The Million Pound Bank-Note教案

t: 3. tell us the meaning of his pen name
s3: “twain” is an old word for “two”.
“mark twain” is to say that the water is two fathoms deep.
t: 4.what was his first successful story?
s4: his first successful story was about a jumping frog contest.
t: 5.what are his most famous books?
s5: the adventures of tom sawyer.
the adventures of huckleberry finn.
  life on the mississippi
t : why did you forget this one----the million pound bank-note? as we know, mark twain is known as a humorist during his life. and this is reflected in the million pound bank-note. so, today we’ll learn some parts of this famous play.
step ii . listening and reading
t: first, express your opinions freely. if a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, for example, one million pound, what will you do? why? please discuss in groups of four.
s1: i’ll buy a big house, a new car of my own and get married with a beautiful girl. in my opinion, the most important thing for a person is to enjoy the life. so, if i have a lot of money, i’ll make full use of it to meet my needs for a rich life.
s2: i’ll give some money of the one million pound to the poor people in the west part of our country to help them live a happy life, especially the children. because they really need help and they can learn more knowledge in order to develop the west part of our country. this way of spending money is meaningful.
s3: …
t: i think all of you have a good idea. do you want to know what happened to henry adams in the million pound bank-note written by mark twain?  we’ll learn the story together.
1. listening
  t: now we are going to learn act one scene 3.  listen the whole scene quickly and find out the answers to the four questions here.
show the questions on the screen:
1. how did henry adams come to england?
2. where did henry work? how much money did he have?
3. what did the two gentlemen give henry?
4. when can henry open the letter?
t: well, class, have you finished reading the whole scene?
ss: yes.
t: ok, who can answer the first question? how did henry adams come to england?
s1: it was the ship that brought him to england.
t: very good. you did a good job. next, where did henry work? how much money did he have?
s2: he worked for a mining company and he had no money at all.
t: very good. then what did the two gentlemen give him?
s3: they gave him a letter.
t: when can henry open the letter?
s4: he can’t open it until two o’clock.
t: ok, great. next, let’s do some listening.