09年高考英语复习高一unit3课件参考.ppt

Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note There is a humorous story about a famous American novelist. Can you guess who he is . 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,” he said. 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 the conductor 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.” Mark Twain has a meaning, which means ___________ feet deep or ________ meters deep. How old was Twain when he began writing stories? For what was his writing famous? * * By Mark Twain He liked to tell funny stories to make people laugh and play jokes on his friends. Once he was traveling with a friend of his. Everyone in the train looked at his friend under the seat and laughed. Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens Born: 1835 Died :1910 American short story writer Humorist Can you list three of his masterpieces? The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 《汤姆·索亚历险记》 1876 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 《哈克贝利·弗恩历 险记》 1881 Life on the Mississippi 《密西西比河上》 1881 The Prince and the Pauper 《王子与贫儿》 twelve 3.66 About 32 years old. For its description of common people and the way they talked, especially his humor. Fast reading *