课件百万英镑.ppt

Setting Plot Characters Theme Read the title and para1 and answer the questions: When Where Who What CharactersTask4. Inquiry-based Activities (I)探究活动1) Act out the play.2) Analyze the features of the characters according to their words and behavior. Task6. Inquiry-based Activities (Ⅱ)探究活动 Discussion  Is money everything? What is your attitude to money? What have you learned from this story? Summary and homework Finish exercises1,2 and 3 on page 19. Appreciate the language style of the play. * Unit 3 by Mark Twain The Million Pound Bank-Note 1. Stage direction The word or words, which appear in italics(斜体）provide the director and actors with guidance about how words should be said (ie. tone of voice) or what actions actors should take as they say the words (ie. behavior). Knowledge about drama/play Knowledge about drama/play 2. Elements of a play The summer of 1903 London Henry Adams Roderick Oliver Setting In the summer of 1903, Roderick and Oliver made a bet on whether a man could survive a month with a million pound bank note in London. Henry wandered in London streets. About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay. The next morning he was spotted by a ship. Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind. On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand. 5 1 3 2 4 Plot Read Scene3 and put the following events into correct order. Discuss the question in groups: He had no money so he would have to rely on the bank note. Plot Why do you think that the brothers chose Henry for their bet? It was his first visit to London so nobody knew him. They thought he looked honest because he asked for a job and not charity ACT 1 SCENE 3 In the brothers’ house 1 4 ACT SCENE At the restaurant What kind of persons do you think the characters are? Why? Characters They have servants and a house and give a stanger a million pound bank note They bet one million pounds