2. Have you ever made a bet with a friend？If so, what did you bet on? 你和你的朋友打过赌吗？如果打过，赌的是什么？

make a bet 打赌。如：

We made a bet on the outcome of the next horse race. 我们就下次赛马的结果打了个赌。

I made a bet that we would win the football match. 我打赌我们会赢那场足球赛。

bet 用作名词，表示

agreement to risk money, etc on an event of which the result is doubtful 赌博。

make a bet 类似的短语：have a bet 打赌

win/ lose a bet 打赌赢/输了

accept/ take up a bet 同意打赌

the money, etc risked in this way (金钱等) 赌注。

用作动词，表示：

1)risk (money) on a race or some other event of which the result is doubtful打赌;赌博。

Mrs. Black spent all her money betting on horses. 布莱克夫人把她所有的钱都花在了赌马上。

2)I bet… = (informal) I’m certain…我肯定。

I bet he’s gone to swimming –he loves it. 我敢肯定他去游泳了，他喜欢这项运动。

1. A rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like. What will you do with if? 一个有钱人给了你一大笔钱让你随意花，你会拿它做些什么？

a large amount of 常用于修饰不可数名词，有时也可用于修饰可数名词。如：

Now he has a large amount of money. He can do anything he wants with it.现在他有了一大笔钱，他就可以做他想做的事了。

No amount of lies can cover it up. 再多的谎言也掩盖不了这点。

do with 对待；处理；处置。如：

“What have you done with the waste paper？”咱们怎么处理这些废纸。

5. What did Mr. Adams ask for from the two brothers?

A. A house to stay for a short moment. B. A letter with a bank note worth million pound in it.

C. An honest job. D. Charity from the two brothers.

(Keys: DACBC)

Notes to some difficult sentences

4. What the character did Mr. Adams have according to the passage?

A. A young, kind but silly person. B. A young, proud and hard-working man.

C. A careful, kind and poor man.　 D. A young, rich and happy man.

3. What did Mr. Adams feel when he heard one of the brothers saying “What luck! Brother! What luck!” ?

A. He felt he was lucky, too. B. He thought they laughed at him.

C. He was a bit of angry and is ready to leave. He felt the two brothers would help him.

2. What does “spot” mean in the text?

A. discover　　　　　 B. a point　　　　　 C. a place　　　　　　 D. save

1. What did happen to Mr. Adams before he land in Britain?

A. He just sailed out of the bay for a travel B. He planned to go to Britain by his own boat.

His boat was broken by a strong wind. His boat was carried out to sea by a strong wind.

III. Reading

1. Listening

Background information

英文大片片名

1.Roman Holiday 罗马假日　　　　　　　　　

2.Waterloo Bridge 魂断蓝桥

3.The Gold Rush 淘金梦　　　　　　　　　　

4.Princess Diana 黛安娜王妃

5.Uncle Tom's Cabin 汤姆叔叔的小屋　　　　　

6.Jane Eyre 简.爱

7.Gone With The Wind 乱世佳人　　　　　　　

8.The Modern Times 摩登时代

9.Future World 未来世界　　　　　　　　　　

10.Limelight 舞台生涯

11.Forrest Gump 阿甘正传　　　　　　　　　

12.The Sound Of Music 音乐之声

13.The Million Pound Bank Note 百万英镑　　　

14.Titanic 泰坦尼克号

15.Death On The Nile 尼罗河上的惨案　　　　

16.Love Story 爱情故事

17.Lion King 狮子王　　　　　　　　　　　　

18.Ghost 人鬼情未了

19.the Prince of Egypt 埃及王子　　　　　　　

20.Abraham Lincoln 林肯传

21.Pride and Prejudice 傲慢与偏见　　　　　　

22.Toy Story 玩具总动员

23.True Lies 真实的谎言　　　　　　　　　　

24.Jurassic Park 朱罗纪公园

25.Lost World 失落的世界

3. Reading and underlining

What would happen to a perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned adrift in London without a friend, and with no money but a million-pound bank-note, and no way to account for his being in possession of it? Would he starve to death or not? Would he get arrested if he tried to change it? Could he live for a month without being sent to jail?

Now read the play and underline all the collocations in the passage. You are asked to copy them into your notebook after class as homework.

Collocations from ACT ONE of The Million Pound Bank-Note

an incredible tale 难以置信的故事, have some very bad luck非常倒霉, be lost in London在伦敦迷路, have no money身无分文, walk down the street在街上走, hear … ~ing…听见……正在做某事, step inside走进来, a moment一会儿, through the front door从前门进来, on one’s left在某人的左侧, open the door for…给……开门, permit…to do sth.准许……做, ask a few questions问几个问题, go right ahead请问吧, have no plans没有什么计划, find work找工作, as a matter of fact其实，事实上, land in Britain在英国上岸, by accident偶然, back home在家时, sail out of the bay驾船驶出海湾, stare at眼睛盯着看, towards nightfall接近傍晚时分, find…~ed发现某事/某人被……,　 be carried out to sea被带到海上, a strong wind一阵大风, give…up for lost因迷失而放弃, be spotted by a ship被一艘海船发现, earn one’s passage by…通过……赚来某人的游费, work as an unpaid hand作为一个不拿工资的帮手, account for…说明理由；足以说明, smile at…相顾而笑, worry about对……担心, work for…为……工作, offer sb. sth.提供某人某物, a mining company一家矿业公司, to be honest老实说, on one’s way在……的路上, care about…在意……, get… from…从……拿来, call to…叫……来, an honest job老老实实的工作, show…out送……出去, in an hour and a half一个半小时以后

4. Reading, identifying and settling

Attention, please! It is time to skim the play one more time and identify the difficult sentences. Try analyzing the structures of the difficult sentences and discuss them among your group members. You may also put your questions to me for help.

5. Reading and transferring

Write down all the verb phrases from the text, in order of the events happening to Henry Adams.

What does Henry Adams do?

step inside, come and sit down…

IV. Closing down

Closing down by doing exercises

In the last five minutes let’s do the comprehension exercises 1 and 2 on page 19. Check your answers against your neighbour’s when you have finished.

Closing down by translating

To end the period you are going to put the following into English.

百万英镑 The Million Pound Note

富豪之家的两兄弟，从银行取出面额为一百万英镑的钞票，籍以此验证各自的理论。一个认为，这样一张钞票对穷人毫无价值；另一个认为，仅拥有这样一张钞票(不兑现)，就可以过上上等人的生活。他们选中了一个身无分文的年轻人作为试验品。于是，这个小伙子经济上的突变，引起了生活方式的改变。他人的种种误解，命运的重重转机，他将如何去面对这突如其来的全新生活呢？

Additional Materials

Complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank.

SCENES 3, ACT ONE of £1000000 BANK NOTE

Henry Adams, an American　 1　 , one day found himself lost in　 2　 . In fact, he had his own boat in the　 3　 of San Francisco, U.S.A. and had been carried out to sea by a strong　　　 4　　 while sailing out of the bay. Luckily, he was　 5　 by a ship bound for Britain and landed there. Hungry and penniless, now he was　 6　　 down the street when he was called into a room, where two brothers were making a bet. Then he was treaded with so many strange　 7　 -how well do you know about London? how much money do you have?…that he thought they were making fun of him. But later, he was given an　 8　 with a letter as well as　 9　　 in it and was told not to open until　 10　 . Although he didn’t quite understand why the two brothers did that, he made it promise to do what they had asked him to and made his way direct to a restaurant after he left the room.

(Key: 1. businessman　 2. London　 3. city　 4. wind　 5. spotted　 6. walking　 7. questions　 8. envelope　 9. money　 10. 2 o’clock)

Comprehension questions

II. Pre-reading

Giving background information about Twain Mark

Twain, Mark (1835-1910) American writer. Mark Twain once said, "To believe yourself to be brave is to be brave; it is the only essential thing." Twain is famous for "Tom Sawyer," "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," and other books, along with essays, critical work, and more. / Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) is one of the most famous writers in American literature. Twain went to work in 1847 when his father died. He started off as an apprentice to a printer, and from there, he wrote for his brother's newspaper and worked as a riverboat pilot (1857-61).

Period 1: A sample lesson plan for reading

(SCENES 3, ACT ONE of £1000000 BANK NOTE)

Aims

To help students develop their reading ability

To help students learn about English playwriting

Procedures

I. Warming up by learning vocabulary

Today we are going to a theatre. Before we go, we shall get ready with the words and expressions used in the play we are going to watch. Turn to page 98 and go over the vocabulary list.