Background knowledge about Mark Twain and his play.

Getting to know a great literary giant: Mark Twain Task 1:

On google I have searched the following information about Mark Twain and his works. Tyr to draw a picture of him in English using the information.

Real name of Mark Twain Year of birth Places where he lived Names of three of his famous stories Evaluation of him American short story writer, novelist,humorist,and public speaker.American best known literary giant SL. Clemens 1835 Raised in Hannibal, Missouri; travelled much of the US; lived for a long time in Europe 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 Henry Adams : a lost American businessman in London “Roderick” and “Oliver” “Roderick” and “Oliver” : two brothers and rich Englishmen

sailing carried spotted London Towards nightfall Lastly About a month ago The next morning Henry was _____ out of the bay. Henry was ______ out to sea by a strong wind. Henry was ________by a ship. Henry arrived in __________ by working as an unpaid hand.

Roderick _______ him and asked him to step in; Roderick gave Henry a _________ with money in it. lost called letter Roderick gave Henry a _________ with money in it. Now Henry was______ in London and wandering in the street Just at that time To Henry’s surprise letter

Task 2. Skimming Reading strategy: Go through the play for the gist which is the general idea of the play.Don’t worry about the language.

Answer the following questions: 1. Where does Henry Adams come from? Does he know much about London? 2. What did he do in America? 3. Why did he land in Britain? Henry comes from San Francisco. No, he doesn’t know London at all. He worked for a mining company. He was sailing out the bay when he was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was survived by a ship for London.

Henry wandered in London streets. About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay. The next morning he was spotted by a ship. Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind. On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand. Put the following events in correct order

Task 3. Detailed-reading Reading strategy: Read the play carefully and try to get as much information as possible.Try to keep them in mind.

Henry was an_________. One day he had an accident in a_____. Luckily he was survived by a ship for_______. He arrived in London by earning his passage without pay. He was _____in the street in_____. To his surprise an ________ thing happened. Two rich brothers gave him a million pound bank-note because they had made a_____. incredible American London bay rags lost bet Retell the story

Task 1. Enjoy the movie. Pay attention to Henry’s look and his words.

Task 2. Talking Think about what kind of person Henry was?

It is my first trip here. Well, to be honest, I have none. (no money) Well, I can’t say that I have any plans.

I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand. Could you offer me some kind of work here? I don’t want your charity, I just want an honest job.

Well, it may seem luck to you but not to me. If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I don’t think it’s very funny. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll be on my way.

Task 3. Acting Act the play out.

Task 4. Discussion Have a discussion with the SS.

Suppose you get a large amount of money by buying lottery tickets ( 彩票 ) and become a millionaire ( 百万富翁 ). What will you do with the money?

Buy a house Travel around the world

Suppose you get a large amount of money by buying lottery tickets ( 彩票 ) and become a millionaire ( 百万富翁 ). What will you do with the money?

Task 5. Writing Rewrite the play in to a story.