The Reading section is the third scene of the first act in the play. The rich merchant brothers made a bet about giving a million pound note to a poor man who had nothing and was honest and reliable and to see what would happen. Finally they found Henry Adams, an American boy who was down and out on the streets of London.

Teachers can guide students to understand and feel the language of drama through the development of drama plots.

1.Talk about short stories and dramas.

2.Learn how to act out a play

3.Learn how to request and order food

4.Learn model words and polite expressions

1. Guide students to grasp the problem characteristics of the script.

2. Analyze the characters' emotions and personalities through such information as dialogue, ecology, tone and action, and infer their subtext, so as to deeply understand the text content.

Multi-media, textbook, notebooks.

Step 1: Warming up

If a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, for example, one million pound, what will you do? Why?

Varied answers.

Buy a big house

Buy a fancy car.

Donate money to the people in need…..

Step2: Fast reading tasks

Read the passage quickly and tell the statements a fact (F) or an opinion (O) after a fast reading.

_____ Henry wants to find a job in London.

_____ Henry is given an envelop by the two brothers.

_____ Henry is an unlucky young man.

_____ The servant is called James.

_____ Henry is foolish to go and meet the two brothers.

FFOFO

Step3: Scan for details.

Read through the scenes and then answer some 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?

1. Henry comes from San Francisco. No, he doesn’t know London at all.

2. He worked for a mining company.

3. 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.

Step4 : Read and sum up how Henry’s feelings change during the conversation

	What he says or does	How he feels
When they seem happy that he has no money	Replies angrily	Angry, irritated
When they give him the envelope	Wants to open the envelope straightaway	Irritated that he cannot open the envelope at once
When they tell him there is money in it	Explains he wants a job not charity	Unhappy to be given money rather than working for it
Before he leaves the house	Agrees not to open the letter till 2 p.m.	Interested and curious

Step 5 Find all the examples of polite requests. Then rewrite them in informal language.

1. Would you step inside a moment, please?

2 Good morning, sir, would you please come in?

Come in, please

Hello, please come in.

3. Permit me to lead the way, sir.

4. How do you do, Mr. …er …?

Let me show you the way

Hello Mr. …

5. May we ask what you’re doing in this country?

6. I wonder, Mr. Adams, if you’d mind …

Why are you in England

Mr. Adams, is it OK if

Step 6: Critical thinking:

1.Why do you think that the brothers chose Henry for their bet?

• it was his first visit to London so nobody knew him.

• He had no money so he would have to rely on the bank note.

• They thought he looked honest because he asked for a job and not charity.

2.What kind of person do you think Henry is? Why do you think so? Find the original sentences in the passage to prove Henry’s characteristic

Honest:

It is my first trip here.

Well, to be honest, I have none. (no money)

Well, I can’t say that I have any plans.

I don’t want your charity. I just want an honest job.

Hardworking:

• I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand.

• Could you offer me some kind of work here?

• I don’t want your charity, I just want an honest job.

• Careless: I landed in Britain by accident.

Step 7:Consolidation.

• Find Henry

• Roderick and Oliver were I .making a bet when they saw Henry, a poor young man.

• Know Henry

• About a month ago, Henry was sailing and later he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind. Fortunately, he 2.was spotted by a ship. And it was the ship that brought him to 3.England

• Offer money to Henry

• Oliver and Roderick gave Henry a letter and told him that there was money in it. They 4.persuaded him to accept it, and made him 5.promise that it wouldn't be opened until 2 o'clock.

Step 8：Language points

a large amount of: a large quantity of; a great deal of

e.g. They bought a large amount of furniture before they moved their new house.

make a bet: make an arrangement to risk money, etc. on an event of which the result is doubtful.

e.g. We made a bet on the result of the match.

permit sb to do something: allow somebody to do something

e.g. My mother doesn’t permit me to ride in the street after it rained.

by accident: as a result of chance

e.g. I only found it by accident.

stare at: look at somebody or something with the eyes wide open in a fixed gaze( in astonishment, wonder, fear, etc)

to be honest: to tell you the truth; to be frank

e.g. To be honest, I don’t think we have a chance of winning.