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EXERCISES 9 ________________________________________ I. Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible: 1) Why is Mark Twain one of Americas best -loved authors? 2) Give a brief account of Mark Twains experience before he became a writer. 3) Why did the author adopt Mark Twain as his pen name? 4) When did Mark Twain become a pilot on a steamboat? How long did he stay there? What did he learn there? What effect did this experience have on his writing? 5) Why did Twain leave the river country? What did he do then? 6) What story did he write that made him known as the wild humorist of the Pacific slope ”? 7) Why did the book, the Innocents Abroad, become an instant best -seller? 8) Why is Tom Sawyer as sure to be studied in American schools today as is the Declaration of Independence? 9) Why did Twain become bitter late in life? Ⅱ. Paraphrase: 1) A man who became obsessed with the frailties of the human race 2) Mark Twain digested the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer. 3) The cast of characters set before him in his new profession was rich and varied -- a cosmos. 4) Broke and discouraged, he accepted a job as reporter with the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise 5) Mark Twain began digging his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist. 6)and when she projects a new surprise, the grave world smiles as usual, and says Well, that is California all over ’ 7) Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh. Ⅲ. Translate the following into Chinese: 1) From them all Mark Twain gained a keen perception of the human race, of the difference between what people claim to be and what they really are. 2) Toms mischievous daring, ingenuity, and the sweet innocence of his affection for Becky Thatcher are almost as sure to be studied in American schools today as is the Declaration of Independence. 3) Mark Twain suggested that an ingredient was missing in the American ambition