Unit 3

The Million Pound Bank Note

Imagine that somebody gives you a large sum of

money to spend as you like. What would you do

with it?

put it in he bank

use them up

donate

buy a big flatrun a business

spend them on food

buy clothing

buy books

share with friends

travel around the world

do some science research

What do you know about the

American writer Mark Twain?

Do you know any of his works?

Samuel Langhorne Samuel Langhorne ClemensClemens (1835 – 1910), (1835 – 1910), better known by the better known by the pen pen namename Mark TwainMark Twain, was , was an American author and an American author and humorist. Twain is most humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Adventures of Huckleberry FinnFinn, which has since , which has since been called the Great been called the Great American Novel, and American Novel, and The The Adventures of Tom Adventures of Tom SawyerSawyer. .

Fast reading

Time :

Characters:

Event

the summer of 1903

Narrator Roderick Oliver Henry Servant

A month ago Henry was ______ out of the bay.

Towards nightfallHenry found himself _______ out to sea by a strong wind.

The next morning Henry was ________ by a ship.

Lastly Henry arrived in ________ by working on the ship unpaid.

sailing

carried

spotted

London

NowHenry was _______ in London and wandering in the street.

Just at that timeRoderick _______ him and asked him to step in.

To Henry’s surpriseRoderick gave Henry a _____ with money in it.

lost

called

letter

Read again and fill in the blanks.

Careful reading

1. Where did Henry come from?

2. Why did he stare at something that was left of

the brothers’ dinner on the table?

3. What was Henry’s attitude when he got a

letter?

San Francisco in American.

Perhaps he was very hungry.

He didn’t want the charity. He just wanted an honest job.

4.Does he know much about London?

No, he doesn’t know London at all.

5. What did he do in America?

He worked for a mining company.

6. How did he land in Britain?

He was sailing out the bay when he was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was survived by a ship for London.

Henry was an_________. One day he had an

accident in a_____. Luckily he was survived by a

ship for_______. He arrived in London by earning

his passage without pay. He was _____in the street

in_____. To his surprise, an thing

happened. Two rich brothers gave him a million

pound bank-note because they had made a_____.

American

London

bay

rags

lost

bet

Retell the story by completing the following passage.

unbelievable

Homework

1.Review the text and the sentences with new words.

2. Suppose you get one million yuan bank note, how would you spend it? Write down your plan.

3. Read the text and try to retell it in your own words next time.