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The Million Pound
Bank Note
Unit 3
Unit 3The Million Pound Bank-note
Warming up
and Reading I
Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s House
What do you know
about Mark Twain?
Do you know any of
his works?
Warming up
Real name
Meaning of his pen name
Birth date
Birthplace
Place where he grew up
His famous stories
Read the short passage quickly and fill in the chart.
Real name of MT
Meaning of his pen name
Birth date
Birthplace
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
On Nov. 30th, 1835
Florida
Fill in the blanks.
river
Place where
he grew up
His famous
stories
In Hannibal, Missouri,
along the Mississippi
River.
The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer; The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn….
About the humor of Mark Twain不知道自己坐火车去哪儿马克 ·吐温对生活上的一些琐事常常心不在焉。一天，他坐火车外出，列车员查票时，他翻遍口袋也没找到车票。 列车员认出是作家马克 ·吐温时，很有礼
“ ”貌地说： 要是真找不到票也没关系。马克 · “吐温却说： 那可不行啊，我一定要找到那该
”死的东西，要不然我怎么知道我去哪儿呢。妙答解尴尬 有一次，马克吐温应邀赴宴。席间，他对一位夫人
“ ” “说： 你太漂亮了，夫人。 不料，那夫人却说： 很遗”憾，我不能用同样的话回答你。 头脑机敏 ,言词犀利
“的马克吐温笑着说： 这没关系，你也可以和我一样说”假话。
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》1876
He is good at writing about He is good at writing about children’s adventureschildren’s adventures
The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
《哈克贝利 ·弗恩历险记》1881
his short storieshis short stories
1.1. Running for Running for GovernorGovernor
《市长竞选》《市长竞选》
2. The £ 2. The £ 1,000,000 1,000,000 Bank-NoteBank-Note
Gregory Peck
Suppose a rich person gives you a
million pound bank-note, what will
you do with it ? Give the reasons.
Discussion
ACT
1
SCENE
1&2
A brief
introduction to
the story
Pre-reading
the bet
Two rich gentlemen in London made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound bank-note. An American young man who sailed too far was carried out to sea, but was saved by a British ship for London . So he was now in London , tired,hungry and penniless……
About the story
Two rich gentlemen made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound note.
Henry, the hero of the story, an American young man, sailed too far, drifted out to the ocean,
A British ship, for London, passing by, fortunately saved him.
《百万英镑》剧情介绍
导演：罗纳德·尼姆
演员：格里高利·派克
出品：英国电影企业家公司
富豪之家的两兄弟，从银行取出面额为一百万英镑的钞票，籍以此验证各自的理论。一个认为，这样一张钞票对穷人毫无价值；另一个认为，仅拥有这样一张钞票不用兑现，就可以过上上等人的生活。
他们选中了一个身无分文的年轻人亨利，就他是否能在三十天内凭这张百万英镑的钞票活下去而打赌。结果，亨利有了这张钞票，人们立刻对他毕恭毕敬，礼遇有加，他可以随意享用任何东西，而大家也都以能向他赊账为荣。亨利不仅活过了三十天，并且利用这张百万英镑发了一笔财，还获得了一位小姐的芳心。
影片根据马克·吐温的同名小说改编。喜剧类型影片。
记得主人公拿到百万英镑后就毫不犹豫地去吃了两份大餐，最后连盘子都舔得像铜镜一般光亮不用洗了，强烈的幸福感，在久久不能得到，又经历了千辛万苦之后，充分体会到了。《百万英镑》对很多影迷来说是一部永远都能得到满足的作品。
ACT
1
SCENE
3
The story began
What happened to Henry?
Scan the passage and find out :
Reading
What happened to
Henry?He was given a letter by the two
brothers and was asked not to open
it until two o’clock.
Skimming: 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 did he land in Britain?
4. Why do you think that the
brother chose Henry for their
bet?
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 doesn’t know London at all.
He worked for a mining company.
3. Why did he land in Britain?
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. Why do you think that the
brother chose Henry for their
bet?• 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.
(1) Henry wandered in London streets.
(2) About a month ago Henry Adams was
sailing out of the bay.
(3) The next morning he was spotted by a ship.(4) Towards nightfall he found himself carried
out to sea by a strong wind.(5) On the ship he earned his passage by
working as an unpaid hand.
Put the following events in correct order.
1
2
3
4
5
F (fact) or O (Opinion)
1). Henry wants to find a job in London.( )
2). Henry is given an envelope by the two brothers. ( )
3). Henry is an unlucky young man. ( )
4). The servant is called James. ( )
5). Henry is foolish to go and meet the two brothers. ( )
FF
FF
OO
FF
OO
About a month ago
Henry was ______ out of the bay;
Towards nightfall
Henry found himself ______ to sea by a strong wind.
The next morning
Henry was ______ by a ship.
Lastly Henry arrived in _______ by working on the ship as an unpaid hand.
sailing
carried
spotted
London
Read Act one again, then fill in the following form.
Now Henry was ___ in London and wandering in the streets.
Just at that time
Roderick ______ him and asked him to step in.
To Henry’s surprise
Roderick gave Henry a _____ with money in it.
lost
called
letter
What kind of person do you think
Henry Adams is?
After-reading
It is my first trip here.
Well, to be honest, I have none. (no money)
Well, I can’t say that I have any plans.
I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand.
Could you offer me some kind of work here?
I don’t want your charity, I just want an honest job.
Well, it may seem luck to you but not to me.
If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I don’t think it’s very funny.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll be on my way.
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