Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note

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Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank
Note

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Mark Twain
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Make notes about the author

• Real Name
• Meaning of his pen name
• Birth date
• Birthplace
• Place where he grew up
• His famous stories

Samuel Langhorne Clemens
2 fathoms deep
Nov. 30th, 1835
Florida
Hannibal, Missouri
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
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• Time
• Place
• People
• Events

Summe of 1903
London
Roderick Oliver Henry James
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Events
Retell

• Timeline
• About a month ago
• Towards nightfall
• The next morning
• Lastly
• Now
• Just at that time
• To Henrys surprise

Sailing out of the bay
Carried out to sea by a strong wind
Spotted by a ship
Arrived in London by working as an unpaid hand
Lost in London wandering in the street
Roderick called him and asked him to step in
They gave him a letter with money in it.
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Character Analysis
What do you think of Henry?
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Honest

• its my first trip here.
• Well, I cant say that I have any plans.
• Well, to be honest, I have none.

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Hard-working

• The fact is that I earned my passage by working
  as an unpaid hand.
• Could you offer me some kind of work here?
• I dont want your charity. I just want an honest
  job.

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Direct/Straightforward

• Well, it may seem lucky to you but not to me!
• If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I
  dont think its very funny.
• Now if youll excuse me, I think Ill be on my
  way.

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Appreciation
Money is not everything It can buy you a
house but not a , It can buy you a
bed but not , It can buy you
a clock but not , It can buy you
books but not , It can buy
you blood but not , It can buy you
sex but not , It can buy you a
position but not , It can buy
you medicine but not , Money may
not be the root of all evil(??), But it often
brings us anguish (??)and regrets(??).
home
sleep
time
knowledge
life
love
respect
health
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Homework

• Find all the examples of polite requests in it.
• Then rewrite them in informal language.
• Compare Henrys language with the two
• brothers language.