Unit 3  The million pound bank-note

Period 1.

Step 1. Warming up

1. What do you know about the American writer Mark Twain?

2. Do you know any of his work ? Can you name some?

T:Show the picture of Mark Twain and have an introduction of him, then let the students read “About Mark Twain” on page 23, and fill in the following chart.

Real name of Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Date of birth 1835

Names of three of his famous stories “The adventure of Tom Sawyer”

“The adventure of Huckleberry Finn ”

“Life on the Mississippi”

Step 2. Pre-reading