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Book 3 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note Reading 自主学习 Step I. Warming up Real nameMeaning of his pen nameBirth dateBirthplacePlace where he grew upHis famous stories This unit is a play based on a short story by an American writer---Mark Twain. In pairs discuss what you know about him. Read the short passage on P17 and fill in the chart. Step II. Pre-reading Imagine that somebody gives you a large sum of money to spend as you like. What would you do with it? 合作探究 Step III. Skimming Find out the main idea:____________________________________________ Step IV. Scanning Introduce the following characters briefly: ①.Rodrick and Oliver:___________________________________________ ②.Henry Adams:_______________________________________________ Step V. Careful reading Task 1. Do the following exercises 1. Why did the two brothers make a bet?________ A. They wanted to make fun of Hunry. B. They wanted to rob Henry of some money. C. To see whether a man could survive with a million pound bank note a month in London. D. They wanted to make Henry their son-in-law. 2. Why did Henry wander in London street?_______ A. He was on business. B. He was visiting an old friend. C. He was a citizen of London. D. He landed in Britain by accident without money. 3. What kind of person was Henry Adams?________ A. brave B. shy C. honest D. rich Task 2. 1. Put the following events in order:_________________ 1). Henry was stopped by a ship the next moring. 2). Henry wandered on the pavement in London. 3). He was sailing out of the bay about a month ago. 4). He earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand on a ship. 5). Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to the sea by a strong wind. How did he earn his passage? What sort of work did he do in America? What did he want instead of their kindness? Can you say something about the bet between Roderick and Oliver? Step V. Paraphrase I had to pay to come to England by becoming