Lesson 9 Mark Twin- Mirror of America 高级英语第一册ppt课件.ppt

Lesson Nine Mark Twain ─ Mirror of America Objectives of Teaching: About Mark Twain Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), the most famous American humorist and the author of popular and outstanding autobiographical works, travel books and novels. About Mark Twain The first 36 years of Clemens life as a boy in a little town in Missouri, as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi, as a reporter on the far western frontier and as a traveler abroad supplied him with copious material which he used later for his best and most successful writings. His works: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1865); Innocents Abroad (1869) Tom Sawyer (1876); Huckleberry Finn (1884) The Prince and the Pauper ( 1882 ); The 1, 000, 000 Bank-Note and Other Stories ( 1893 ) He dictated his autobiography(1906) The Mysterious Stranger About the title: Mirror of America Mirror here means a person who gives a true representation or description of the country. All literary giants in human history are also great historians, thinkers, and philosophers in a sense. Their works often reveal more truth than many political essays put together, and their names usually live in peoples memory long after the names of all the kings and queens that ruled the country are forgotten. Mark Twain was one of these giants, and his life and works are a mirror of America of his time. Structural Analysis Part 1: (the first para.) Introduction Part 2: Life and career(Tramp printer...renew our edges) Section 1. (Tramp printer... the settled United States) the setting, background knowledge Section 2. (Young Mark...that invented retreating) early years of life on the Mississippi and as a Confederate guerrilla Section 3. (He went west...best-seller.) On his way to success Section 4. (At the age...renew our edges.) Comments on his best works. Part 3: (Personal tragedy...forget them forever.) Personal tragedy and conclusion. Detailed Study Para