MarkTwain讲述.ppt

United States of America Confederate States of America American Civil War is a war between organized groups within the same state or country or less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly united state.The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region or to change government policies. (1861年4月12日-1865年4月9日） American Civil War Effect The civil war was the second bourgeois (资产阶级的）revolution in American history.It destroyed slavery and it has solved the problem of farmers’ land, maintained the national unification, and cleared the way for the accelerated development of American capitalism(资本主义）, and laid the foundation for the United States. West East Westward Movement Trail of Tears(血泪之路） Author Noel Grove————钱敏芳 National Geographic Magzine————朱晓思 Mark Twain works————陈露霞 Some States of the U.S.————张丹雯 American Events————刘佳辉 A freelance writer Main business ——writing non-fiction books Work for National Geographic Magzine for 25 years 1969~1994:He traveled the world as staff writer and editor at the National Geographic Magazine. He wrote about the illegal international wildlife trade, air polllution,supertankers and so on. 1988:He was named the magazines first senior assistant editor for the environment. He is a charter board member of the Bicycle Federation,the leading advocate of bicycling in the U.S.,and the founding treasurer of the U.S.Society of Environmental Journalists(SEJ). Wild Lands for Wildlife:Americas National Refuges(1984) Preserving Eden:the Nature Conservancy(1992) Birds of North America(1996) National Geographic:Atlas of World History(1998) Range of Light: The Sierra Nevada(1999) Earth’s Last Great Places:Exploring the Nature Conservabcy Worldwide(2005) Anyone but Doane(2008) Inside the White House(2013) National Geographic the White House Historical Association present the authoritative overview of Americas first home featuring never-before publ