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Unit 6 Mark Twain – Mirror of America

Unit 6 Mark Twain – Mirror of America. Noel Grove (para.6-15). Revision. What do most Americans remember Mark Twain as? Idyllic cruise;Every bit as … as What is the other side of Twain? Obsess; frailty; deal ; Starry-eyed; acid-tongue; digest; attest. Revision.

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Unit 6 Mark Twain – Mirror of America

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  1. Unit 6 Mark Twain –Mirror of America Noel Grove (para.6-15)

  2. Revision • What do most Americans remember Mark Twain as? • Idyllic cruise;Every bit as…as • What is the other side of Twain? • Obsess; frailty; deal ;Starry-eyed; acid-tongue; digest; attest

  3. Revision • What had Mark Twain learned from the pilot career? • Cast; cosmos; resurface; soak up • Teem with; flotsam; lasting; acquaint…with

  4. Para. 6 Confederate guerrilla • railroads began drying up the demand for steamboat pilots: • Because of the railroads there was no more demand for steamboat pilots . • halt: • stop, bring… for a temporary stop；(立定) • commerce: • trade

  5. He tried soldiering: • He experimented with soldiering. • To soldier ---to serve as a soldier. • motley: • adj. of various sorts

  6. band : • a group of people joined together for a common purpose (often derogative ) • diligently avoided contact with the enemy: • constantly and carefully avoided clashes with the enemy. • “avoided fighting” or “retreated”.

  7. Para. 7 Prospector • Feature of the language in this paragraph • stagecoach: • a public transportation，replaced by railways；going by stages and stopped by designated points • succumbed to： • yield to，submitted to • The government succumbed to public pressure. • In the end he succumbed to the temptation .

  8. …succumbed to the epidemic of gold and silver fever. • epidemic： • a disease spreading rapidly among many people in the same area and at the same time

  9. Flirt • make love without serious intention, to play at love. • Rebuff • refuse bluntly • flirt with----persistent----rebuff

  10. broke : • (colloq.) having little or no money • to literature’s enduring gratitude • (Metaphor) (Personification) • The world literature should be forever grateful to this turn of events. • enduring: • lasting/ everlasting/ eternal/ perpetual/ endless/ infinite/ permanent/ incessant/ constant

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  12. Part3 • Para. 8-9 • Para.10-11 the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County • Para.12-13 The Innocent Abroad • Para.14-15 Tom Sawyer • Para.16-18 Huck Finn • Para. 19

  13. Para. 8-9 (beginning writing) • digging his way to regional fame: • working hard to gain regional fame or become well known locally • The instant riches of a mining strike would not be his in the reporting trade: • strike: • n. A sudden achievement or valuable, e.g. lucky strike • He did not succeed in his reporting trade and become rich overnight as a gold miner might have done at that time by discovering a vein of gold.

  14. Para. 8-9 (beginning writing) • for making money, his pen would prove mightier than his pickax : • His reporting brought him more money than his unsuccessful mining or prospecting might have • Figure of speech • ( metonymy) .

  15. Para. 8-9 (beginning writing) • hotbed: • a place that fosters rapid growth or extensive activity, often used of something evil , e. g. a hotbed of war , crime • hopeful young writers : • promising young writers , who are likely to succeed . • He was hopeful that he would win. • We had a hopeful beginning.

  16. Roughing it • 华人替白人承受一切控罪， • 白人偷盗，中国人赔偿； • 白人抢劫，中国人坐牢； • 白人犯了凶杀案，中国人去替死。 • 任何一个白人都可以在法庭上，以宣誓的方式剥夺一个中国人的生命，但中国人却从不许可作证而使白人入狱

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