Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNoteSamuelLanghorneClemens(November30，1835－April21,1910)，betterknownbyhispennameMarkTwain，wasanAmericanauthorandhumorist.Heismostnotedforhisnovel，TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876)，anditssequel，TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1885)，thelatteroftencalled“theGreatAmericanNovel”.TwaingrewupinHannibal，Missouri，whichwouldlaterprovidethesettingforHuckleberryFinnandTomSawyer.Heapprenticedwithaprinter.HealsoworkedasatypesetterandcontributedarticlestohisolderbrotherOrion’snewspaper.Aftertoilingasaprinterinvariouscities，hebecameamasterriverboatpilotontheMississippiRiver，beforeheadingwesttojoinOrion.Hewasafailureatgoldmining，sohenextturnedtojournalism.Whileasareporter，hewroteahumorousstory，TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty，whichbecameverypopularandbroughtnationwideattention.Histravelogueswerealsowellreceived.Twainhadfoundhiscalling.Heachievedgreatsuccessasawriterandpublicspeaker.Hiswitandsatireearnedpraisefromcriticsandpeers，andhewasafriendtopresidents，artists，industrialists，andEuropeanroyalty.Helackedfinancialsmart，and，thoughhemadeagreatdealofmoneyfromhiswritingsandlectures，hesquandereditonvariousventures，inparticularthePaigeCompositor，andwasforcedtodeclarebankruptcy.WiththehelpofHenryHuttlestonRogersheeventuallyovercamehisfinancialtroubles.Twainworkedhardtoensurethatallofhiscreditorswerepaidinfull，eventhoughhisbankruptcyhadrelievedhimofthelegalresponsibility.TwainwasbornduringavisitbyHalley’sComet，andhepredictedthathewould“gooutwithit”aswell.Hediedthedayfollowingthecomet’ssubsequentreturn.Hewaspraisedasthe“greatestAmericanhumoristofhisage”，andWilliamFaulknercalledTwain“thefatherofAmericanliterature”.1.apprenticevt.使……做学徒；n.学徒，徒弟；新手2.toilv.(长时间)苦干；跋涉3.traveloguen.旅行纪录片4.satiren.讽刺；讽刺作品5.squandervt.挥霍，浪费6.bankruptcyn.破产判断正(T)误(F)1.MarkTwainwasoneofthegreatwritersinAmericanliteraturehistory.(T)2.MarkTwainonceworkedasapilot.(T)3.MarkTwainhadenoughfinancialknowledge.(F)4.Whenhemetthetrouble，therewasnoonehelpinghim.(F)PeriodOneWarmingUp，Prereading&ReadingⅠ.单词检测1.noveln.小说；长篇故事；adj.新奇的；异常的2.adventuren.奇遇；冒险3.authorn.作家；著者4.scenen.(戏剧)一场；现场；场面；景色5.wandervi.漫游；漫步；漂泊6.permitvt.&vi.许可；允许；准许；n.通行证；执照；许可证permissionn.许可；准许7.aheadadv.在前；向前；提前8.starevi.凝视；盯着看9.spotn.斑点；污点；地点；vt.发现；认出10.passagen.通道；船费(包括食宿)；(一)段11.accountvt.&vi.认为；说明；总计有；n.理由；计算；说明；账目12.seekvt.&vi.探索；寻求；寻找13.patiencen.耐性；忍耐patientadj.有耐心的；n.病人14.contraryn.反面；对立面；adj.相反的；相违的Ⅱ.短语检测1.bringup抚养；培养；教育；提出2.goahead前进；(用于祈使句)可以；往下说3.byaccident偶然；无意中；不小心4.stareat盯着看；凝视5.accountfor是……的原因；解释6.onthecontrary与此相反；正相反Ⅰ.阅读课文，排列顺序(5)HenrywanderedinLondonstreets.(1)Aboutamonthago，HenryAdamswassailingoutofthebay.(3)Thenextmorninghewasspottedbyaship.(2)Towardsnightfallhefoundhimselfcarriedouttoseabyastrongwind.(4)Ontheshipheearnedhispassagebyworkingasanunpaidhand.Ⅱ.阅读课文，判断正(T)误(F)1.HenryarrivedinLondonbecausehehadaplanofgettingajobthere.(F)2.Henryworkedontheshipwithoutpay，onlytoearnhispassage.(T)3.ThebrothersthoughtitwasgoodluckforHenrytomeetthem.(F)Ⅲ.课文阅读理解1.What’stheservant’sn...
