mark twain --- mirror of america (preview)

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1、MarkTwain—MirrorofAmericaI.WordsandExpressions(1)idyllic/everybitas…as/cynical/dealvt./(be)obsessedwith/frailty/(2)tramp/Confederate/guerrilla/prospector/starry-eyed/acid-tongued/cynic/range/digest/adopt/steamboat/signalvt./fathom/navigable/attest/score/inprint(3)core/arte

2、ry/keelboat/flatboat/raft/commerce/lumber/delta/molasses/basin/drain(4)cub(pilot)/cast/cosmos/abundantly/pilothouse/feud/piracy/lynching/waterside/resurface/soakup/phonographic(5)teemwith/flotsam/hustler/thug/perception/claim/acknowledge/acquaint(sb.)with/everypossible…/ac

3、quaintanceship(6)dryup/soldierv./motley(7)stagecoach/succumbto/epidemic/flirtwith/colossal/rebuff/broke/enduring(8)digone’swayto/humorist/mighty/pickax/boardv./hotbedof)(9)hone/scathing/column/mistreatment/flee/ring/(be)accustomedto/sluggish-brained/sloth/astounding/rush/d

4、ash/daring/recklessness/(un)tothisday/project/allover(10)dreary/notation/entry/shot(12)cruise/sizable/ofsorts/glowing/travelogue/sorely(13)unimpressed/debunk/revered/unholy(15)inearnest/mischievous/ingenuity(16)dragin/juvenile/pariah/drunkard/puritanical(17)raft/runaway/pa

5、norama(18)deplore/energy-sapping/clamor(19)ingredient/robust/edge(20)haunt/pneumonia/meningitis/epileptic(21)feedon/moralize/pad/volcaniccrater/Providence(22)crumble/dictate/crushing/ofconsequence/lamentII.QuestionsontheText1.MostAmericansrememberMarkTwainasthefatherofHuck

6、Finn’sidylliccruisethrougheternalboyhoodandTomSawyer’sendlesssummer….(Para.1)—Explainwhat“father”meanshereandgivemoreexamplesof“father”usedinthissense.—Whatwouldyoucalltheuseof“eternal”and“endless”asafigureofspeech?2.Indeed,thisnation’sbest-lovedauthorwaseverybitasadventur

7、ous,patriotic,romanticandhumorousasanyonehaseverimagined.(Para.1)—NotethefouradjectivesthewriteruseshereasattributesofMarkTwain(asawriter).—Learntousetheexpression“everybitas…as”andparaphrasethesentenceinyourownwords.3.IfoundanotherTwainaswell—onewho…,amanwho…,whosawclearl

8、yablackwallofnight.(Para.1)—Here“anotherTwain”shouldpreciselybetakentomean“anotheraspecto