Aboutthewriter--MarkTwainPlacehewasborninPlaceswherehelivedfamousworksThemeaningof“marktwain”theageoftwelveWorkingexperienceInFloridaHannibal,Missouri,alongtheMississippiTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnandLifeontheMississippiItmeansthewateristwo

fathomsdeep.(=12feet)Heleftschooltolookforwork.Aprinter,ariverboatpilot,asoldier,agoldminer,abusiness-manandanewspaperreporter.Question&Thinking:WhatwasMarkTwain’slifelikeinthelastyearsofhislife?Asaresultofthis,whathappenedtohiswriting?Whatcanyoulearn?Itwasfilledwithsadevents,lonelinessandthelossofmuchmoney.Hiswritinglostmostofitshumourandbecamesadlikehim.Pre-reading:Justlookatthetitleofthestory“TheMillionPoundBank-Note”,canyouguesswherethestoryhappened?Pounds￡

InBritain.(PoundisusedinBritain)U.S.Dollar$Euros€RenMinBiYuan￥Fast-reading:answerthefollowingquestions.1.Thispartisscene_______intheplay.2.Whenandwheredidthestoryhappen?(thesetting)3.Howmanycharacters

are?Whoarethey?Andwho’sthehero?4.Pleasefindoutallthestagedirections

(thetalics斜體字)，andguesstheirfunctionsintheplay.3Inthesummerof1903inLondon.Three.Roderick,Henry,Oliver,servant.HenryFunctions:

1.)Toneofvoice2.)behaviourCarefulreadingAboutamonthagoHenrywas__________outofthebay;TowardsnightfallHenryfoundhimself_________outtoseabyastrongwind;ThenextmorningHenrywas__________byaship;LastlyHenryarrivedin______byworkingontheshipasanunpaidhand;sailingcarriedspottedLondonNowHenrywas______inLondonandwanderinginthestreetJustatthattimeRoderick_______himandaskedhimtostepin;ToHenry’ssurpriseRoderickgaveHenrya_________withmoneyinit.lostcalledletterComprehending:Foreachstatement,write“F”ifitisafact.Write“O”ifitisanopinion._____HenrywantstofindajobinLondon._____Henryisgivenanenvelopebythetwobrothers._____Henryisanunluckyyoungman._____Henryisnotaproudman._____Henryisfoolishtogoandmeetthetwobrothers.ffoooComprehending:findandadjectiveinthelisttocompleteeachsentence.Eachwordisusedonlyonce.BothbrothersprobablyfeltthatHenrywasa______youngman.Henrywasnot_________aboutwhatwouldhappentohimwhenheleftthebrothers.Henrymusthavefelt_______whenhesawhowfarhehadtravelledouttosea.Henrywasnot_______toacceptmoneyfromthebrothers.Henryfelt_______whenhesawthefoodonthebrothers’table.cleverconfidentgladfoolishjealousOpenDiscussion:Whatisthefunctionofthissceneinthewholeplay?Whythenarratorsaiditisthemostincredibletale?FilmDubbing:Let’shaveatry!Languagepoints1.Alargequantityofmoney=alargesumofmoney2.Makeabetmakeabetonsth.Withsb=betonsthwithsb.Ibet…=I’mcertain…我肯定…3.Permitsb.Todosth.Eg.:Hermotherwouldnotpermithertocomebacklate.

permitdoingsth.Eg.:Wedonotpermitsmokingintheoffice.4.Findoneselfcarriedouttosea(發現某人自己被漂流到海上）

findone’s+介詞短語/分詞（發現某人自己不知不覺…)Hefoundhimselfwalkinginthedirectionofthepark.5.Accountfor

（說明/解釋某事的原因）

Eg.Hisillnessaccountsforhisabsence.6.byaccident=bychanceEg.Ionlyfounditbyaccident.7.stareat

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