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Mark Twain,How much do you know about him?,Mark Twain (18351910),The greatest humorist of the 19th century in American literature. Also one of the greatest writer in the world.,good at writing about childrens adventures,his masterpieces,1876,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,his masterpieces,1881,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,his short stories,The 1,000,000 Bank-Note,Find out more information about Mark Twain and have a competition.,6,1,9,5,11,7,2,3,12,8,4,10,1.tell us his wok experience,Over the next two decades he was a printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier, a gold miner, a business- man and a newspaper reporter.,2.What was his pen name?,Mark twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens is his real name.,3.tell us the meaning of his pen name,“twain ” is an old word for “two”. “mark train” is to say that the water is two fathoms deep.,4.Where did he spend his childhood,In Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River.,5.What was his first successful story?,His first successful story was about a jumping frog contest.,6.What are his most famous books?,They are The adventures of Tom Sawyer. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Life on the Mississippi,7.Where was he born?,He was born in Florida,8.What happened when he was at the age of twelve?,He left school at the age of twelve to look for work.,9. Why did his writing become famous?,His writing became famous for common people and the way they talked, but especially for his humor.,10.What has happened to his writing in the last years of his life?,His writing lost most of its humor and became sad like him.,11.How did he became rich?,He became rich from the many novels ,short stories and travel journals he wrote and was very popular at public readings.,12.What was Mark Twains life like in the last years of his life?,The last years of his life were filled with sad events, loneliness, and the loss if much money.,About the humor of Mark Twain,不知道自己坐火车去哪儿 马克吐温对生活上的一些琐事常常心不在焉。一天， 他坐火车外出，列车员查票时，他翻遍口袋也没找 到车票。 列车员认出是作家马克吐温时，很有礼 貌地说：“要是真找不到票也没关系。” 马克吐温却说：“那可不行啊，我一定要找到那该 死的东西，要不然我怎么知道我去哪儿呢。” 妙答解尴尬 有一次，马克吐温应邀赴宴。席间，他对一位夫人 说：“你太漂亮了，夫人。”不料，那夫人却说：“很遗 憾，我不能用同样的话回答你。”头脑机敏,言词犀利 的马克吐温笑着说：“这没关系，你也可以和我一样说 假话。”,Knowledge about drama/play,1. Words related to drama/play,Drama/play,tragedy,comedy,opera,stage,character,stage directions,lines,director,curtain,playwright,actor/actress,script,prop,act,scene,hero,heroine,rehearsal,Suppose a rich person gives you a million pound bank-note, what will you do with it ? Give the reasons.,Discussion :,Warming up-III (3m),同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,
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