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Why did Samuel Clemens pick the pen-name Mark Twain? A listen and choose the answers 1 What was Mark Twain’s family name? a. Clemens. b. Twain. 2 What was Mark Twain’s childhood dream? a To become a writer. b To become a steamboat pilot. 3 Why did the old man throw a piece of rope into the river? a. Because it was too heavy. b. He used it to find out how deep the water was. 4 What did the man mean by shouting out “Mark Twain”? a It means the water was two marks, about four metres deep. b He was calling out the boy’s name. 5 Why did Samuel Clemens pick Mark Twain as his pen-name? a. In memory of the old man and steamboat traditions of the Mississippi River. b. In memory of his father. Language points 1. “The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engieering skill can persuade it to do otherwise,” 1) have one’s own way= go one’s own way 有自己的一套，随心所欲 他一向自行其是。 He ______ ____ ____ ____ in every situation. 2) persuade sb to do sth （成功地）说服某人做某事 我们说服了他们和我们一起去。 We persuaded them to go with us. 翻译：密西西比河总是自行其道，任何工程技术都无法说服它改变行为方式。 2. The river inspired Twain’s childhood dream to become a steamboat pilot and also gave him his pen-name. 不定式短语to become a steamboat pilot 做名词dream 的定语。 a dream to do sth 希望做某事的梦想 那男孩有一个长大后当宇航员的梦想。 The boy has a dream to become an astronaut when he grows up. 翻译： 这条河激发了吐温童年时代要当轮船领航员的梦想，这条河还给与了他他的笔名。 3. There was a heavy weight on the end of the rope, and the rope has some marks on it. on the end of 在……末端 翻译： 绳子的末端系着一个重物 （注：常为铅锤），绳子上有一些记号。 at the end of 在时间或地点的尽头 in the end 后面不能加of，表示最后，比如说一件事的最后等 on the end of 表示在某个物品的端头。 by the end of 不迟于 ，到…为止，只能表示时间 1）到上学期期末我们已经学习了第三册16个单元。 ______ ____ ____ ____ last term we had learned 16 units of Book III. 2）在路的尽头你能找到一幢有棕色窗户的白房子。 ______ ____ ____ ____ the road you can find a big white house with brown windows. 3）上周末他们动身去了北京。 They left for Beijing ______ ____ ____ ____ last week. 4）他最终在期末考试中考及格了 ______ ____ ____ he succeeded in t