Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-note

Introduction ofMark Twain

The evaluation given to him: America's best known literary figure

Real name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens

brought up in Hannibal

(pen name)

born in Florida, Missouri

The Adventures of Tom SawyerThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLife on the MississippiThe Million Pound Bank-note

Do you know any of his works?

Discussion

• If a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, what will you do with it?

• Have you ever made a bet with a friend? If so, what did you bet on? How did you feel about the bet after it was won or lost?

Task One: Watch the 1st episode and then reply to the following questions.1.Did Henry come to Britain on purpose? Why?

2.Where did Henry come from?

4.What’s Henry’s attitude when he got a letter?

No, he didn’t. A strong wind carried him out to sea when he was sailing out of the bay. A British ship rescued him and brought him to England.

San Francisco of the US.

Because he was nearly starving to death.

He said he just wanted an honest job rather than other’s charity.

3.Why did he stare at something that was left of the brothers’ dinner on the table?

Task two Part One: watch the 2nd episode and then reply to the following questions related to

others’ attitude toward Henry.

• 1. What was Henry’s appearance when he stepped into the restaurant?

• 2. What was the waiter’s facial expression before 2 o’clock?

• 3. What was the waiter’s look after 2 o’clock?

• 4. When they saw the one million pound bank-note, what did the waiter think of Henry and his behavior?

Part Two: What does the change of the boss’s attitude to Henry show?

Henry The owner

Before showing the large note

had a good meal and awaited an unexpected result

Treated Henry coldly,unpatiently and rudely

After showing the large note

enjoyed a free meal and could further do the same without any limitation

Treated Henry warmly, gratefully and respectfully↓

The writer mocked the phenomenon---″money worship”

Part Three: Judge whether the following sentences are true or

false.①Henry ate two orders of ham and eggs, twoextra thin steaks, two glasses of beer ,two

cups of coffee and two desserts.

②Henry was satisfied with the wonderful meal as well as the attitude of the owner.

③Only two notes in that amount were issued, so Henry´ s note was fake

F

F

F

thick

but dissatisfied with

couldn’t be

④Henry was a strange and rich man.

⑤They changed their attitude to Henry only because he took out a large bank—note they couldn´t change

F

T

wasn’t

Task Three Part One: Watch the 3rd episode and then identify the main characters.

Henry

Roderick

Oliver

James Portia

Clemens

the hero, a lost and penniless American businessman in London

an eccentric British billionaire

Roderick’s brother, the other billionaire

the servant to the two brothersOliver’s daughter and also Henry’s fiancee

a diner in the restaurant and also expert on bank-notes

Task Three Part two:

what do the characters impress you most?

Portia

Henry Adams

The two billionaire brothers

Honest, brave, handsome, hard-working

Extremely rich, bold, easy-going, open-minded, bad-tempered

Good-looking, thoughtful, not snobbish

Part three: Fill in blanks One day, a man in____ came into my restaurant. He _____

a lot of food. He finished two orders of food in a very _____time. We doubted whether the man was able to ___ for the food. But after a while. we were _______ to see what he took out of a letter a million pound bank-note.

Mr Clemens said it was true that two notes of this amount h

ad been _____ this year. He thought It couldn‘t be a ______. He didn‘t pay for the meal and we all _______ together wh

en he leaves.

rags

ordered

limitedpay

shocked

issued

fake

bowed

Two millionaire brothers wondered if a penniless person could survive for a month with a million pound bank note. Just in order to satisfy this curiosity, they did an eccentric and incredible experiment by giving Henry an unbelievably large and rare bank note. As a result, a series of funny things occurred. And the result proved the correctness of the famous proverb which goes “Honesty is the best policy”.

Task Four: narrate the outline of the story

Ⅴ.Discussion

① DO you agree”Money is everything”?

② If you get a large amount of money, is it good or bad for your life ?

The Million Pound Bank-Note

• A penniless and lost young American in London becomes the subject of a bet between two rich and eccentric English gentlemen. They want to know how a poor man do and live with a million pound note. And then a series of funny things occurred.