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

Unit 5 Money is a good servant and a bad master. 金钱是善仆，也是恶主。 ―Francis Bacon (弗朗西斯․培根) UNIT 5 THE VALUE OF MONEY To role-play Act 1, Scene 3 of The Million Pound Bank Note. To know the features of a play. To analyze how Henry Adams feelings change in the scene. To interpret the implied meaning beyond the lines and predict the following plots.  Do you know him? What do you know about the American writer Mark Twain? Do you know any of his works? Can you name any of them? Mark Twain (1835-1910) Mark Twain was born in Florida in 1835. He was brought up in 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. The author loved the river so much that even his pen name is about the river. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clements. He is the greatest humorist of the 19th century in American literature. Also one of the greatest writer in the world. The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that cannot read them. Always tell the truth; then you don’t have to remember anything. A banker is a fellow who leads you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. Mark Twain Early stage: Active & humor Mid-term: Satire (讽刺) Later period: pessimistic & desperate Have you ever read any of Mark Twain’s novels? Choose one and tell the class about it. This is a story about a young boy named Tom Sawyer who is very mischievous and likes to go on adventures. He lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. Tom also had two friends named Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn. Becky Thatcher is Tom’s girlfriend and Injun Joe is the town’s thief and murderer. It takes place in the mid-1800s in a small village in Missouri along the Mississippi River. Before the novel begins, Huck Finn has led a life of absolute freedom. His parents are either dead or absent and so Huck is not used to followin