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Lesson 9 Mark Twain Mirror of America Objectives of Teaching: To lean and master the vocabulary, expressions and the structure Paraphrase the text and finish all exercises To appreciate the style and rhetoric: metaphor, hyperbole, personification, antithesis, euphemism, alliteration, metonymy, synecdoche Group work: A lecture ( Tell why Mark Twin is the mirror of America, why is he so famous) II. Pre-reading Questions: 1. What is a biography? 2. Who was Mark Twain ? What had he been before he became an author? Who was Tom sawyer and Huck Finn? Why are they so famous and what’s the significance of these two young heroes? And where did his pen name come from? 6. Say something about the historical background of Mark Twains time. 7. How many stages do you think the author divide Mark Twains life into? III. Background Information: A biography is, by definition, an account of someones life that has been written by someone else. Or a written history of someones life. Generally, a biography is about sb. who enjoys certain reputation, who has acquired certain fame by his / her success in certain area. The protagonist can be a positive or negative character. III. Detailed study of paragraph 1 p150 1. Mirror of America: A mirror reflects or reveals the truth of something or somebody. III. Detailed study of paragraph 1 p150 2. Paraphrase: Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father of Huck Finn’s idyllic cruise through eternal boyfood and Tom Sawyer’s endless summer of freedom and adventure. Rhetoric of Father: metaphor. Rhetoric of Endless: hyperbole. Rhetoric of the whole sentence: parallelism. III. Detailed study of paragraph 1 p150 3. idyllic: [i / ai] a simple happy period of life, often in the country an idyllic setting, holiday, marriage 4. cruise: A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship and visit lots of places. When it is used as a verb, it means to move at a constant speed that is comfortable and unhurried. He was on a world crui