Unit 1 Laugh out loud! Developing ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册.pptxVIP

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Whoaretheauthorsofthesefourbooks?pre-reading

LinYutang(1895-1976)wasaChinesewriter,translator,linguist,philosopherandinventor.Hisinformalbutsophisticated(复杂的)styleofwriting,inbothChineseandEnglish,madehimoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofhisgeneration.HismostfamousworksincludeMyCountryandMyPeopleandTheImportanceofLiving.He’salsoknownasawiseandwittypopulariser(普及者)ofChinesephilosophyandtheChinesewayoflife.

MarkTwain(1835-1910)wasanAmericanwriter,humorist,lecturera