人教版2019 必修三unit5 reading for thinking

The Million Pound Bank Note Lead in Daily quotations: The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. 2.Never give up your dreams. When your dreams die, you can still live, but you'll live like you are dead. 不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。 。 让自己高兴起来的最好办法就是设法让别人高兴起来。 * How much do you know about Mark Twain? Getting to know a great literary giant: Mark Twain Task 1: Real name of Mark Twain Meaning of his pen name Birth Date Birth Place His famous works Samuel Langhorne Clemens The water is two fathoms deep(12 feet) 1835 (died in 1910) Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (汤姆·索亚历险记）The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn （哈克贝利·费恩历险记） Life on the Mississippi (密西西比河上的生涯) Mark Twain: (1835—1910) Mark Twain was born in Florida and spent his boyhood in Hannibal,Missouri, along the Mississippi River. He is the greatest writers of 19th century in American literature.Once he worked as a printer,a boat pilot, a gold miner, a businessman and a newspaper reporter.His writing became famous for its description of common people ,but especially for his humour .He worte many novels as well as short stories.His works are still popular in the world today.. A wonderful English World Have you ever read Mark Twain’s short story The Million Pound Bank Note or seen the play? ACT 1 SCENE 1&2 A brief introduction to the story Pre-reading Characters （人物）： Henry Adams : a lost American business -man in London “Roderick” and Oliver” : two brothers and rich Englishmen They make a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound note. Just at this time they see Henry, the hero of the story, walking in the street, tired、hungry and in rags. They decide to invite him to their house…… Discussion Task 2: Getting to know the story. While-reading: Scanning Watch the video and try to gain as much information as possible from the story . 2. Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know mu