2013新外研版七年级下英语m9课文与单词.pdfVIP

Module 9 Life history Unit1 He left school and began work at the age of 12. Betty: What are you reading? Tony: Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain. I ’m writing about him for my English class. Betty: I read Tom Sawyer. Very good! Hey, we can find out about him on the Internet. Tony: Yes! ... OK. Look at this! His real name was Samuel Clemens and he was born in 1835 in Missouri. He left school and began work at the age of 12. Betty: What did he do? Tony: He wrote for a newspaper Later he got work on a boat.. Betty: Did he stay in Missouri? Tony: No, he went to New York, and other cities. Betty: When did he begin his stories? Tony: I don ’tknow the exact date. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s. He went to Europe as well. But he didn ’t come to China. Betty: Yes, I knew that. Enjoy the book. Tony: Yes, it ’s good. Unit 2 He decided to be an actor William Shakespeare was a famous English writer of plays and poems. He wrote 38 plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems in his life. Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Shakespearewas born in 1564 in Stratford, England. Like many people four hundred years ago, Shakespeare ’s parents didn ’t learn to read or write. At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at 14. He married in 1582 and had three children. Shakespearewent to London and joined a theatre company in about 1592. He becamea successful actor and began to write plays. Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much. In 1599 the company built the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London. You can visit the theatre today, but it isn