1. Unit 3 The Million Pound Note
高一人教新课标版必修三
Unit 3
The Million Pound Note
Warming up

2. Do you know him?

3. Mark Twain ( )

4. Mark Twain’s House

5. Do you know any of his works?
Can you name
any of them?

6. His famous works
The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer
《汤姆·索亚历险记》
1876

7. The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
《哈克贝利·
弗恩历险记》
1881

8. Life on the Mississippi
《密西西比河上的生活》

9. his short stories
Running for Governor
《竞选州长》

10. The Million Pound Bank Note
《百万英镑》

11. Real name
Meaning of his pen name
Birth date
Birthplace
Place where he grew up
His famous stories
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
the water is two fathoms deep
November 30th, 1835
Florida
Hannibal, Missouri,
along the Mississippi
The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

12. Characters
Henry:
An American businessman, who arrived in London by accident, penniless, hungry and lonely.

13. Characters
Roderick and Oliver:
Two rich brothers, who made a bet. Roderick believed that a man couldn’t survive in the city for a month with only a million pound bank-note. But Oliver believed he could.

14. THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTE
Reading
THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTE

15. Answer these questions.
Fast Reading
1. Where does Henry Adams come from? Does he know much about London?
2. What did he do in America?
Henry comes from San Francisco.
No, he doesn’t know London at all.
He worked for a mining company.

16. 3. Why 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.
4. What a bet did the brothers make?
They want to know if a poor
man can live with a million pound
note in a strange place.

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

18. 3 In pairs describe how Henry’s feelings
change during the conversation.
How he feels
Before he enters the brothers’ house
When he introduces himself
miserable, unhappy, anxious
curious

19. How he feels
When the brothers ask him about his plan
When he tells them how he reached London by ship
hopeful
grateful ; aware of his hunger

20. How he feels
When they seem happy that he has no money
When they give him the envelope
angry
strange; curious

21. How he feels
When they tell him there is money in it
Before he leaves the house
unhappy
strange; curious

22. 4 Discuss these questions in groups.
1. Why do you think that the brothers
chose Henry for their bet?
It was his first visit to London so nobody
knew him.
2) He had no money so he would have to rely
on the bank note.
3) They thought he looked honest because he
asked for a job and not charity.

23. 2. What kind of person do you think Henry is? Why do you think so?
overconfident. He thought he could sail
better than he could.
2) independent. He worked for his passage
as an unpaid hand to England.
3) honest. He tells the truth to the brothers.
4) hard-working. He wants work but not
charity.

24. 3. What kind of persons you think Oliver and Roderick are?
1) rich (servants and not worrying about
giving a stranger a million pound bank-note)
2) mischievous (恶作剧的;调皮的,淘气的)
(prepared to bet one million pounds just for
a bit of fun)
3) good judges of character (they see Henry is
honest and proud)