Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note

Imagine that somebody gives you a large sum of money to spend as you like. What would you do with it?

put it in he bank use them up donate buy a big flat run a business spend them on food buy clothing buy books share with friends travel around the world do some science research

What do you know about the American writer Mark Twain? Do you know any of his works?

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 – 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Fast reading Time : Characters: Event the summer of 1903 Narrator Roderick Oliver Henry Servant

A month ago Henry was ______ out of the bay. Towards nightfall Henry found himself _______ out to sea by a strong wind. The next morning Henry was ________ by a ship. Lastly Henry arrived in ________ by working on the ship unpaid. sailing carried spotted London Now Henry was _______ in London and wandering in the street. Just at that time Roderick _______ him and asked him to step in. To Henry’s surprise Roderick gave Henry a _____ with money in it. lost called letter Read again and fill in the blanks.

Careful reading 1. Where did Henry come from? 2. Why did he stare at something that was left of the brothers’ dinner on the table? 3. What was Henry’s attitude when he got a letter? San Francisco in American. Perhaps he was very hungry. He didn’t want the charity. He just wanted an honest job.

4.Does he know much about London? No, he doesn’t know London at all. 5. What did he do in America? He worked for a mining company. 6. How did he land in Britain? 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 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_____. American London bay rags lost bet Retell the story by completing the following passage. unbelievable

Homework 1.Review the text and the sentences with new words. 2. Suppose you get one million yuan bank note, how would you spend it? Write down your plan. 3. Read the text and try to retell it in your own words next time.