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,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,Unit 3,The Million Pound Note,Warming up,Do you know him?,Mark Twain (1835-1910),Mark Twains House,马克,吐温,博物馆外观,在美国中部密西西比河畔汉尼巴尔镇,几名游客在参观美国文学的先驱者马克,吐温的石屋博物馆。,马克,吐温,的自行车,这张资料照片显示的是,陈列在博物馆内的一辆属于他的自行车。它产于,1886,年,当年购价,142.5,美元,相当于当时美国人平均三个月的收入。,马克,吐温,纪念碑,建于,1913,年的马克,吐温青铜塑像,座落在美国中部密西西比河畔汉尼巴尔镇郊外的,赏河公园,。,Americas best known literary figure,(名人),Americas,short story writer,Literary giant,(文学巨人),Do you know any,evaluation(,评价),given to him,?,Humorist public speaker,Do you know any of his works,(著作),?,Can you name,any of them?,His famous works,The Adventures of,Tom Sawyer,汤姆,索亚历险记,1876,The Adventures of,Huckleberry Finn,哈克贝利,弗恩历险记,1881,Life on the Mississippi,密西西比河上的生活,Running for Governor,竞选州长,his short stories,The,Million Pound,Bank,Note,百万英镑,马克吐温的名言,Dont give up your imagination. When the imagination had no after, you can also exist, but although you living dead still.,不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后,你还可以生存,但是你虽生犹死。,Tell the truth forever, such of words you need not recorded you to once say some what,.,永远说实话,这样的话你就不用去记你曾经说过些什么。,As long as had ignorance and self-confidence, you can succeed by all means.,只要具备了无知和自信,你就必然能成功。,Mark Twain was born in Florida on November 30th, 1835. He was,brought up,in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River.,He is best known for his,novels,set in his boyhood world on the river, such as,The,Adventures,of Tom Sawyer,and,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,.,Read the short passage below and then fill in the chart.,Twain loved the river so much that even his,pen name,is about the river.,“,Twain,”,is an old word for,“,two,”,. The,phrase,“,mark twain,”,means that the water is two fathoms deep.,The,author,s,real name was Samuel,Langhorne Clemens,.,Real name,Meaning of his pen name,Birth date,Birthplace,Place where he grew up,His famous stories,Samuel Langhorne Clemens,the water is two fathoms deep,November 30th, 1835,Florida,Hannibal, Missouri,along the Mississippi,The Adventures of Tom,Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,Have you ever read any of Mark Twains novels? Choose one and tell the class about it.,The Million Pound Bank Note,Do you know this novel?,The novel is a story about bet.,This novel was made into a film.,Have you seen the film?,If you have, what did you think of it?,Henry:,An American businessman, who arrived in London by accident, penniless, hungry and lonely.,Characters,Characters,Roderick and Oliver:,Two rich brothers, who,made a bet,.,Roderick,believed that a man couldn,t survive in the city for a month with only a million pound bank-note. But,Oliver,believed he could.,百万英镑,是马克*吐温著名的,讽刺,小说的代表作。,故事讲述了,两个年老富有的兄弟,一天突发奇想:假如一位聪明的、诚实地外地人落难伦敦,他举目无亲,除了一张百万英镑的大钞以外一无所有,而且他还没法证明这张大钞就是他的,那么这样一个人会有怎样的命运呢?哥哥说这人会饿死,因为无论他去哪里这人也花不掉这张大钞,因为他会当场被抓住。弟弟说他饿不死。兄弟两个就这样争执不下,后来弟弟说他愿意出两万英镑打赌,这人靠百万英镑无论如何可以活三十天,而且进不了监狱。,他们选定了一个流浪到英国的美国人,亨利*亚当斯,,并把百万英镑大钞借给了他。,出乎意料的是,人们对这位暴富的穷人拼命的巴结,从免费吃饭,免费买衣服,到免费住宿。他得社会地位也不断提升,此外,他还赢得了一位漂亮小姐的爱情和三万英镑的银行利息,还拥有了一份体面的工作,过上了幸福的生活。,作者用漫画的笔法勾勒出了不同人物在百万英镑面前的种种丑态,幽默滑稽,趣味横生,就如同一幅世态讽刺画,令人忍俊不禁。作者还无情的揭示了资本主义社会金钱至上的残酷现实,也投射出整个社会的悲凉。,Homework,1.,Look up the new words and,expressions of the reading,in the dictionary.,2. Preview the reading:,The Million Pound Bank Note,Act I,
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