Book 3 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-NoteThe first period ReadingTeaching goals1. Target languagea.Key words and phrasesbet, make a bet, permit, go ahead, by accident, stare, account for, to be honest, jealousb.Expressions on request:Would you step inside a moment, please?Would you please come in?May we ask what you’re doing in this country and what your plans are?Well, why don’t you explain what this is all about?2. Ability goalsa. Enable students to read and hear natural language in a dramatic context and increase their self-confidence in using English, which will increase their overall motivation to learn English.b. Enable students to sum up the main idea of ACT ONE Scene 3.c. Enable students to understand the details about the whole scene.d. Retell the scene using the key words of the whole scene.e. Express their opinions by answering the following questions:1) Do you think money is everything? Why?2) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness?3. Learning ability goalsa. Help students to understand natural language in the dramatic context and increase their self-confidence in using English.b. Help students to sum up the main idea of ACT ONE Scene3.c. Help students to understand the details of the whole scene.d. Get students to retell the whole scene.e. Help them to answer the following questions:1) Do you think money is everything?2) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness?Teaching important pointsa. How to interpret language through tone of voice and body language, gaining a greater appreciation of the various verbal and non-verbal ways in which language works.b. Discuss the questions:1) Do you think money is everything?2) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness?Teaching difficult pointsDiscuss the questions:1) Do you think money is everything?2) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness?Teaching methodsElicitation, discussion, listening, reading and pair work.Teaching aidsA computer, a projector and a tape recorder.Teaching procedures and waysStep 1Warming up-IWhat do you know about Mark Twain? Do you know any of his works?Real nameMeaning of his pen nameBirth dateBirthplacePlace where he grew upHis famous stories1.Ask one of the students to report his/her anwsers to the class and then check them with the class;2.Then give an introduction of Mark Twain(1835—1910): The greatest humorist of the 19th century American literature.Novels:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)(汤姆·索亚历险记）The Prince and the Pauper (1882)(皇子与贫儿)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1894)(哈克贝利·费恩历险记)DiscussionSuppose a rich person gives you a million pound bank-note, what will you do with it ? Give the reasons.Ask some of the Ss to give their answers.Introduce some new words to the students:incredible: difficult to believe (unbelievable)stare at: look at sb. / sth. for a long timenightfall: the time in the evening when it becomes darksurvive: continue to live or existspot: see or notice a person or thingaccount for: to be the explanation or cause of sth.charity:by accident: by chanceStep 2Pre-reading1. First, give students a brief introduction of the story by showing some pictures of the play on the screan.Two rich gentlemen made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound note.Henry, the hero of the story, an American young man, sailed too far, drifted out to the ocean. A British ship, for London, passing by, fortunately saved him.2. Prediction :What would happen to Henry?Ask some Ss to give their prediction.Step 3ReadingScanning:Scan the passage and find out :What happened to Henry?What does the brothers choose Henry for?What happened to Henry?Answers:He was given a letter by the two brothers and was asked not to open it until two o’clock.What does the brothers choose Henry for?They wanted to make a bet on Henry.Ask some Ss to give their AnswersSkimming:Aswer the following questions:1. Where does Henry Adams come from? Does he know much about London?2. What did he do in America?3. Why did he land in Britain?Put the following events in correct order.(1) Henry wandered in London streets.(2) About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay.(3) The next morning he was spotted by a ship.(4) Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind.(5) On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.Keys;(2) About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay.(4) Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind.(3) The next morning he was spotted by a ship.(5) On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.(1)Henry wandered in London streets.Step 4Retell the storyStep 5After-readingWhat kind of persons you think the characters are? (Henry Adams, Oliver Roderick)Step 6Enjoy a short film based the same story.Step7 HomeworkDivid the class into several groups and ask them to play the roles of the play .附1：Unit 3 Book 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note背景介绍1. About the ￡1, 000,000 Bank-note英格兰银行出于特殊的需要发行了两张面值一百万的钞票，其中一张收回并作废，但还有一张却留在银行，两兄弟打赌，一个身无分文的人带着这张钞票会发生什么，兄弟A说会死去，兄弟B说他肯定能活一个月。