1. Welcome to my class!
靖边中学外语组 李林霞
靖边中学外语组 李林霞

2. Warming up
* How much do you know about Mark Twain?

3. Suppose you get a large amount of money by buying lottery tickets (彩票) and become a millionaire (百万富翁), for example one million pound, what will you do with it?

4. What will you do with the money? Travel around the world
Buy a house …
Travel around the world

5. Welcome to Ms Li's English World The Million Pound Bank Note

6. Prediction :
Who is him?
What will happen to him?

7. Task 1 Scanning Time________________ Place _________ Characters: 1) 2)3) 4)
Events (What happened to him)

8. About a month ago
Henry was _____ out of the bay.
Towards nightfall
Henry was ______ out to sea by a strong wind.
The next morning
Henry was ________by a ship.
Lastly
Henry arrived in __________ by working as an unpaid hand.
Now
Henry was _____in London and wandering in the street.
Just at that time
Roderick _____Henry and asked him to step in. Henry thought they would give him a _____.
To Henry’s surprise
Roderick gave Henry a ______,

9. Task 1 Scanning Time________________ Place _________ Characters:
Henry Adams
2) Roderick
Oliver
Servant
Events (What happened to him)
The summer of 1903
London

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

11. Henry was _____in London and wandering in the street. Now
Roderick _____Henry and asked him to step in. Henry thought they would give him a ______.
Henry was _____in London and wandering in the street.
lost
Now
called
Just at that time
job
To Henry’s surprise
Roderick gave Henry a ______,
not permitting him to open it
until two o’clock.
letter
letter

12. Task 2 Skimming Put the following events in correct order.
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. 5. 1. 3. 2. 4.

13. London 1903 San Francisco by accident passage unpaid two old brothers
Task 3 Detailed reading
The story happened in _________ in ________. Henry, a tramp who came from ______________ landed in Britain ____________. He earned his _________ by working as an _________ hand. Wandering in London streets, he met _______________ who asked him to _____________ their house. After asking Henry many questions, they gave him _________.
London
1903
San Francisco
by accident
passage
unpaid
two old brothers
step inside
a letter

14. Read and analyse the conflicts(矛盾):
Task 4:
Read and analyse the conflicts(矛盾):
Who made the bet? What did they
make a bet on ?
2.Did Henry have any money at that time?
3.What is the amount of the bank note?

15. 1. Who made the bet? What did they make a bet on ?
Roderick and Oliver.
They make a bet on what would happen to a man with a million pound bank note.
2.Did Henry have any money at that time?
No. He had none.
3.What is the amount of the bank note?
One million pound.

16. Conflicts ? bet a tramp Oliver Roderick ￡1,000,000 Henry Oliver and
(believe)
(doubt)
penniless Henry
￡1,000,000
Henry
a tramp ?
Oliver and
Roderick

17. Guess: Now Henry has such a large amount of money.
Can you guess what will happen to Henry?

18. Homework:
Read again and act it out.

19. Thank you !