百万英镑 Warming up

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,Mark Twain(1835-1910),Do you know him?,Samuel Langhorne Clemens,Do you know any of his works?,Can you name,any of them?,1876,1881,1884,1883,The,Million Pound,Bank,Note,百万英镑,Mark Twains House,Q1:Where was Mark Twain born?,In Florida.,Q2:How many books of Twain describe Mississippi River?,Three.,Q3:What does the pen name“Mark Twain”mean?,It means that the water is two fathoms deep.,Q4:What was Twain use to be before being a writer?,He used to be a printer,riverboat pilot,solider,gold miner,businessman and newspaper reporter.,Q5:How were the last years of Mark Twains life?,They were filled with sad events,loneliness and the loss of money.,Watch a video and answer 5 questions.,Fill in the blanks.,Born in Florida,Mark Twain,an American,renowned(,著名的,),writer and speaker,spent his boyhood in Hannibal,Missouri,，,along the Mississippi River,three of whose most famous books describe people on this great river.,Fill in the blanks.,Mark Twain spent his boyhood in Hannibal,Missouri along the Mississippi River,three of,whose,most famous books describe people on this great river.,(1)Mark Twain spent his boyhood in Hannibal,Missouri along the Mississippi River.,(2)Three of,his,most famous books describe people,on this great river.,Fill in the blanks.,Born in Florida,Mark Twain,an American,renowned(,著名的,),writer and speaker,spent his boyhood in Hannibal,Missouri,，,along the Mississippi River,three of 1_ most famous books describe people on this great river.As this author loved the river so much that even 2_ pen name comes from the river.As we know,“Twain”is 3_ old word for“two”.So,to“mark twain,”that is to say,the water is equal 4_ two fathoms(,英口寻,)deep.,whose,his,an,to,Being poor,，,Twain dropped school at the age of twelve 5_(look)for work.Over the next two decades he worked as a printer,，,a riverboat pilot,，,a soldier,，,a gold miner,，,a businessman and a newspaper reporter to support the family.,to look,It was said that his first 6_(success)story was about a jumping frog contest.And his works became extremely famous for their descriptions of common people and the way they talked,especially 7_ his humor.,successful,for,As a result,he became very rich from his works,8_ the last years of his life 9 _(fill)with sad events,the deaths of his wife and children,the loneliness and the loss of much money.For this,，,his writings lost most of their humor and became sad 10 _ him.Yet he is still regarded as one of the best-known writers in the modern world.,but,was filled,like,The source of humor is not laughter,but sorrow.,-Mark Twain,The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet,and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that,it will last through a whole lifetime,if not asked,to lend money.,友谊是如此圣洁的一种激情,是如此甜蜜、牢固和,忠诚,这样的特质可使友谊维系终身,只要不向,对方借钱。,Mark Twain,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 couldnt survive in the city for a month with only a million pound bank-note.But Oliver believed he could.,The Million Pound Bank Note Act I,Brief introduction to the story:,Two brothers Oliver and Roderick,brothers bet on what would happen if one had nothing but a bank-note of,1,000,000.They,made a bet on a poor man Henry,who was in rags.,They gave him a million pound bank note and saw whether he could win others respect even though he was in rags and looked poor.So the story began,bring up,抚养,;,培养,;,教育,;,提出,他生于墨西哥,但在美国长大。,He was born in Mexico but,brought up,in,America.,目击者提出了新的证据。,The witness,brought up,the fresh evidence.,Language points,注意,:bring up,还有“呕吐,;,吐出”之意,他生病了，把吃的饭吐了出来,.,He fell ill and brought up his breakfast.,固定短语,:,bring,forward,把,(,数字等,),过到次页,;,把,提前,;,提出,bring,in,获得,;,赚,;,求援,;,求助,bring,off,办成功,bring,on,引起,;,导致,bring,out,生产,;,制造,;,使显露,;,使罢工,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,Thank You!,