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MarkTwain

1.Heleftschoolearly,andasanadolescent,determinedtomakehisfortuneinSouthAmerica,setofffromhishomeinHannibal,Missouri,forNewOrleans.2.HearrivedinNewOrleanswithoutapennyinhispocketonlytofindthattherewerenoboatsforSouth

America.

3.Forcedtochangehisplans,heworkedforseveralyearsasapilotonasteamboat,takingpassengersupanddowntheMississippi,thegreatriverwhichflowsfromthenorthoftheUSneartheCanadianborder,downtotheGulfofMexico.

4.Twain’svividandoftenamusingdescriptionoflifeontheriverquicklybecamepopular,andestablishedthereputationhestillenjoystoday.

InwhatwayswasMarkTwain’slifeanadventure?Helikedtotravel,andlaterworkedontheRiverMississippi.Readthepassageandanswerthequestion.

1.noexception也不例外1)no用以表达与所说的事截然相反She’snofool.=Sheisintelligent.她可不是傻子。Shewaswearingnoordinaryhat.=Herhatwasveryunusual.她戴的帽子可不一般。Languagepoints

2)exception例外；除外Mostofthebuildingsinthistownareunattractive,butthischurchisanexception.AllstudentswithoutexceptionmusttaketheEnglishexam.毫无例外Ienjoyedallhisnovelswiththeexceptionofhislast.

回想except与besides“除…之外”exceptprep.除…之外(都不)[不包含]Nooneexceptmeknewit.WeallwentexceptJohn.besidesprep.除…之外(还有)[包含]Weallagreedbesideshim.

2.determinethattodohow/what/whetheron/uponIdeterminetolearnGreek.Shewilldeterminehowitistobedone.Ilefthim,determinednevertosetfootinthathouseagain.Hedeterminedonanearlystart/tostartearly.I’mdeterminedtosucceed.(be~dtodo)