高中英语unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note 课件必修3.pptVIP

Let’s learn some important words and expressions: 1. A large quantity of money= a large sum of money 2. Make a bet make a bet on sth. With sb= bet on sth with sb. I bet …= I’m certain…我肯定… 3. Permit sb. To do sth. E.g. : Her mother would not permit her to come back late. permit doing sth. E.g. :We do not permit smoking in the office. 4. Find oneself carried out to sea (发现某人自己被漂流到海上） find one’s +介词短语/分词 （发现某人自己不知不觉…) He found himself walking in the direction of the park. 5. Account for （说明/解释某事的原因） E.g. His illness accounts for his absence. 6. by accident= by chance E.g. I only found it by accident. 7. stare at stare at angrily= glare at 8. to be honest= to tell you the truth = honestly speaking 9. pretend to do pretend to be doing 10. take chances of doing sth./on sth.(冒险/碰运气） * * * Background knowledge about Mark Twain and his play . Getting to know a great literary giant: Mark Twain Task 1: His famous works Birth Place Birth Date Meaning of his pen name Real name of Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Life on the Mississippi This play was made into a film. Two rich gentlemen in London made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound bank-note. An American young man who sailed too far was carried out to sea, but was saved by a British ship for London . So he was now in London , tired,hungry and penniless…… Task 2: Getting to know the story. Try to gain as much information as possible from the story through reading and train reading skills. Task 1. Scanning Reading strategy: Go through the play for specific information.Don’t read sentence by sentence. Characters （人物）： Henry Adams : a lost American businessman in London “Roderick” and “Oliver” : two brothers and rich Englishmen sailing carried spotte