现代大学英语精读4lesson15公开课获奖课件.pptxVIP

Lesson 15 The Damned Human Race Mark Twain;Pre-class work: What do you know about Mark Twain? Can you name some books he wrote?;;;About the author: Mark Twain (1835---1910) was born Samuel Langhorne Clements in Florida, Missouri, but lived as a child in Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River. He took the pen name Mark Twain from the call of the pilots on the river steamers, which indicated that the water was twelve feet deep, a safe depth for a steamer.During his early years, he worked as a riverboat pilot, newspaper reporter, printer, and gold prospector. But then he turned to writing, and became one of the greatest of American writers.;第6页;;第8页;His masterpiece: Innocents Abroad 1869 《傻子出国记》为通讯集，是马克·吐温旅欧报道。写天真无知美国人在欧洲旅游见闻，滑稽、诙谐，体现出美国人在欧洲封建社会《傻子出国记》为通讯集，是马克·吐温旅欧报道。写天真无知美国人在欧洲旅游见闻，滑稽、诙谐，体现出美国人在欧洲封建社会及其印记面前优越感。 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 本书描写了十九世纪密西西比河畔一种小镇人民生活，可以说是当时美国社会生活一种缩影。小主人公汤姆索亚和他小伙伴幼稚而又认真言行可以给我们很深启示他们讨厌牧师骗人鬼话不喜欢学校枯燥教育与循规蹈矩大人和孩子唱对台戏他们聪颖活泼正直勇敢尤其是在某些重大事件发生时候在正义与邪恶一较劲中在危机来临时刻他们能义无反顾地挺身而出。 ;The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885 本书讲述是一种忍受不了“资产阶级生活方式”和酗酒父亲毒打而离家出走白人孩子哈克，和一种逃亡黑奴吉木，同乘一种木筏，在密西西比河上漂流见闻和遭遇。全面、彻底地揭发资本主义政治所谓“自由和民主”神话。  Life on the Mississippi 1883 The Prince and the Pauper 1882;His writing style: hilariously humorous bitterly satirical;About the story: The author writes about ugly human traits and dispositions. In his opinion, human beings are not ascended from the lower animals but descended from the higher animals. ;;;;;;rabid: uncontrollable (Note: it is related to rabies, which is an acute, infectious and often fatal disease of dogs, also known as hydrophobia, transmitted by the bite of the infected animal) to have not scrupled to do sth: to be willing to do something even though it may be wrong or may upset people to cheat sb out of sth: to trick or deceive sb in order to get an advantage, e.g. to cheat sb out of his money or job or land,etc the ignorant and helpless: the uneducated and powerless people