ACT

1. ACT 1 The story began SCENE 3

2. Listen to the tape, then fill in the following form. sailing carried spotted London

3. lost called envelope

4. Reading-II (3m) Skimming: answer the following questions: 1. Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know much about London? 2. What did he do in America? 3. Why did he land in Britain?

5. 1. Where does Henry Adams come from?Does he know much about London? Henry comes from San Francisco. No, he doesn’t know London at all. 2. What did he do in America? He worked for a mining company.

6. 3. Why did he land in Britain? He was sailing out the bay when he was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was survived by a ship for London.

7. Language Points

8. 1.make a bet 打赌 Eg. I made a bet that we would win the test.

9. 2.permit 1)permit sb to do sth=allow sb to do sth 允许 Her mother would not permit her to come back here late.她的妈妈是不会允许她晚归的。 permit me to explain it 容我解析一下 2)permit (doing) sth: 许可，容许，（某事物）存在，发生或被某人做非常正式 We don’t permit smoking in the office 在我们的办公室里不准吸烟

10. 3.go ahead A. Once our plan is made ,we will go ahead. B. He has been in the class only a week and he is already going ahead. 毫不犹豫地去做 C. Although it was raining hard, they still went ahead with their plans. D. Let’s go ahead with our work. E.---I was wondering if I could use your typewriter. ---sure, go ahead. 前进　

11. 4.It was the ship that brought you to England. It is/ was + 强调部分+that / who +剩余部分

12. 巩固(将下句改成四个强调句)： Mr Flower left all his money to his wifein 1989. 1.It was Mr Flower that / who left all his money to his wife in 1989. 2. It was all his money that Mr Flower left to his wife in 1989. 3. It was his wife that Mr Flower left his money to in 1989. 4. It was in 1989 that Mr Flower left all his money to his wife .

13. 5.account for; explain the cause of sth 做某事的解析；解析某事的原因。 Eg: His illness accounts for his absence. Please accounts for your own conduct.

15. Reading-VI (5m) Retell the story by filling the following passage. Henry was an_________. One day he had an accident in a_____. Luckily he was survived by a ship for_______. He arrived in London by earning his passage without pay. He was _____in the street in_____. To his surprise an ________ thing happened. Two rich brothers gave him a million pound bank-note because they had made a_____. American bay London lost rags incredible bet

16. Reading-I (3m) Fast Reading Read through the text quickly and then complete the True or False questions. T • The owner looked down upon Henry when he noticed Henry’s appearance. • Henry asked for more of the same food because he is an American who like to eat a lot. • When Henry saw the million pound bank-note, he was happy and proud of it. • The owner didn’t believe that the bank-note was real and he asked Henry to get out of the restaurant. F F F

17. What did the hostess feel when Henry came into the restaurant? How do you know? She felt very impatient and looked down upon Henry because of his poor appearance. “Why, look at him, he eats like a wolf.”

18. 2. How about Henry’s feeling after he finished eating and asked another one? He felt satisfied and full. That was a wonderful meal.

19. 3. Why were the owner and hostess shocked when they saw the million pound bank-note in Henry’ hand? Because they never thought that the bank-note belonged to such a person in rags.

20. 4. What can we learn from this story? We shouldn’t judge people by appearance. Money is everything in the capitalist society.

21. Reading-IV(5m) Retell the story by filling the following blanks: _______forced him to go into a restaurant. The owner and the waiters served him in a____ manner. However, when they saw the note, their ________to Henry changed greatly . It was very common to_______ a stranger by their clothes in the capitalist countries. Hunger rude attitude judge