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课Unit5TheValueofMoney重庆市优质课程资源Afterthislesson,youwillbeableto:1.knowthebasicinformationaboutMarkTwain,thestructureofaplayscript,andthebackgroundinformationoftheplayTheMillionPoundBankNote.2.haveamoresensibleveiwabutmoney.MarkTwain1Gettoknowthefamouswriter---MarkTwainWatchashortvideoaboutMarkTwainandgetinformation.Gettoknowthefamouswriter---MarkTwainMarkTwainisoneofthemostincredibleandinfluentialwritersinAmericanliterature,whoiscalledbymany“thefatherofAmericanliterature”.Gettoknowthefamouswriter---MarkTwain

MarkTwainwasbornSamuelLanghorneClemensonNovember30th,1835inMissouri.WhenMarkTwainwas12,hisfatherdied.Heworkedasacubpilot(蒸汽船导航员)whichhelikedverymuch.However,whenthecivilwarbrokeout,hewasoutofajob.HeservedinthearmybrieflyandthenwenttoSanFranciscotoworkasajournalist.Gettoknowthefamouswriter---MarkTwain

Hisfamousworksinclude

JimSmileadHisFrog《吉姆斯迈雷和他的跳蛙》,TheInnocentsAbroad《傻子旅行记》,TheAdventureofTomSawyer《汤姆索亚历险记》,HuckleberryFinn《哈克贝利芬恩历险记》.Hewrote28books,avastnumberofstories,lecturesandessays.Gettoknowthefamouswriter---MarkTwain

Attheageof74,MarkTwaindiedathisConnecticuthomeonApril21st,1910.MarkTwainisonofthetoweringfiguresinAmericanliteraturebecauseheisfunnyandsmartandwillingtoshootarrowsatthemostpowerful,whichmeansheisreallygoodatsatirizing(讽刺)thesocialevil.2

TheMillionPoundBankNoteStep1ThestructureofaplayscriptAplayusuallyconsistsofseveral

acts.Eachactcanhaveseveral

scenes.Thosearecharacternames.Narration

givesinformationorcommentontheactionofthesceneorthemotivationsofcharacters.Charactersmaynarrate,oraperformerwhoisnotinvolvedintheactioncancarryouttheroleof‘narrator’.Stagedirectionsindicatestageactions,movementsofperformers,orproductionrequirements.Thesarecalledthelines.Step2BackgroundinformationQ1:hassuchalargebanknoteeverexisted?Actually,thelargestbanknoteproducedbytheBankofEnglandhasavalueof100millionpounds.Suchbanknotesarenotplacedincirculationbutareusedforinternalbankingpurposesandkeptinspecialvaultsoutsideofthepublicview.In1893,MarkTwainheardoftheexistenceofsuchnotes,andbecameintrigued.Asaresult,hewroteanovellacalledTheMillionPoundBankNote.ThisstoryisadaptedforafimwhichwasmadeintheUKin1954.

TheMillionPoundBankNoteisabouttwoweathybrotherswhoarrangedtoborrowoneofthesebanknotesandgaveittoahomelessstrangerinordertosatisfyabet.Thefilmlaysemphasisonpeople’schangingattitudestowardsthehomelessmanHenrybeforeandaftertheyknewthathegotamillionpoundbanknoteregardlessofwhohereallywas.3

MoneyisagoodservantandabadmasterMarkTwain’spersonalexperiencesofferhimachancetoseeboththegoodandevilofthecapitalistsociety.InthestoryTheMillionPoundBankNote,bydescribingpeople’schangingattitudetoHenrybeforeandaftertheyknewhegotthebanknote,hecriticizesthemoney-firstcultureandinsomewaypromoteawiserattitudetowardsmoneyinourlife.Moneyisagoodservantandabadmaster.---FrancisBaconWhatdoesthisquotemean?Moneyisagoodservantandabadmaster.---FrancisBaconMoneyisquiteusefulasahelptogetwhatweneed.However,ifwel