1. Advanced English YANG JIANHUA SCHOOL OF TRANSLATION & INTERPRETATION JB209 jianhuayangrz@163.com 3980369

2. Unit 9 Mark Twain----Mirror of America

3. Teaching Points I. Background information II. Introduction to the passage III. Text analysis IV. Rhetorical devices V. Questions for discussion

4. I. Background Information 1. Mark Twain 2. Tramp printer 3. Confederate guerrilla 4. Philippine Moros

5. II. Introduction to the Passage

6. Introduction to the Passage 2.The purpose of a piece of objective description: ---to record and reproduce a true picture with opinions and emotions of the author excluded

7. Introduction to the Passage 3. Ways of developing a piece of objective description: ---to begin with a brief general picture, divide the object into parts and organize the detailed description in order of space

8. III. Effective Writing Skills 1. The requirements of writing a summary 2. Using many elliptical and short, simple sentences to achieve certain effect

9. IV. Rhetorical Devices 1. Antithesis 2. Alliteration 3. Personification

10. V. Text Analysis

11. VI. Special Difficulties 1. Compound nouns and compound adjectives 2. Paraphrasing some sentences 3. Identifying figures of speech 4.Translating some sentences

12. VII. Questions for Discussion 1. Why is Mark Twain one of America ’ s best- loved authors? 2.Give a brief account of Mark Twain ’ s experience before he became a writer. 3. When did Mark Twain become a pilot on a steamboat? 4. What story did he write that made him known as “ the wild humorist of the Pacific slope ” ?

13. VIII. Exercises P.