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UNIT 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note Desined by Li Wanlin

The First Period Intensive Reading I:Teaching goals 教学目标

a. Know more about The Million Pound Bank Note and develop listening,

reading

and speaking abilities. b. Improve abilities of listening, speaking, reading by

enjoying the movie,

describing the pictures, role-play and reading the text.

c. Enable students to understand the details about the whole scene. d. Express their opinions by answering the following questions: (1) Do you think money is everything? Why? (2) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness?

II: Teaching important points 教学重点

Learning important points: 1. Understand the content of the text. 2. Use different reading skills to get the main idea and find some detailed information of the passage quickly. III. Teaching difficult points教学难点

Use different reading skills

to get the main idea and find some detailed information of the passage quickly. IV. Teaching methods 教学方法

Elicitation, discussion, listening, reading, pair work V. Teaching aid 教具准备

A computer, a projector, and a tape recorder VI:Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Warming up

and pre-reading

Mark Twain is probably one of the few American writers with whom Students are already familiar. This exercise allows teachers to discover just how much students remember about this 19th century writer. Find out how much the students know and decide how much more they need to know about the author before they read the play.

1. T: Morning, everyone! Look at the screen, please.

T:Have you heard of the story namedThe million pound bank-note ? SS:A little T: 2. Who is the writer of the “The million pound bank-note” ?

SS: It is Mark Twain. T: What do you know about the American writer Mark Twain? Next, read “ABOUT MARK TWAIN” on page 23 so that you can know more about him.

T: Do you know any of his works? SS:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 《汤姆·索亚历险记》Life on the Mississippi《密西西比河上的生活》Running for Governor（竞选州长）

The Million Pound Bank Note 《百万英镑》

T:today we’ll learn some parts of this famous play. The Million Pound Bank Note

Step II Pre-reading Get the students to discuss the question with their partners and then ask them to report their work. Encourage them to express their opinions freely. 1.T: If a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, Suppose you get a large amount of money

by buying lottery tickets (彩票) (for example, one million pound,)and become a millionaire

(百万富翁). what will you do? Why? (The teacher draws a picture on the blackboard.) (Students have a discussion on this question. Whatever choice students make here, they should be ready to offer their classmates a good reason for it.) S1: I’ll buy a big house, a new car of my own and get married with a beautiful girl. In my opinion, the most important thing for a person is to enjoy the life. So, if I have a lot of money, I’ll make full use of it to meet my needs for a rich life.

S2: I’ll give some money of the one million pound to the poor people in the west part of our country to help them live a happy life, especially the children. Because they really need help and they can learn more knowledge in order to develop the west part of our country. This way of spending money is meaningful. S3: …

T: I think all of you have a good idea. Do you want to know what happened to Henry Adams in THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE written by Mark Twain? Have you seen the movie?

this class we’ll learn the story together.

Step II While-reading 1. First reading:

(1.)Scanning reading strategy:go through the play for specific

information. don't read sentence by sentence. T: Now we are going to learn ACT ONE Scene 3. Read the whole scene quickly and fill in this blank. Teachers show the questions on the screen:(Teachers give the students a couple of minutes to look through the whole scene. Tell the students to read the text silently and then

f.ill in this blank. Time

__________________

Place _________

Characters(角色）: __________________________

(a lost American businessman in london) _________________________

(two brothers and rich Englishmen) Servant (Students read the whole scene (ACT ONE Scene 3) for three minutes and try to answer the questions.) T: Well, class, have you finished reading the whole scene? SS: Yes. T: Ok, who can fill in blank 1.

SS:The summer of 1903. T: Very good. You did a good job. Next bank

SS:London T: Ok, great. Next,

SSHenry Adams.Roderick and Oliver (2), Reading aloud（from line28- 35）

then put the following events in correct order. 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.

(3)Second reading:

In this part, students will listen to the tape carefully and try to understand the sentences and the main ideas of the whole scene.After that,

discuss the question with the partners and then check the answers. 1).Where

did Henry come from? A .London.

B. Washington.

C. San Francisco.

D. New York 2). How did Henry feel when he was talking With the two brothers？(his eyes stare at what is left of the brothers'dinner

on the table) 3)A. Interested.

B. Hungry.

C. Pleased.D.Tired.

3).How did Henry feel when he got a letter from the brothers?

A.Surprised.

B.Angry.

C.Hopeful.

D.Worried.

4).What’s Henry’s promise？

A. He wouldn’t come back to the two brothers until 2 o’clock.

B. He wouldn’t use the money in the letter

after 2 o’clock.

C. He would give the money back to the two brothers before 2 o’clock.

D. He wouldn’t open the letter until 2 o’clock.

5) Why did the two brothers give a million pound bank note to Henry Adams?

A. To see whether a man could survive a month with it.

B. To help the poor young man live a happy life in London.

C. To see if a man lost in London likes it.

D. To make sure no one is hungry in London. (4)Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.(group

work ) Henry Adams, an American ___________, was carried out to sea by ____________ in his own boat. He spent a helpless night on the sea until _______________. Luckily, he was spotted and saved by a ship. Then he _________________ by working for free on the board. After he landed in Britain, he went to ____________________ for help, but without luck .

. (Later the teacher gives the answers, using a slide projector.) III

role play .Suppose you are one of the charact ers in the play, practice the following part with your group members.

In groups of nine, play the parts of “Henry, roderick, oliver and servant” and try to imitate their tones .

Step IV Summary and homework T: Ok, class, what do you think of this play? Is money so important?

SS: no.

T: Some people say that money is everything. What do you think of this opinion? S1: I don’t think so. Yes, money is very important in some occasion. But that doesn’t mean it is everything. For example, when your hometown is flooded and you are trapped in the water, can you save yourself even if you have a lot of money with you? No! So, we should not regard money as everything. T: Great! But some people still think that money can bring them happiness. What do think of this? S2: I don’t agree this. Since money doesn’t mean everything, so it can’t bring happiness to us. For example, you have a lot of money but you haven’t a happy family, can’t you say that you are happy?

T: So, class, we should have a correct attitude towards money. Now, let’s look at today’s homework. homework

The story happened in ________ in _____. Henry, a tramp who came from ____________ landed in Britain ___ ________. He earned his _______ by working as an _______ hand. Wandering in London streets, he met two rich

________ who asked him to ____ ______ their house. After asking Henry many questions,

they gave him a _____.