必修3教案 Unit3 The Million Pound Bank Note[Period one]
S2: I’ll give some money of the one million pound to the poor people in the west part of our country to help them live a happy life, especially the children. Because they really need help and they can learn more knowledge in order to develop the west part of our country. This way of spending money is meaningful.
S3: …
T: I think all of you have a good idea. Do you want to know what happened to Henry Adams in THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE written by Mark Twain? Have you ever read the story? Have you seen the movie? If so, what do you think of it? So, this class we’ll learn the story together.
Step III While-reading
1. First reading: Scanning
Get the students to comprehend the whole scene quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading. Teachers give the students a couple of minutes to look through the whole scene. Tell the students to read the text silently and then ask some detail questions about the text on the slide show with their partners. Teachers encourage the students to express their ideas.
T: Now we are going to learn ACT ONE Scene 3. Read the whole scene quickly and find out the answers to the four questions here.
Teachers show the questions on the screen:
1. How did Henry Adams come to England?
2. Where did Henry work? How much money did he have?
3. What did the two gentlemen give Henry?
4. When can Henry open the letter?
(Students read the whole scene (ACT ONE Scene 3) for three minutes and try to answer the questions.)
T: Well, class, have you finished reading the whole scene?
SS: Yes.
T: Ok, who can answer the first question? How did Henry Adams come to England?
S1: It was the ship that brought him to England.
T: Very good. You did a good job. Next, where did Henry work? How much money did he have?
S2: He worked for a mining company and he had no money at all.
T: Very good. Then what did the two gentlemen give him?
S3: They gave him a letter.
T: When can Henry open the letter?
S4: He can’t open it until two o’clock.
T: Ok, great. Next, let’s do some listening.
2. Second reading: Reading aloud
In this part, students will read the text again and try to understand the sentences and the main ideas of the whole scene.
3.Listening
In this part, students will listen to the tape and try to find the characteristics of the whole scene. After that, teachers discuss the question with the students and then check the answer. And then the teacher as well as the students read the passage together, which will be served as the ground for the retelling afterwards.
T: Please listen to the tape and try to find the characteristics of the whole scene.
(Students listen to the tape.)
T: Well, Can you tell me the characteristics of the passage?
SS: Yes. This is part of a play. So, the narration is written in the present tense.
T: Ok, all of you did a good job. Next, let’s read the scene again and do some exercises.
Step IV Post-reading
1. Do comprehending exercises.
T: Read the scene again and do some comprehending exercises. (P19)
(The students begin to prepare for these two exercises. After a while, the teacher starts to collect the answers. ) (Later the teacher gives the answers, using a slide projector.)
(1) Exercise 1
T: Have you found out the answers?
SS: Yes.
T: Ok! Let’s check the answers. Who’d like to tell us which of the statements are opinions?
S1: I think statement 3, 4 and 5 are opinions.
T: Very good. Now who will tell us which of the statements are facts?
S2: I think statement 1 and 2 are facts.
(2) Exercise 2
Get the students to do this exercise by themselves, and then ask them to check their answers with the whole class.
(Later the teacher gives the answers, using a slide projector.)
2.Explain language points.
T: Well, class. What do you think of the scene? Do you think it is difficult to understand some sentences?
SS: Yes.
T: Now, please look at the screen and let me explain some sentences.
The following are the language points that the teacher will explain:
(1) a large amount of: a large quantity of; a great deal of
e.g. They bought a large amount of furniture before they moved their new house.
(2) make a bet: make an arrangement to risk money, etc. on an event of which the result is doubtful.
e.g. We made a bet on the result of the match.
(3) permit somebody to do something: allow somebody to do something
e.g. My mother doesn’t permit me to ride in the street after it rained.
(4) by accident: as a result of chance or mishap.
e.g. I only found it by accident.
(5) stare at: look at somebody or something with the eyes wide open in a fixed gaze ( in astonishment, wonder, fear, etc)
e.g. Do you like being stared at?
(6) to be honest: to tell you the truth; to be frank
e.g. To be honest, I don’t think we have a chance of winning.
3.Students read the whole scene again and again and try to retell it.
T: Well, class, have you got the main idea?
SS: Yes.
T: What’s the main idea? And can you retell it?





