Book3 Unit 3
Know about Mark Twain and his works
Understand the main idea of the play
Be able to retell the play
Warming up
What do you know about
Mark Twain?
Warming up
Mark Twain
(1835—1910)
The greatest humorist
of the 19th century
in American literature.
Also one of the greatest
writer in the world.
Do you know any of his
works?
《哈克贝利· 费恩
历险记》
The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer
《汤姆·索亚历险记》
Real name
Meaning of his
pen name
Birth date
Birthplace
Place where he
grew up
His famous
stories
Read the short passage on P17 quickly and fill
in the chart.
Real name
Meaning of his pen
name
Birth date
Birth place
Place where he
grew up
His famous stories
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
On November 30th, 1835
Florida
Hannibal
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn
The Million Pound Bank Note
It means the water is two
fathoms deep.
If a rich person gave you a large amount
of money to use as you like, for example,
one million pounds, what would you do?
Discussion
a
play
Oliver and Roderick Henry Adams servant
When did the story happen?
Where did the story happen?
How many people are there? Who are
they? What happened?
In the summer of 1903
London
scanning
make a bet
Read the play quickly
Answer the following questions:
1. Where does Henry Adams come from?
2. What did he do in America?
3. Why did they two brothers give Henry a
letter?
4. How did Henry feel when he got a letter
from the brothers?
5. When could Henry open the letter?
skimming
1. Where does Henry Adams come from?
2. What did he do in America?
A. London B. Florida
C. New York D. San Francisco
A.Worked for a mining company
B.Worked for himself
C. Sold newspaper
D. Sold envelope
3. Why did the two brothers give Henry
a letter ?
A.They wanted to play a trick
on Henry.
B.They had a pity on Henry.
C.They made a bet.
D.Henry was not an English
man.
4. How did Henry feel when he got a letter
from the brothers?
A. Sad B. Happy
C. Surprised D. Frightened
5. When could Henrry open the letter?
A. 3 o’clock B. 1 o’clock
C. 2 o’clock D. 4 o’clock
About a
month ago
Henry was ______ out of the
bay;
Towards
nightfall
Henry found himself ______
to sea by a strong wind.
The next
morning
Henry was ______ by a ship.
Lastly Henry arrived in _______ by
working on the ship as an
unpaid hand.
sailing
carried
spotted
London
Careful reading
fill in the following form.
Now
Henry was ___ in
London and wandering
in the streets.
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
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 unexpected thing
happened. Two rich brothers gave him a million
pound bank-note because they had made a_____.
American
London
bay
rags
lost
bet
Consolidation
Retell the story by filling the following passage.
What kind of person do you think
Henry Adams is?
After-reading
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.