
by Mark Twain
The Millin Pund Bank Nte
T rle-play Act 1, Scene 3 f The Millin Pund Bank Nte.T knw the features f a play.T analyze hw Henry Adams feelings change in the scene.T interpret the implied meaning beynd the lines and predict the fllwing plts.?
Learning bjectives
Fast-reading
Careful-reading
Pst-reading
What wuld yu d if yu had a millin-pund bank nte?
Immediate needs
Shrt-term gals
Lng-term pssibilities
Step 1.Lead-in
D yu knw him?
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
What d yu knw abut the American?writer Mark Twain? D yu knw any f his wrks? Can yu name?any f them?
Brainstmming
Mark Twain is the funder f American critical realism literature. Brn in 1835, Mark Twain was an influential American authr and humrist.He is mainly knwn fr his witty humur and his nvels, such as The Adventures f Tm Sawyer and Adventures f Huckleberry Finn. He died in 1910.The Millin Pund Bank Nte is ne f his masterpieces.馬克·吐溫是美國批判現(xiàn)實主義文學的奠基人?!栋偃f英鎊》是他的杰作之一。
This man Henry really gt a millin pund bank nte in ne f Mark Twain’s wrks.
Lk at the layut f the text and identify its genre (體裁)
Task1: Read the play quickly, and answer the questins.
1. Hw many characters are there in the scene? Wh are they? Henry Adams (a pr American businessman )2. Where did the stry happen? In the tw ld brthers’ huse lcated in Lndn.3. What happened in Scene 3? The tw ld brthers gave Henry a letter with mney in it t make a bet.
Rderick and Oliver (tw rich British brthers)
Henry wandered in Lndn streets. Henry Adams was sailing ut f the bay. The next mrning he was sptted by a ship. Twards nightfall he fund himself carried ut t sea by a strng wind. Henry went t the American cnsulate t seek help.
Task 2: Put Henry's stry in crrect rder.
Read the scene and answer the questins.
1. What bet did Rderick and Oliver make?2. Hw did Henry cme t England?3. Hw des Henry want the brthers t help him?4. Why d yu think Henry des nt want the brthers’ charity?5. Why d yu think the brthers chse Henry fr their bet?
1. What bet did Rderick and Oliver make?
They bet n whether a man culd live fr a mnth in Lndn if he had a millin-pund bank nte.
2. Hw did Henry cme t England?3. Hw des Henry want the brthers t help him?
He came t England by accident. He was sailing when his bat was carried ut t sea, and a ship rescued him, taking him t England.
He wuld like them t ffer him a jb.
4. Why d yu think Henry des nt want the brthers’ charity?5. Why d yu think the brthers chse Henry fr their bet?
Because he is a prud and hnest man wh thinks that it is imprtant t live by hard wrk.
Because he lks pr. Then when they talk t him, they discver that he is pr, friendless, and alne. He is perfect fr their bet.
Arund 12 'clck
In the brthers' huse
Cmplete the fllwing table.
Decide whether the statements are True (T) r False (F).
(??? )?1.?Rderick did nt believe that a man culd live a mnth in?Lndn?with a millin-pund bank nte.(??? ) 2. Henry was very hungry when he was talking t the brthers.(??? ) 3. Henry was sure he wuld be saved by smene.(??? ) 4. Henry lked clean and neat when he landed in?Britain.(??? ) 5. The brthers prmised t prvide Henry with a jb.(??? ) 6. Henry agreed t pen the letter after tw 'clck.
1. Wh? Me, sir?2. Well, I can't say that I have any plans. As a matter f fact, I landed in Britain by accident.3. I'm afraid I dn't quite fllw yu, sir.4. Well, it may seem lucky t yu but nt t me! If this is yur idea f sme kind f jke, I dn't think it's very funny.5. Well, why dn't yu explain what this is all abut?
Angry and upset
Puzzled, angry, curius, surprised
Read and describe Henry's feelings using suitable adjectives.
Wrk in pairs!Share yur ideas with yur partner.
Share yur idea!
Is Henry the right persn? Why?
present situatin
inner qualities
plitehnesthard-wrkingdirectindependentprud
hmeless/penniless jbless/friendlesshelpless/aimless
Deep thinking :
● Yung man, wuld yu step inside a mment, please?● May we ask what yu’re ding in this cuntry and what yur plans are?● If yu dn’t mind, may I ask yu hw much mney yu have?
Oliver and Rderick
They have made a bet abut ne millin punds just fr a bit f fun.
a gd judge f character
They can tell Henry is hnest and hard-wrking thrugh his wrds and behavirs.
1. Rle-play Act 1, Scene 3 and recrd a shrt vide.2. Suppse yu were Henry, write abut yur unbelievable/magical day first, then use yur imaginatin t cntinue the stry.
Wrk in grups f fur t rle-play Act 1, Scene 3.
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