Lesson Nine Mark Twain—Mirror of America.doc

湖南科技大学课程教案 课程名称 高级英语（第一册） 章节、专题 Unit Nine Mark Twain—Mirror of America 负责人 徐李洁 教学 重点 1) To familiarize students with the hisotry of United States . 2) To familiarize students with the life of Mark Twain 3) To enable students to appreciate the writing style of the text. 教学 难点 1.Words and expressions See the attached list of words and expressions 2. Rhetorical devices Metaphor, metonymy, hyperboly, personification, oxymoron, Irony, Sarcasm 4. Writing Style Biography writing: subjective and objective 5. Background knowledge Mark Twain Mississippi River The Civil War The Westward Expansion The Transcontinental Railway Gold Rush 练习 Written work: An biography of a VIP Extracurricular reading: The Adventuresof Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckberry Finn Life on the Mississippi The Mysterious Stranger Film Recommende The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Lesson Nine Mark Twain—Mirror of America Objectives: 1) To familiarize students with Mark Twain, his life experiences, his personality, his importance in literature as well as in the history of USA. 2) To help students appreciate biography writing. 3) To help students learn useful words and expressions. Introduction of the new lesson. -Bio-: life biology/ biochemistry/ biography—an account of one’s life, written by someone else. Autobiography—an account of one’s own life, written by oneself. Do you read people’s biographies? Why do you read them? --for entertainment. Some people read biographies rather than novels because they prefer something real to some made-up stories. There are usually some accounts of the real historical events. 白宫岁月 --for curiosity. When you are interested in one person, you want to know more about him. --for enlightenment, encouragement, inspirations. When you come across the same situation (like disabled, in difficulties), you want to learn from then how to deal