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高级英语第一册Lesson 9 Mark Twain--Mirror of America

Advanced English 第一册 外研社

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1. Mirror of America: Metaphor. A mirror reflects or reveals the truth of something or somebody. 2. Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father...Father: metaphor. Endless: hyperbole. The whole sentence: parallelism. Mark Twain is famous to most Americans as the creator of Hack Finn and Tom Sawyer. Hack's sailing / voyage / journey / travel on the river was so pleasant, lighthearted, carefree, simple and peaceful that it made his boyhood seem to be infinite, while Tom's independent mind and his exciting and dangerous activities made the summer seem everlasting. 3. idyllic: [i / ai] adj. of idyll, a simple happy period of life, often in the country, or a scene from such a time, a description of this, esp. a poem. idyll [ idil, / aidl] n. short piece of poetry or prose that describes a happy and peaceful scene or event, esp of country life an idyllic setting, holiday, marriage

4. cruise: A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship and visit lots of places. When it is used as a verb, it means to move at a constant speed that is comfortable and unhurried. He was on a world cruise. cruise missile: a missile which carries a nuclear

warhead and which is guided by a computer as it flies. It can be launched from the land, sea or air. They spend the summer cruising in the Greek islands. The taxi cruised off down the Chang'an Avenue. cruiser: a large fast warship. cf: aircraft carrier, helicopter carrier, battleship, flagship, destroyer, speedboat, torpedo boat, etc. 5. every bit as: infml, just as, quite as He is every bit as clever as you are.

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