[英语学习]mark_twain_基础英语课件.ppt

Lesson 9 Mark Twain Mirror of America Objectives of Teaching: To comprehend the whole text To lean and master the vocabulary and expressions To learn to paraphrase the difficult sentences To understand the structure of the text To appreciate the style and rhetoric of the passage. II. Questions for Text Understanding 1. What is the authors appraisal of Mark Twain? 2.Who was Mark Twain ? What had he been before he became an author? And where did his pen name come from? II. Questions for Text Understanding 3. Say something about the historical background of Mark Twains time. 4. How many stages do you think the author divide Mark Twains life into? 5. What is a biography?  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. Background Information: National Geographic Magazine, more than 10 million copies annually, is the third biggest only next to TV Guide and Readers Digest (more than 16 million ). It is a monthly journal run by the National Geographic Society based in Washington DC, a non-profit scientific and educational organization. III. Detailed study of the text: 1. Mirror of America: A mirror reflects or reveals the truth of something or somebody. III. Detailed study of the text: 2. Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father... Father: metaphor. Endless: hyperbole. The whole sentence: parallelism. paraphrase: III. Detailed study of the text: Mark Twain is famous to most Americans as the creator/ author of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Hucks sailing / travel on the river was so light-hearted, carefree and peaceful that it made his boyhood seem to be infinite, while Toms independent mind and his exciting and dangerous activities made the summer seem everlasting. III. Detailed st