高级英语-Book-One-Unit6--Mark-Twain课后练习答案.pptx

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,*,*,Key to Exercises of,Mark Twain-Mirror of America,Jacques Danvois,第1页,II.(P.124)A,1.The other Mark Twain the author found was a man who grew,cynical,bitter,saddened by the profound personal tragedies life dealt him,a,man who became obsessed with the frailties of the human race,who saw clearly,ahead a black wall of night.,2.His experience immensely enriched his writing and helped him depict,various characters successfully in his works.,第2页,II.(P.124)A,3 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.,4.He sharply satirized tourists who had no idea of the lands they sawexcept what the guide books fed them.The book became an instant best-sellerbecause it was full of scathing comments on Europe and the Holy Land,whichstimulated great interest among Americans.,第3页,II.(P.124)A,5.Because it successfully described Toms mischievous daring,，,ingenuity,and,the sweet innocence of his affection for Becky Thatcher and became a juvenile,classic.With the character of Huck Finn,Twain best expressed his desire to,escape from the pace he lived by and often deplored,，,from lifes regularities,and the energy-consuming desire for success.,And in,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,Twain also suggested that an ingredient was missing in the,American ambition and American people should keep their vitality and,enterprise.,第4页,II.(P.124)A,6.According to Twain,Americans should keep their daring and,pioneering spirit by relaxing,resting,or staying away from the crazy struggle,for success occasionally and keep their edges sharp.,7.He suffered the deaths of loved ones,：,his father,brother,son,two daughters and wife.He became bitter late in his life just,because he had been haunted by profound personal,tragedies.,第5页,II.(P.124)A,8.Dictating his autobiography late in life,he commented with acrushing sense of despair on mens final release from earthly struggles:.they vanish from a world where they were of no consequence,；,where they achieved nothing,；,wherethey were a mistake and a failure and a foolishness,；,wherethey have left no sign that they had existed a world which will lament them aday and forget them forever.”,第6页,II.(P.124)A,9.Because Mark Twain lived a colorful life,doing a great variety ofjobs and traveling extensively.He met all kinds of people whom he laterdepicted in his works.His life and works reflect the truth of American societyof his time.,第7页,II.B.(P.125),1.The first paragraph functions as a general introduction to the whole,passage,through which we can get a glimpse of the great American writer,MarkTwain,who was not only adventurous,patriotic,romantic,and humorous,but also,cynical,bitter and unhappy.,2.Mark Twain tried various means to make a living and he spent most of,his time traveling across the nation.He shared his experiences with the world,in his works which are still very popular with all the readers.,第8页,II.B.(P.125),3.The author first introduces the,geographical position,of Mississippi,River and,commerce,carried on the river.,And then the author gives a brief,description of the,life,of Mark Twain as a young steamboat pilot on the river,which greatly,enriched the materials of his works,.By presenting the,description of all sorts of people Mark Twain met on the river,the author means,to tell the readers that Mark Twain,had a sharp and intense understanding ofhuman nature.,In short,the experience on the river was both,instructive and,interesting,for Mark Twain.,第9页,II.B.(P.125),4.The author explores how the geographical locations helped Mark Twain succeed in his writing career.,The author first makes the readers travel with Mark Twain to Nevadas Washoe region,where he succumbed to the epidemic of gold and silver fever,and accepted the job as a newspaper reporter due to his mining failure.From then on,he began working hard to gain regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist.Then the author makes the readers board with Mark Twain for San Francisco,then and now a hotbed of hopeful young writers.But because of some scathing columns he wrote,Mark Twain fled to the goldfields in the Sacramento Valley.There in Angels Camp he kept a notebook from which his first successful short story“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”was born.Mark Twains national reputation was then well established as“the wild humorist of the Pacific slope.”,第10页,II.B.(P.125),5.Mark Twain had an opportunity to accompany a group of Americans to,take a distinctly American look at the Old World and the Holy Land as,correspondent for a California newspaper.He showed contempt for the Sultan ofTurkey and exposed respected artists and art treasures,and even made critical,remarks on the Holy Land.This travel made,The,Innocents Abroad,an instant best-seller.,6.The author quotes from Huck to show that Huck is,simple and honest,with little education,.,第11页,II.B.(P.125),7.Haunted by profound personal tragedies,，,Mark Twains writing style,shifted from a humorous to a bitter and satirical one and his last illusions,crumbled.He commented on mens final death with a crushing sense of despair.,The end of the essay is closely related to the beginning of the essay where the,author presents another aspect of Mark Twain who was,saddened by the profound,personal tragedies,.In the end,the author shows the readers,how Mark Twain felt hopeless with his illusions crumbling,.,第12页,III.Paraphrase(p.126),Mark Twain is remembered by most Americans as the author of,The Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn,and,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,.Huck Finn is known for his simple and pleasant journey through his boyhood which seems eternal and Tom Sawyer is noted for his freedom and adventure in one summer which seems never to end.The two characters seem to be remembered by all readers forever.,第13页,III.Paraphrase(p.126),2.His new work(on the boat)made it possible for him to meet a large variety of people.It was a world of all types of characters.,3.All would reappear in his books together with the colorful language that he took in mentally with a good memory which seemed to be able to record things like a phonograph.,第14页,III.Paraphrase(p.126),4.Steamboat decks were mainly filled with people of pioneering spirit(people who explored and prepared the way for others)and also lawless people or social outcasts such as hustlers,gamblers and thugs.,5.He went west by a horse-drawn,public vehicle,following the flow of people in the gold rush in Nevadas Washoe,region.,第15页,III.Paraphrase(p.126),6,.,MarkTwain began to work hard to become well known locally as a newspaper reporter,and humorist.,7.“Those who came pioneering out west were vigorous,，,courageous and,reckless people,，,because all the slowdull and lazy people stayed at home.”,8.“Well,，,thats totally typical of California.,第16页,III.Paraphrase(p.126),9.If we could relax,，,rest,，,or stay away from,all this crazy struggle for success occasionally and keep our edges sharp,our,people should be strong and full of energy and we might be a nation of,thinkers.,10.Near the end of his life,he,seemed to have lost the last bit of his positive view of human and the world.,第17页,IV.A(P.127),1.,starry-eyed,:full of hopes or dreams about sb./sth.in an,unrealistic way,acid-tongued,：,sharp,sarcastic,in speech,2.,medicine show,：,a show given by entertainers who travel from place to,place,accompanied by quacks and fake Indians,selling cure-alls,snake-bite,medicine,etc.,3.,flirt,：,originally meaning to pretend to love sb.without serious,intention,；,here meaning to try but not hard or persistent enough,第18页,IV.A(P.127),4.,strike,：,a sudden discovery of sth.valueable,esp mineral ores,5.,hotbed,:,a place where a lot of a certain activity,，,esp.sth.bad or violent,，,is happening,6.,ring,:to produce,，,as by sounding,，,a specified impression on the hearer,7project,：,to propose,to make plans for sth in the future.,8.,entry,：,an item that is written or printed in a dictionary,an account,book,a diary,etc.,第19页,IV.A(P.127),9.,shot,：,a large number of small lead balls that are fired together,from a shotgun,10.,sorely,:seriously,very much,11.,shot,：,a,critical remark,12.,bowl,：,a hollow land formation,第20页,IV.B(P.127),1.,Romantic,means dominated or full of feelings,thoughts and attitudes characteristic of,or suitable for romance,；,passionate,adventurous,idealistic,etc.,Sentimental,means producing emotions such as pity,nostalgia or sadness,，,which,may be too strong or not appropriate.,Humorous,means funny and entertaining;showing a sense of humor.,W,i,tt,y,means able to,say or write clever,amusing things.,第21页,IV.B(P.128),2.A,cynic,refers to a person who believes that,people only do things to help themselves,rather than for good or sincere,reasons.,A,critic,refers to a person who expresses,opinions about the good and bad qualities of books,music,etc.or a person who,publicly expresses disapproval of sb./sth.and talks about their bad,qualities.,第22页,IV.B(P.128),3.,In American usage,timber,is wood suitable for building houses,ships,etc.whether cut or still in the form trees,Lumber,means wood that is sawed into beams,planks,boards,etc.,of convenient sizes.,In British usage,，,timber,and,lumber,have the same meaning.,第23页,IV.B(P.128),4.,Claim,means to say,that sth.is true although it has not been proved and other people may not,believe itProclaim,means to announce officially.,5.,Demand,means the,desire of customers for goods or services which they want to buy or use,opposed,to supply in supply and demand,and it is,an economic,term,.In the text,the demand is for steamboat pilots.,Need,is a general term.,Halt,is more specific than,suggesting a,temporary stop,.,第24页,IV.B(P.128),6.,Mistreatment,means,the state of being treated,wrongly or unfairly,ill-treatment,means the state of being treated,cruelly or unkindly,.,7.,Consequence,means,simple causation in a neutral way,but often refers to a,negative result.,Result,is a general word,suggesting a strict causal link.,第25页,IV.B(P.128),8.A,pleasure,cruise is one for pleasure or,sightseeings tourist expedition by ship.It may turn out to be not pleasant.,A,pleasant,cruise is a voyage that is pleasant,but not,necessarily a tourist one.,9.A,correspondent,is a reporter,who reports news from a particular country or on a particular subject for a newspaper,or a television or radio station.,第26页,IV.B(P.128),10.,Despair,means the,feeling of having lost all hope.,Desperation,means the,state of being desperate or violent,resulting from despair.,When,one is in despair,he may kill himself,while when one is in desperation,he may,kill others.,第27页,V.Translation A,(P.128),1.Tom was every bit as intelligent as the top one in his class.,2.He was obsessed with anxieties of poverty.,3.Dongting Lake teems with fish and shrimps.,4.Under pressure,he had no choice but quit.,5.At that time,a lot of children succumbed to smallpox.,第28页,V.,Translation A,(P.128),Much to his horror,，,he found the cabin flooded.,He was horrified to find the cabin flooded.,7.It was not until midnight that the surgeon finished the,complex,major operation.,8.Thats Peter all over.,Thats Peters personalities all over.,Thats typical of Peter.,第29页,V.Translation A(P.128),9.The history course has acquainted me with ancient civilizations.,10.The pursuit and anxiety/worries of young people find expression in the,newly-staged play.,The new play expressed/displayed/showed/demonstrated,第30页,READ,THINKAND COMMENT,1.The peculiar features of Hucks,dialect are,double negative,(e.g.there aint nothing in the world so good,，,We,said there warnt no home like a raft,，,you couldnt make nothing else out,，,etc.),，,ungrammatical but vivid modifiers,(e.g.powerful glad,mighty free,monstrous big river,etc.),irregular use of grammar and spelling,(e.g.we wasfree,but a raft dont,，,Not a sound,anywheres,etc.).,第31页,READ,THINKAND COMMENT,2.Yes,it is vivid and lively.The peculiar features,add to the,vividness of the description,and,bring out the narrators character,.,3.Two things strike us.One is,Hucks desire for freedom,，,for escape from the cruel real world.The other is,Hucks description of the dawning of the day,so meticulous,，,so vivid,so real.,One couldnt write such a description without the actual experience.,第32页,