Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note

3. ask ss to use the following expressions on shopping in the dialogue. then let some groups present their dialogues in class.

can i help you? / what can i do for you?            i’d like to have …
this way, please.       do you have a bigger size?    what colour do you like best?
what size do you wear?           could we have a table for five?
what’s today’s special?            may i see the menu, please?
what do you suggest i order?       what sort of side dish would you like, sir?
eat here or to go?                 is there anything else?        here is the change.
can you bring me the check, please?  it’s not expensive, right?

for the gist. for the second time, ask ss to finish ex2.
4. play the tape again and ask ss to check each other’s answers.
step 2. reading and speaking task
1. ask ss to work in pairs and talk about how they think the play will end. then let some pairs present their ideas.
2. ask ss to read the whole passage of act two, scene 4 and answer the following questions.

(1) what advice did portia give henry about the job?
(2) what sort of bet did oliver and roderick make?
(3) who won at last?
(4) what kind of job does henry want to get at first?
(5) did portia know henry’s story before henry met her? why?
(6) was the bank-note still useful after their marriage?
suggested answers:
(1) if they ask too much, they may get no salary at all.
(2) whether the bank-not can be spent.
(3) oliver.
(4) he wanted nothing.
(5) yes. because oliver was her stepfather.
(6) no, it was not useful at last.
3. play the tape for ss and ask them to learn act two, scene 4 by heart. then let them act it out. remind them to speak with expression.
step 3. writing task
1. ask ss to imagine what would happen after henry marries portia.
2. ask ss to work in pairs and imagine henry fails in his business and becomes poor again. then ask them to talk about the questions of writing task.
3. ask one student to pretend to be henry and his partner to be portia. then let them make up a short dialogue in which henry tells his wife the bad news.
step 4. homework
1. ask ss to review what has been learnt in this unit.
ask ss to preview the next unit.