Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note（Warming Up, Pre-reading and Reading）

two rich gentlemen made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound note.henry, the hero of the story, an american young man, sailed too far, drifted out to the ocean. a british ship, for london, passing by, fortunately saved him. 2. prediction :what would happen to henry?step 4 reading1.scan the passage and find out :1. how many characters are there in this scene? who are they?_____________________________________________________2. when and where does the story take place?_____________________________________________________3. what do the two old men give henry?_____________________________________________________4.what does the brothers choose henry for?_____________________________________________________2.skimming: answer the following questions:1) what happens one day when henry was walking down the street?_____________________________________________________2) where does henry come from?_____________________________________________________3)what did he do in america?_____________________________________________________4) why does he come to london and how?_____________________________________________________5) why does he stare at the food on the table when he is talking with the men?_____________________________________________________6) what did henry do before coming to london?_____________________________________________________7) how much money does he own?_____________________________________________________8) when can henry open the letter the men give him?_____________________________________________________9) what’s inside the letter?_____________________________________________________10) does henry accept the letter? _____________________________________________________3.put the following events in correct order.(1) henry wandered in london streets.(2) about a month ago henry adams was sailing out of the bay.(3) the next morning he was spotted by a ship.(4) towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind.(5) on the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand._____________________________________________________step5 post-reading1.what kind of persons you think the characters are? (henry adams, oliver roderick)henry :__________________________________________________________________________________________________________oliver and roderick :__________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. what do you think will happen to henry?