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Unit 3 The Million Pound BankNote Longyou middle school Wang weihongI. Teaching Material Analysis1. Teaching items: This is the first reading in Unit 3 of Model 3. It’s also a main part in this unit. Mark Twain is the greatest humorist of the 19th century American literature as well as a great playwright. Many of his plays are known to people all over the world. And The Million Pound BankNote is one of the best.The play is one of the most useful and interesting means by which to improve students oral English skills. Beginning with this book and throughout the rest of the NSEC series, students will be provided with plays adapted from famous nativespeaking writers in English. Plays will enable your students to read and hear natural language in a dramatic context. Just as importantly, reading and acting these plays aloud will increase students’ selfconfidence in using English, which in turn will increase their overall motivation to learn English. This play is a very chance and a good beginning.2. Aims to the teachingKnowledge goalsa. Help the Ss understand the main idea of the play.b. Let the Ss master some important phrases and sentence patternswords and phrases:bet, make a bet, permit, go ahead, by accident, stare, account for, to be honest, jealous). Patterns:Would you please e in? Would you mind waiting just a few minutes? May I ask you how much money you have? Well, to be honest, I have none. Could you offer me some kind of work? I wonder, Mr. Adams, if you mind us asking a few questions? Go right ahead. Ability goalsa. Enable students to read and hear natural language in a dramatic context and increase their selfconfidence in using English, which will increase their overall motivati