1、.,1,The First Period,Warming up, reading,.,2,We are living in a magic world, one where anything may happen!,.,3,I would.,.,4,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,.,5,D

2、o you know what happened to Henry Adams in the reading text?,.,6,視頻百萬(wàn)英鎊,.,7,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,.,8,About the 1, 000,000 Bank-note The Bank of England onc

3、e issued two notes of a million pounds 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 wonder

4、ing what might be the fate of a perfectly 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 tri

5、ed 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, which was a quite common way to settle a problem at that time in Britain.,.,9,3. They saw Henrys personalities.,Why did the two brothers choose Henry

6、for their bet?,1. It was his first visit to London, so nobody knew him.,2. He had no money, so he would have to rely on the bank note.,.,10,While-reading Scan 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?,.,11,.,

7、12,while-reading Skimming 1.Questions based on the surface understanding of the 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?,.,13,4) Why does he stare at the food on the table when he is talking wit

8、h the men? 5) What did Henry do before coming to London? 6) How much money does he own? 7) When can Henry open the letter the men give him? 8) Whats inside the letter? 9) Does Henry accept the letter?,.,14,2. Questions based on the further understanding of the whole scene: 1) Why do the brothers smi

9、le 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.,.,15,Th

10、e 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 your charity. I just want an honest job.,hard-working:,Personalities,.,16,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 v

11、ery funny. Now, if youll excuse me, I think Ill be on my way.,direct:,.,17,It is my first trip here. Well, to be honest, I have none. (no money) Well, I cant say that I have any plans. I dont want your charity. I just want an honest job.,honest:,.,18,summary,.,19,What do you know about the writer of

12、 The Million Pound Bank Note? Do you know any of his works?,.,20,Fill in the basic information about Mark Twain:,Hannibal, Missouri (along the Mississippi River),Samuel Langhorne Clemens,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,Nov. 30th, 1835,The water is 2 fathoms deep.(=12f

13、eet),Florida,.,21,good at writing about childrens adventures,1876,1881,.,22,Mark Twain a great American writer a famous speaker liked to tell funny stories liked to play jokes on his friends,.,23,Humorous quotations by Mark Twain A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shinin

14、g, 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 read and nobody wants to read. A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

15、,.,24,.,25,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 country. For some reason or other only one of these had been used and canceled; the other still lay in

16、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 money but a million-pound bank-note, and no way to account for his being in possession of it?

17、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, which was a quite common way to settle a problem at that time in Britain.,.,26,Step Tw

18、o: Scanning Scan 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?,.,27,Step Three: Skimming 1.Questions based on the surface understanding of the 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