ACT

1

SCENE

3

The story began

About a month ago

Henry was______out of the bay.

Towards nightfall Henry found himself______ out to sea by a strong wind.

The next morning Henry was ____ by a ship.

Lastly Henry arrived in ____ by working on the ship as an unpaid hand;

sailing

carried

spotted

London

Listen to the tape, then fill in the following form.

Now Henry was _______ in London and wandering in the street.

Just at that time Roderick _______ him and asked him to step in.

To Henry’s surprise Roderick gave Henry a _________ with money in it.

lost

called

envelope

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?

Reading-II (3m)

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.

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.

Language Points

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

2.permit1)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

3.go aheadA. 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. 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　

毫不犹豫地去做

4.It was the ship that brought you to England.

It is/ was + 强调部分 +that / who +剩余部分

巩固 (将下句改成四个强调句 )：Mr Flower left all his money to hiswife in 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 .

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.

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_____.

incredible

American

London

bay

rags

lost

bet

Retell the story by filling the following passage.

Reading-VI (5m)

Fast ReadingRead through the text quickly and then complete the True or False questions.

1. The owner looked down upon Henry when he noticed Henry’s appearance.

2. Henry asked for more of the same food because he is an American who like to eat a lot.

3. When Henry saw the million pound bank-note, he was happy and proud of it.

4. The owner didn’t believe that the bank-note was real and he asked Henry to get out of the restaurant.

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F

F

F

Reading-I (3m)

1. 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.”

2. How about Henry’s feeling after he finished eating and asked another one?

He felt satisfied and full. That was a wonderful meal.

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.

4. What can we learn from this story?

We shouldn’t judge people by appearance.

Money is everything in the capitalist society.

_______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

Retell the story by filling the following blanks:

Reading-IV(5m)