Real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Pen name meaning The water is 2 fathoms deep.(=12feet)

Birth date Nov. 30th, 1985

Birth place Florida

Grew up places Hannibal, Missouri (along the Mississippi River)

Famous stories The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Task 1 Pre-reading by giving background information about Twain Mark

▲a great American writer

▲ a famous speaker

▲ liked to tell funny stories

▲ liked to play jokes on his friends

Task 3 Scanning the text carefully to tell the statements a fact (F) or (T )

FFTFT

Task 4 Careful - reading

Henry comes from San Francisco. No, he doesn't know London at all.

He worked for a mining company.

He was sailing out the bay when he was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was survived by a ship for London.

Read again and fill in the blanks.

Sailing ; carried ; spotted ; London ; lost ; called ; letter

Task 5 Retelling the story by filling the following passage.

American; bay; London ; lost ; rags ; incredible ; bet

　　Task 6 Conclusion

• It was his first visit to London, so nobody knew him.

　He had no money, so he would have to rely on the bank note.

They see that Henry is honest because he ask for a job but not charity.