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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本幻灯片资料仅供参考,不能作为科学依据,如有不当之处,请参考专业资料。谢谢,A Young Boys Ambition,Mark Twain,第1页,I.To be a steamboatman was my permanent ambition.,第2页,II.The arrival of a steamboat was a very important thing in our life.,第3页,III.It describes the steamboat,its arrival and departure in detail.,第4页,IV.It tells us about a boy who became an apprentice engineer on a steamboat.,第5页,V.Many young men in the town managed to get on the river.,第6页,VI.It tells about my yearnings and unsuccessful attempts to become a pilot.,第7页,Then such a scramble as there is to get abroad,and to get ashore,and to take in freight and to discharge freight,all at one and the same time;and such a yelling and cursing as the mates facilitate it all with!,第8页,Then comes a scramble as there used to be to get into the steamboat,to get off the steamboat,to load the goods and to unload the goods;and the mates tried to make these activities go smoothly with yelling and cursing.,第9页,This was distinction enough for me as a general thing;but the desire to be a steamboatman kept intruding,.,第10页,Generally speaking,my fathers occupation made me distinctive in the village and I was content with it.However,I was constantly struck by the desire to be a steamboatman,.,第11页,This thing shook the bottom out of all my Sunday-school teachings.,This thing made me disbelieve the religious teachings I received in Sundays school.,第12页,Lapse into:sink into by degrees,The hysterical patient lapsed in silence after he was given an injection of tranquilizer.,These young boys lapsed into bad habits of smoking and gambling after they dropped out of school.,第13页,It seemed to us that the partiality of Providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism.,It seemed to us that God should be criticized for being partial to this bad boy and the boy didnt deserve the favor from God.,第14页,The pilot,even in those days of trivial wages,had a princely salaryfrom a hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty dollars a month,and no board to pay.,In those days when people had small wages,the pilot could get a handsome salary ranging from 150 to 250 dollars a month and he also enjoyed the free meals on board.,第15页,But only got a cold shoulder and short words from mates and clerks.,I was treated with great indifference and with rude and angry words.,第16页,Make the best of:use sth.as profitably as possible,She has certainly made the best use of her opportunities to practise her English.,Solar power can be made the best of because it is a kind of clean energy.,第17页,1.His dream of becoming a football star faded out as time went by.,2.A Boeing 747 aircraft didnt gain enough height to clear the mountain.In a twinkling,it crashed into the mountain and blew up.No one survived the accident.,3.Students have easy access to the resources in the library,so they are supposed to make the best of it.,第18页,4.Titanic,the most luxurious ship in the world at that time,hit an iceberg when she was under way to the US.Consequently,the ship sank into the Atlantic Ocean and thousands of People died in this shipwreck.,5.Every summer,all the tourists pour into this famous beach.They lie packed like sardines on the beach to enjoy the sunbathing.,第19页,6.They have been to St.Louis once and have a vague general knowledge of its wonders,but the day of their glory is over now.They lapse into a humble silence and learn to disappear when the ruthless engineer approaches.,第20页,
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