《第九课：Mark Twain-------mirror of America》（1）

一：课文分段

1.para1~2:总论

2.para3~5；马克吐温的早年的水手生活

3.para6~8：马克吐温从密西西比离开后的倒霉生活

4.para9：马克吐温对美国西部人民的赞扬与认可。

二：词语解释

1.Mirror：true representation

2.Misisibi River：美国重要的河流相当于中国的长江。

3.every bit:altogher

4.teem:be full of.

如:his head is teem with clever idea

5.current：流

6.gain a keen perception：增加了，敏锐的认识

7.succumbed to:1.yield to,submit to2.die of/from

ej: 1.In the end,he is succumbed to the king

    2.Mark twain's wife is succumbed to heart attack

8.flirt with:摇摆不定的。

9.rebuffed:refuzed

10.enduring gratitude:长久的感激

11.dig his way to regional fame: work hard to well known locally.

12.hone:磨刀石，锻炼equal to sharpen。文中使用了暗喻的修辞手法。

三。重要语句分析。

It was a splendid population--for all the slow,sleepy,sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home....it was that population that give to California a name for getting up astounding enterprises and rushing them through with a magnificent dash and daring and a recklessness of cost or consequences,which she bears unto this day-and when she projectects a new surprise,the grave world smiles as usual,and syas'Well,that is California all over.'

其中用到了押头韵与拟人的修辞手法。其中的词语解释分别是：

1.sluggish:dull

2.sloth:lazy

3.recklessness:regardless

4.dash:energy

5.daring courage

6.all over:typical