unit6马克吐温美国的一面镜子课堂

Mark Twain headstone in Woodlawn Cemetery
Type of writing
◎ Why does the author say that Mark Twain is the mirror of America?
Teaching Aims
? Background knowledge about Mark Twain
? Type of literature ? Detailed study of the text ? Rhetorical devices ? Follow-up discussion ? Exercise & Homework
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Mirror of America
◎ Mirror
Is a piece of glass or other shiny/ polished suface that reflects images. ◎ Here, it is a metaphor. It means a faithful representation or description of something (America).
2. Can you talk about his major works?
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? Compare the writing features of two writers both of whom stand for world-class American literature.
Advanced English
The PPT will show a group of words in Chinese, and students who hold the letters stand up within 10 seconds.
(If the letters appear more than once in a word, please stand with a hand up.)
e.g. 中国 ----China
美国 ----America
镜子
mirror
印刷工
Tr am p p rin t er
领航员
River p ilot
游击队员
Gue rr ill a
淘金者
Pr ospect or
记者
Repo r t er
通信员
Corr esp ondent
作家
Write r
? On one occasion when XX arrived in London from New York，the Star thought the fact worth recording on its evening placard．But there was another piece of news to be mentioned：it was about the Ascot Cup being stolen．The placard thus ran： XX ARRIVES． ASCOT CUP STOLEN． XX，we believe，never heard the last of it．