UNIT 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note單元教案

a: ah, there you are.
p: (to henry) how do you do?
a: mr. adams, my special guest, miss portia langham.
h: how do you do?
p: i’m afraid you must be too busy for me.
h: yes, indeed, i am. i mean, no, no, not at all!
a: if you’ll excuse me, i must return o the other guests.
p: won’t you sit down, please?
h: yes, i’d love to-err-i’d like to. thank you, miss.
p: that poor, dear ambassador. he hates these parties almost as much as i do. nothing but talk, talk, talk. and no one says anything anyone wants to hear, do they?
h: no, i suppose not.
p: the ambassador tells me you are a rich man.
h: well-err-not really.
p: he tells me you are the talk of london these days. why, it seems that every banker and shop owner in the city wants to meet you.
h: yes, i’ve head. i can’t understand why, really. i’m not so special as that.
p: oh, i don’t know about that, mr. adams.
h: please, call me henry.
p: henry. i mean, even the ambassador is eager to know you better.
h: yes, it would seem to be so.
p: what’s the matter?
h: oh, nothing. nothing, at least, that anyone can help with.
p: are you in some kind of trouble, henry?
2. students discuss each of the following things in pairs:
(1) which things henry might tell portia about himself?
(2) which things he might keep a secret himself?
(3) which things portia might tell henry about herself?
(4) which things she might keep a secret about herself?
(5) what they might say about each other?
3. students finish writing the dialogue for act two, scene 3, making the words sound believable.
suggested dialogue:
henry: in a way, yes. it is not of my own doing though. i was given a million pound banknote to use for 30 days. now everybody thinks i am rich. but i really don’t have a penny.
portia: is that all? i thought you were a bank robber or had hit your grandmother.
henry: how could you have such terrible thoughts?
portia: i do tend to think about the bad side of the people i meet.
henry: why is that? i am sure people could only be kind and thoughtful to you.
portia: well, you see….
henry: if i am going to let you see all my bad points, i had better do it now. i can not sail a boat well and i have no job.
portia: well i can not sail a boat well either and have no job either.
henry: i knew we were meant for each other.
portia: what a lovely thought. now my bad points. i have no money of my own and i c an not earn my own living at all. in fact i am useless.
henry: not to me! you look the sweetest and most honest girl in the world to me!
t: well done! your dialogues are different, but they are all good. do you want to know which is fit for the next scene? now, let’s read act two, scene 4.