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1、The First Period,Warming up,reading,We are living in a magic world,one where anything may happen!,I would.,Buy a car,Make an investment,Go shopping,Travel,Buy technology,Give some to the charity,Save money,Buy a house,Save money,Buy a car,Make an investment,Go shopping,Travel,Do you know what happen
2、ed to Henry Adams in the reading text?,视频百万英镑,Main characters,Henry,Roderick,Oliver,James,two old and wealthy brothers,servant and guest,serve the two brothers,make a bet on him,A p_ and l_ American,ennliess,ost,About the 1,000,000 Bank-note The Bank of England once issued two notes of a million pou
3、nds each,to be used for a special purpose connected with some public transaction 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.The brothers,chatting along,happened to get to wondering what might be the fate of a perfectly
4、 honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned a drift in London without a friend and with no money but a million-pound bank-note,and no way to account for his being in possession of it?Would he starve to death or not?Would he get arrested if he tried to change it?Could he live for a month wi
5、thout being sent to jail?The brothers could not agree on the fate of the young man,so they made a bet,which was a quitecommon way to settle a problem at that time in Britain.,3.They saw Henrys personalities.,Why did the two brothers choose Henry for their bet?,1.It was his first visit to London,so n
6、obody knew him.,2.He had no money,so he would have to rely on the bank note.,While-readingScan the passage and find the answers to the questions:1.When and where did the story take place?2.What do the two old men give Henry?,while-readingSkimming1.Questions based on the surface understanding of the
7、whole scene:1)What happens one day when Henry was walking down the street?2)Where does Henry come from?3)Why does he come to London and how?,4)Why does he stare at the food on the table when he is talking with the men?5)What did Henry do before coming to London?6)How much money does he own?7)When ca
8、n Henry open the letter the men give him?8)Whats inside the letter?9)Does Henry accept the letter?,2.Questions based on the further understanding of the whole scene:1)Why do the brothers smile at each other on hearing Henrys unlucky experience?2)Henry doesnt quite follow the brothers when Roderick s
9、ays“Its an advantage.”Do you know what he means by saying so?3)Finish Exercise 3 on Page 19 by working in pairs,compare the different feelings Henry has on different occasions.,The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand.Could you offer me some kind of work here?I dont want you
10、r charity.I just want an honest job.,hard-working:,Personalities,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:,It is my first trip here.Well,to be honest,I have none.(no money)
11、Well,I cant say that I have any plans.I dont want your charity.I just want an honest job.,honest:,summary,What do you know about the writer of The Million Pound Bank Note?Do you know any of his works?,Fill in the basic information about Mark Twain:,Hannibal,Missouri(along the Mississippi River),Samu
12、el Langhorne Clemens,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,Nov.30th,1835,The water is 2 fathoms deep.(=12feet),Florida,good at writing about childrens adventures,1876,1881,Mark Twaina great American writer a famous speaker liked to tell funny stories liked to play jokes on
13、his friends,Humorous quotations by Mark TwainA banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining,but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.I didnt attend the funeral,but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it.A classic is something that everybody wants to have rea
14、d and nobody wants to read.A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.,About the 1,000,000 Bank-note The Bank of England once issued two notes of a million pounds each,to be used for a special purpose connected with some public transaction with a foreign countr
15、y.For some reason or other only one of these had been used and canceled;the other still lay in the bank.The brothers,chatting along,happened to get to wondering what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned adrift in London without a friend and with no mo
16、ney but a million-pound bank-note,and no way to account for his being in possession of it?Would he starve to death or not?Would he get arrested if he tried to change it?Could he live for a month without being sent to jail?The brothers could not agree on the fate of the young man,so they made a bet,w
17、hich was a quitecommon way to settle a problem at that time in Britain.,Step Two:ScanningScan the passage and find the answers to the questions:1.When and where did the story take place?2.What do the two old men give Henry?,Step Three:Skimming1.Questions based on the surface understanding of the who
18、le scene:1)What happens one day when Henry was walking down the street?2)Where does Henry come from?3)Why does he come to London and how?4)Why does he stare at the food on the table when he is talking with the men?5)What did Henry do before coming to London?6)How much money does he own?7)When can He
19、nry open the letter the men give him?8)Whats inside the letter?9)Does Henry accept the letter?,2.Questions based on the further understanding of the whole scene:1)Why do the brothers smile at each other on hearing Henrys unlucky experience?2)Henry doesnt quite follow the brothers when Roderick says“Its an advantage.”Do you know what he means by saying so?3)Finish Exercise 3 on Page 19 by working in pairs,compare the different feelings Henry has on different occasions.,summary,
