Unit Three The Million Pound Bank-Note

Teaching aims:

1. Talk about short stories and dramas.

2. Learn how to act out a play

3. Learn how to request order food and shopping

4. Learn noun clauses as the object and predicative

　　　　　The first period Intensive reading

Step I. Warming up

1. Mark Twain is probably one of the few American writers with whom students are already familiar. This exercise makes the teacher find out how much the students know about this writer and decide how much they need to know about the author before they read the play.

T: Do you know something about the American writer Mark Twain?

Ss: A little.

T: Today we will learn something about this great writer in the American history. Now please read "About Mark Twain" so that you can know more about him.

1. Students read the passage about Mark Twain and answer the questions

a. What's the real name of Mark Twain?

b. When was he born and when did he die?

c. Do you know all the places where he lived?

d. Can you name three of his famous stories?

T: As we know, Mark Twain is known as a humorist during his life. And this is reflected in THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE. So, today we will learn some parts of this famous play.

Step ⅡPre-reading

Get the students to discuss the question with their partners and then ask them to report their work. Encourage to express their opinions freely.