounts for my _(appear).6. I went to the American embassy _(seek) help, but 7. You cant open it _ two Oclock.8. That is _weve given you the letter.9. Its amazing how much pleasure you get out of the simple things in life, _(especial) if you cant have them for a while.10. Were _very that you even entered our little eating place.11. Indeed, sir. I hope youll come here_ you like.课文回顾根据课文Act One 和 Act Four完成下列短文。 Sailing home, Henry，a San Francisco businessman，found himself 1 (carry) out to sea by a strong wind. When he had just about given himself up for lost，he 2 (spot)by a ship and so he landed