Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note教案

the following are the language points that the teacher will explain:

1) a large amount of: a large quantity of; a great deal of

e.g. they bought a large amount of furniture before they moved their new house.

2) make a bet: make an arrangement to risk money, etc. on an event of which the result is doubtful.

e.g. we made a bet on the result of the match.

3) permit somebody to do something: allow somebody to do something

e.g. my mother doesn’t permit me to ride in the street after it rained.

4) by accident: as a result of chance.

e.g. i only found it by accident.

5) stare at: look at somebody or something with the eyes wide open in a fixed gaze ( in astonishment, wonder, fear, etc)

e.g. do you like being stared at?

6) to be honest: to tell you the truth; to be frank

e.g. to be honest, i don’t think we have a chance of winning.

students read the whole scene again and again and try to retell it.

t: well, class, have you got the main idea?

ss: yes.

t: what’s the main idea? and can you retell it?

(then the students begin to prepare for retelling the whole scene.)

step ⅴ retelling

show the key words and relevant pictures on the screen, using the computer.

ask the students to retell the whole scene, according to the following key words: summer, 1903, henry adams, american businessman, rescued, british ship, london, without money, lost, walk down, street, led to, two rich brothers, made a bet, a letter, a million-pound bank-note, open, two o’clock.

t: now, look at the key words and pictures, who can retell the reading?

s1: it was the summer of 1903, and henry adams, an american businessman, had some very luck. he was rescued at sea by a british ship that takes him to london where he finds himself without money, friends and the prospect of a good job. he was lost and alone in london. he had no money and did not know what he should do. walking down the street, he heard someone calling him. then he came in and was led to two rich brothers, roderick and oliver, who made a secret bet and gave him a letter in which there was a one-million-pound bank-note. he was asked to open the letter until two o’clock in the afternoon. roderick believes that a man can’t survive in the city for a month with only a million pound bank-note in his possession but oliver believes he can. (the play takes us along henry’s misadventures with humor and surprise to discover who will win the bet.)

t: good, the next one, who wants to try?

(then another student retells the whole scene.)

t: you’ve done a good job. now let’s retell the whole scene together.