Listeningandvocabulary

1、外研版 高二年级 (必修5) Module 3,Cultural corner,The Life of Mark Twain,Pre-reading,Have you heard of Mark Twain? 2. What do you know about him?,Mark Twain,Watch the video!,1. He left school early, and as an adolescent, determined to make his fortune in South America, set off from his home in Hannibal, Misso

2、uri, for New Orleans. 2. He arrived in New Orleans without a penny in his pocket only to find that there were no boats for South America.,3. Forced to change his plans, he worked for several years as a pilot on a steamboat, taking passengers up and down the Mississippi, the great river which flows f

3、rom the north of the US near the Canadian border, down to the Gulf of Mexico.,4. Twains vivid and often amusing description of life on the river quickly became popular, and established the reputation he still enjoys today.,1. In what ways was Mark Twains life an adventure? He liked to travel, and la

4、ter worked on the River Mississippi. 2. What are the best Chinese adventure stories?,Listen to the passage and answer the question.,“Mark Twain” which mean “watermark two”,left school,make his fortune in South America, set off for New Orleans,take a boat to the Amazon,New Orleans without a penny in

5、his pocket,there were no boats for South America,change his plans,worked for several years as a pilot on a steamboat,One of Americas greatest writers,Discussion,The writer of the passage says, “Often the lives of the writers resemble the lives of the characters they create.” Can you give another exa

6、mple to support this opinion?,1. no exception 也不例外 1) no用以表达与所说的事截然相反 Shes no fool. =She is intelligent. 她可不是傻子。 She was wearing no ordinary hat. =Her hat was very unusual. 她戴的帽子可不一般。,Language points,2) exception 例外；除外 Most of the buildings in this town are unattractive, but this church is an except

7、ion. All students without exception must take the English exam. 毫无例外 I enjoyed all his novels with the exception of his last.,回想 except与besides “除之外”,except prep. 除之外(都不) 不包含,No one except me knew it. We all went except John.,besides prep. 除之外(还有) 包含,We all agreed besides him.,2. determine,that to d

8、o how/what/whether on/upon,I determine to learn Greek. She will determine how it is to be done. I left him, determined never to set foot in that house again. He determined on an early start/ to start early. I m determined to succeed. (be d to do),3. He arrived in New Orleans without a penny in his p

9、ocket only to find that there were no boats for South America. 【考点】 only to find . 是only+不定式作状语，它所表示的事件是紧接在前面的事件之后发生的，往往表示“意外或不幸的结果”。,【考例1】 He hurried to the station only _ that the train had left. A. to find B. finding C. found D. to have found 【点拨】 选A。only与不定式连用，表示意想不到的结果。,【考例2】 The news reporters

10、 hurried to the airport only _ the film stars had left. A. to tellB. to be told C. tellingD. told 【点拨】 选B。only与不定式连用表示意想不到的结果, 句子主语与tell之间是逻辑上的动宾关系, 故用不定式的被动式。,Mark Twain is a _name,which is a call used by _on the Mississippi. Mark Twain lived an _life. As a teenager, he decided to _ in South Americ

11、a. So he _ from Missouri for New Orleans. To his disappointment, he can not find a _ for South America. He had to change his plan.,The life of Mark Twain,pen,sailors,adventurous,make his fortune,set off,boat,He has been a _for several years. Later, he became a journalist and wrote _which happened on the _. Mark Twain is famous for his _, and_descript