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

The Million Pound Bank Note warming up Do you know who he is? I’m Mark Twain. How much do you know about me? Mark Twain was born in Florida on November 30th, 1835. He was brought up in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River. He is best known for his novels set in his boyhood world on the river, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Have you ever read any of Mark Twain’s novels? His famous works The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 《汤姆·索亚历险记》 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 《哈克贝利· 弗恩历险记》 Life on the Mississippi 《密西西比河上的生活》 Running for Governor 《竞选州长》 The Million Pound Bank Note 《百万英镑》 Mark Twain’s House America's best known literary figure America's short story writer novelist Literary giant Do you know any evaluation given to him? Humorist public speaker Suppose you get a large amount of money by buying lottery tickets (彩票) and become a millionaire (百万富翁). What will you do with the money? Discussion Imagine that somebody gives you a large sum of money to spend as you like. What would you do with it? The Million Pound Bank Note Henry: An American businessman, who arrived in London by accident, penniless, hungry and lonely. Characters Characters Roderick and Oliver: Two rich brothers, who made a bet. Roderick believed that a man couldn’t survive in the city for a month with only a million pound bank-note. But Oliver believed he could. The Million Pound Bank Note Act I Brief introduction to the story: Two brothers Oliver and Roderick brothers bet on what would happen if one had nothing but a bank-note of ￡ 1,000,000. They made a bet on a poor man Henry, who was in rags. They gave him a million pound bank note and saw whether he could win other’s respect even though he was in rags and looked poor. So the story began… Read the scene on page 52 and think about: While-reading What bet did Roderick and Oliver make? How did Henry come to England? Now answer the questions be