Names of two of his famous stories
American short story writer,
novelist,humorist,and public
speaker.American best known
literary giant
Evaluation of him
Places where he lived
Year of birth
Real name of Mark Twain
SL. Clemens
1835
Brought up in Hannibal, Missouri;
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Getting to know a great literary giant:
Mark Twain
['hju:m rist] _ n. 幽默(作)家,有幽默感的人
['lit r ri] _adj. 文学的
['d ai nt] _n. 巨人
adj. 巨大的
文豪
[i.v lju'ei n] _
n. 估价,评价
Unit3
The Million Pound Bank-note
Two rich gentlemen in London made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound bank-note. An American young man who sailed too far was carried out to sea, but was saved by a British ship for London . So he was now in London , tired,hungry and penniless……
Getting to know the story.
While-reading:


Try to gain as much information
as possible from the story through
reading and train reading skills.
Task 1. Scanning
Reading strategy: Go through the play for specific information.Don't
read sentence by sentence.
The Million Pound
Bank-note
Characters (人物):
Henry Adams :
a lost American businessman
in London

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