Bài giảng môn Tiếng Anh - Unit nine: Steamboat coming mark twain (1835 – 1910)

Welcome to our English classUnit nine: STEAMBOAT COMING MARK TWAIN (1835 – 1910 )I. I. Reading:* * Vocabulary:- steamboat (n)=steamer- Mo. : Missouri - a state in the central United States- boyhood (n)=childhood- pilot (n) :person who controls the ship / plane- Nev. : Nevada - - - a state in the west United States- sign (v):write one’s name on (a document, etc )sigaturesignature (n) -- fathom (n)riverriver pilot (n)=1.82m- pen name (n)≠real nameEx: The pen name of Nguyen Khac Hieu is “Tan Da”.- literary (adj) :interested in literatureliterature (n)Ex: Kieu Story is Nguyen Du’s literary work.- N.Y: New York - a state in the northeast United States- adventure (n)adventurous (adj)adventurer (n)Ex: I wish I would make an adventure around the world.-steamboat (n) - fathom (n)Missouri (Mo.) - pen name (n)boyhood (n) - literary (adj)river pilot (n) - New York (N.Y.)Nevada (Nev.) - adventure (n)sign (v)* New words:*Questions: 1. What’s the real name of Mark Twain ?2. Where did he spend his boyhood ?3. When did he begin to sign his articles “ Mark Twain” ?4. Tell some works that he wrote ?->His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.-> He spent his boyhood in Hannibal, which is on theMississippi River.-> He began to sign his article “ Mark Twain” when hewent west and worked as a newspaper reporter in Virginia City, Nevada.->“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”,“Innocents Abroad” &“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” * Exercise 1: True or False sentences?1. Mark Twain is an American writer.2. Mark Twain was born in Missouri in 1825.3. He grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River.4. “Mark Twain” means “ two fathoms deep”.5. He worked as a river pilot in Virginia City, Nevada6. “ The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” was a book about his European travels.7. “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” was published in 1876.8. Mark Twain died when he was seventy four.TFTTFFTFExercise2: Complete the chart:Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ pen nameMark TwainThe year he was born1835The year he died1910His birthplacea small town near Hannibal, Missouri.His careers / jobsa river pilot, newspaper reporter, writerHis works / books“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ”, ”Innocents Abroad” , “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”* Homework:- Learn new words by heart- Read the text and answer the questions again- Prepare Unit nine: Steamboat Coming (Paragraph 1)