Unit 5 The Value of Money Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Background information Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) 1835-1910 马克·吐温是美国批判现实主义文学的奠基人，他一生写了大量作品，体裁涉及小说、剧本、散文、诗歌等各方面。 从内容上说，他的作品批判了不合理现象或人性的丑恶之处，表达了这位当过排字工人和水手的作家强烈的正义感和对普通人民的关心； 从风格上说，专家们和一般读者都认为，幽默和讽刺是他的写作特点。 Background information: Mark Twain’s works 《汤姆·索亚历险记》  《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》 《密西西比河上的生活》 Background information: humorous quotations (语录) 人类是唯一会脸红的动物，或是唯一该脸红的动物。 Human beings are the only animals that blush, or the only animals that. 经典作品是每个人都希望自己读过却没有人愿意去读的东西。 A classic is something that everyone wants to have read and nobody wants to read. Background information The Million Pound Bank Note: A piece of paper money This play(戏剧，剧本) is adapted from Mark Twain’s short story, published in 1893, by the same title. What is the type of writing? It’s a script (剧本). ACT: 幕, SCENE: 场 characters：角色 Stage directions (舞台说明) narrator：旁白员 Lines of dialogue: 台词 appreciation The Million Pound Bank Note Careful reading 1. What information can you get from the aside (旁白) ？ Background (where, who, what) 2. What are the differences between Henry and the brothers？ The brothers are rich and Henry is poor. 3. What is the trigger (诱因) of the conflict？ It is the bet that brings the two sides of conflict together. Narrator: Two rich brothers, Roderick and Oliver, have made a bet. Oliver believes that with a million-pound bank note a man could live a month in London. His brother Roderick doubts it. They see a poor young man walking outside their house. It is Henry Adams. rich poor Roderick and Oliver in London Henry Adams (conflict) Task: read after the tape Try to imitate the intonation and the tone. (模仿语音语调) 语调： 降调：用于陈述、命令，表肯定； 升调：用于提问，表不肯定，礼貌，委婉。 Careful reading Read ACT 1, SCENE 3 carefully and underline all the examples of polite requests in it. Then rewrite them in informal language. Would you step inside a moment, please? (line 8-9) Would you please come in? (line 13) How do you do? Mr…er…? (line 15) May we ask what you’re doing in this country…？