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Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note
【导语】 马克·吐温——美国19世纪文坛著名的作家与幽默大师,他的许多作品至今仍脍炙人口。
Mark Twain was a very famous American writer.He was also a lecturer and humorist.He is famous for his novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.These books are still considered classics and are very popular among readers.
Mark Twain's original name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.Mark Twain is his pen name,and it's an old riverboat term which means “the water is two fathoms deep”.But this is not his only pen name.He used to write a lot of comic articles with the pen name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass before he started writing with Mark Twain as his pen name.
While he was a teenager, Mark Twain worked as an amateur printer.He had a lot of fondness for cats.He loved to have them around wherever he went.
At one time, he worked as a steamboat pilot.He also worked as a miner and as a journalist.He was well appreciated as a lecturer.
He wrote the books with characters which seem very natural to readers.The characters seem so real that we think we might have met these characters somewhere.
【词海拾贝】
1.humorist n.幽默作家; 富于幽默感的人
2.original adj.原始的; 独创的
3.comic n.喜剧的; 滑稽的
4.amateur n.业余爱好者; 外行
5.pilot n.飞行员; 引航员
【问题思考】
1.What's Mark Twain's original name?
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答案:His original name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
2.Please name some other works of Mark Twain besides mentioned above.
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答案:The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County;The Prince and The Pauper.
Ⅰ.为单词选择正确释义
1.adventure
A.出生地;故乡
2.phrase
B.小说;新奇的;异常的
3.birthplace
C.奇遇;冒险
4.author
D.短语;惯用语
5.wander
E.作家
6.novel
F.漫游;漫步;漂泊[来源:Z_xx_k.Com]
7.pavement
G.人行道
答案:1-C 2-D 3-A 4-E 5-F 6-B 7-G
Ⅱ.根据所给汉语提示写出单词
1.________ n.商人
2.________ adv.在前;向前
3.________ n.黄昏
4.________ n.通道;船费
5.________ n.耐性;忍耐
6.________ n.信封
答案:1.businessman 2.ahead 3.nightfall 4.passage
5.patience 6.envelope
Ⅲ.根据英语释义写出单词
1.________