unit3 the million pound note：课件一（24张PPT）（人教版必修3）.pptVIP

He was a great American writer, and he was also a famous speaker. He liked to tell funny stories to make people laugh. He also liked to play jokes on his friends. Once he was traveling with a friend of his. His friend lost his money, so he asked him to buy a train ticket for him. “But I dont have enough money to buy two tickets,” said he. His friend didnt know what to do. “You can hide under my seat when the conductor comes to check the tickets,” he said to his friend. When the conductor came to check the tickets, he gave him two tickets, one for himself and one for his friend. He said to the conductor, “My friend is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he does not like to sit on the seat. He likes to lie on the floor under the seat.” Everyone in the train looked at his friend under the seat and laughed. Why did his writing become famous? His writing became famous for common people and the way they talked, but especially for his humor. * Unit3 Reading Mark Twain Scanning Scan the passage and try to find out what the passage mainly talks about? A. Mark Twain’s famous novels. B. Mark Twain’s writing style. C. Mark Twain’s life. D. The origin of Mark Twain’s name. the age of twelve famous works Working experience Places where he lived The meaning of “mark twain” Place he was born in In Florida Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi It means the water is two fathoms deep.(=12feet) He left school to look for work. A printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier, a gold miner, a business- man and a newspaper reporter. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 《汤姆·索亚历险记》 He was good at writing about children’s adventures His masterpieces 1876 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 《哈克贝利·弗恩历 险记》 (1894） Life on the Mississippi 1881 Do you know his other works? Mark Twain: (1835—1910) The Prince and the Pauper (1882)（皇子与贫儿） To