内容正文:
Unit 5 Reading and Thinking
【学习目标】
Learning Objectives
1 To get the main idea of the scene, find out the features of the play, understand implied meaning of some sentences and identify the feelings and characters of the people in the scene
2 To use the words and phrases from the passage correctly
【学习过程】
Learning activities
目标一:To get the main idea of the scene, find out the features of the play, understand implied meaning of some sentences and identify the feelings and character of the people in the scene
Activity 1: Discuss the question in pairs.
What would you do if you had a million-pound bank note?
Activity 2: Skim the passage and finish the tasks.
Task 1: Read for the setting and characters
Time: The summer of 1903
Place:
Characters:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Task 2: Find out the main idea of the passage
What is the main idea of the passage?
Answer:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Activity 3: Scan the passage and find out the information about the main character—Henry Adams.
When
What happened
When in America
About a month ago
Towards night
The next morning
Later
landed in Britain by accident
After he arrived in London
While walking outside the two brothers’ house
They invited him in
At last
Activity 4: Read the scene and answer the questions.
1. What bet did Roderick and Oliver make?
2. How did Henry come to England?
3. How does Henry want the brothers to help him?
4. Why do you think Henry does not want the brothers’ charity?
5. Why do you think the brothers chose Henry for their bet?
Answers:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Activity 5: Read these sentences and describe Henry’s feeling