Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note

(4) for what mark twain’s writing is so famous?
(5) is he still one of the most popular writers in the world today?
suggested answers:
(1) the mississippi river.
(2) because he loved the river so much that even his pen name is about the river.
(3) a painter, a riverboat pilot, a soldier, a gold miner, a businessman and a newspaper reporter.
(4) his writing is famous for its description of common people and the way talked, but especially for his humors.
(5) yes. he is still one of the most popular writers in the world today.
3. ask ss to fill in the table below under the passage on p23 and then check the answers in pairs.

step 4. homework
1. ask ss to choose any topic to make a short play and act it out.
2. ask ss to preview the next period.

period 4  learning about language
teaching goals:
1. to get ss to know how to use new words and phrases.
2. to help ss to master some new words and expressions.
3. to get ss to have the knowledge of this grammar point: a noun clause is used as the object; a noun clause is used as the predicative.
teaching procedures:
step 1. revision
purpose: to consolidate the words and phrases in the text.
1. ask ss to look through the reading passage and finish ex1 of discovering useful words and expressions.
2. ask ss to finish ex2 of discovering useful words and expressions. then let them check the answers in pairs.
3. organize a game. ask ss to finish ex3 to see who can get the most right answers in the least time.
step 2. grammar
1. ask ss to finish ex1 and ex2 of discovering useful structures and try to find some rules about how to use a noun clause as the object.
2. ask ss to finish ex3, ex4 and ex5 of discovering useful structures and try to find some rules about how to use a noun clause used as the predicative.
3. conclusion
(1) 賓語從句：引導詞為that; whether/ if; what; which; who; whom; whose; when; where; how; why and so on. the object clause can be placed after vt, prep, and some adj.   
注意事項：
◆ 用陳述句的語序。
◆注意從句的時態呼應（主句是現在時，從句用各種時態；主句是過去時，從句用過去的時態，包括過去、過去進行、過去完成、過去將來），表示客觀真理或普遍事實時除外。
◆主句的謂語動詞是advise, demand, request, order, suggest, insist時，賓語從句的謂語動詞用should +v.
◆主句的主語是第一人稱，謂語是think, suppose, believe, expect, imagine時，否定轉移。
◆ that引導賓語從句時，一般省略。不省略的情況為：a. 從句位于句首以示強調時；b. 及物動詞后的第二個及以后的賓語從句；c. 謂語動詞和that從句間有短語隔開時；d. 在復合賓語中；e. 賓語從句由“從句+主句”構成，從句的引導詞緊跟在主句謂語動詞后，that不省。