Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note
● 辨析：
◆ genuine指物品的來歷或性質(zhì)同所說的是一致的。如:
a genuine antique 一件真古董。
genuine knowledge 真知；真正的知識
◆ real adj 真實的； 真正的；指從外表看來不是虛假或偽造的
that is a real dog, not a toy. 那是一條真狗，而不是一個玩具。
◆ true adj 意為“真實的；確實的；確切的” 指符合實際情況。
it is true that he has won the prize. 他確實贏得了獎品。
is it true that he is rich? 他很富有，是真的嗎？
(5) in rags穿著破舊衣服；穿得破破爛爛的(狀態(tài))
the old man is in rags. 那個老人穿得破破爛爛的。
(6) indeed adv
① 的確是；實在是；當(dāng)然
— did you hear the explosion last night? 你昨晚聽見爆炸聲了嗎？
— indeed i did. 我確實聽到了。
② (表示驚奇、反語等)真是的；的確
— i earn $1000 a day. 我一天賺一千美元。
— — indeed? 真的嗎?
(7) from the bottom of one’s heart 衷心地，真誠地；發(fā)自內(nèi)心地
it was a request from the bottom of my heart. 這是我發(fā)自內(nèi)心的請求。
● 拓展：
break one’s heart 讓某人傷心
learn sth by heart 記住
heart and soul 全心全意地
lose heart 失去信心
lose one’s heart to sb = fall in love with sb 愛上某人
step 2. listening and writing
purpose: to improve ss’ listening ability.
to get ss to know what happened to henry after scene 4.
1. ask ss to look through the exercises of ex1 before listening and then play the tape.
2. ask ss to think of more things henry might do with the bank-note. let them try to make up what might happen after henry do these things.
step 3. reading
purpose: to get ss to know something about the famous writer mark twain.
to get ss to learn how to introduce a famous person to the readers.
1. ask ss if they know who is the man in the following pictures and tell as much information about him as possible. under the pictures are some famous mark twain quotes for ss to enj
◆ always tell the truth; then you don't have to remember anything.
◆ the man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that can not read them.
◆ good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
◆ when people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.
◆ anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.
2. ask ss to read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:
(1) which famous river played an important role in twain’s writing?
(2) why did mark twain get this pen name?
(3) what kind of jobs did mark twain ever do?