M7U2（8分钟）

Unit 2  It is still read and lovedA book review of The Adventure of Tom SawyerBy Betty King

1.One of my favourite great books is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain.

2.The story is set in the town of St Petersburg, Missouri, the , in the nineteenth century.

3.It tells some exciting stories about a boy who has many adventures.

4.Tom, the hero of the book, lives with his aunt Polly.

5.He is a lively and clever boy.

6.He does not like people telling him what to do, so he always gets into trouble.

7.He and his best friend, Huck Finn, run away to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River.

8. Tom has more trouble because a bad man named Injun Joe is looking for him.

9. Later, Tom escapes from a cave with another friend, Becky.

10. He also finds Injun Joe’s treasure box and takes it away.

11.My favourite part of the book is when Tom and Huck start their adventures on the island in the Mississippi River.

12.At first, they are happy.

13.But when they hear that everyone thinks they are dead, they feel very sorry, so they come back home.

14.They hide and watch for a time when they see their family and neighbours coming to their funeral in the church.

15.Then, Tom and Huck suddenly appear.

16.Everyone is surprised to see them at first, but very pleased to find that they are alive.

17.The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book.

18. It is more than an adventure story.

19.Mark Twain wrote it in 1876.

20.It describes people’s lives in the southern states of  at that time.

21.It tells how young people grow, how people love each other and how bad people pay for their actions.

22.It is written in everyday English, and the dialogues sound especially real.

23.Today, it is still read and loved by people all over the world, and it is thought to be one of the greatest American stories.

生词表

1.favourite 最喜欢的

Adventure 冒险

2.story 故事

town 乡镇

century 世纪

3. exciting 令人激动的

adventures冒险

4.hero 英雄

 lives with （第三人称单数）和……住在一起

5.lively 活泼的

clever 聪明的

 6.gets into trouble遇到麻烦

7.run away 逃走

8.  is looking for 正在寻找

9. Later后来

escapes 逃走

 cave 山洞

10. treasure box宝盒

 takes it away带走

11.part 部分

   start 开始

12.At first起初开始

     happy高兴

 13.hear 听见

 thinks 认为

dead死的

feel 觉得

come back 回到

14.hide 藏起来

watch看

 funeral 葬礼

in the church在教堂里

15.appear出现

16.Everyone 每一个人

 surprised惊讶

 at first开始

 pleased 高兴的

alive活着

17. Adventure冒险

 great 伟大的

18. more than 超过

19. wrote 写

 20.describes 描述

 lives 生活

southern 南部的

states 州

21.grow成长

 each other 互相彼此

pay for 付出

 actions行为

22.dialogues 对话

 especially 特别的

23.all over the world全世界

greatest 最伟大的

American 美国的

Unit 2 It is still read and loved .

《汤姆索耶历险记》的书评贝蒂金

1.我最喜欢的名著之一是马克吐温写的《汤姆索耶历险记》 。

2.故事以19世纪美国密苏里州圣彼得堡镇为背景。

3.它讲述了一个经历了许多冒险的男孩的一些令人激动的故事。

4.书的主人公汤姆和他的波莉阿姨一起生活。

5.他是一个活泼聪明的男孩。

6.他不喜欢人们告诉他做什么，所以他总是遇到麻烦。

7.他和他最好的朋友哈克…芬恩逃到密西西比河中部的一个岛上。

8.汤姆遇到更多的麻烦，因为一个名叫印第安人乔的坏人正在找他。

9.后来，汤姆和另一位朋友贝基逃出山洞。

10.他还找到了印第安人乔的宝盒并把它带走了。

11.书中我最喜欢的部分是汤姆和哈克在密西西比河岛上冒险的那部分。

12.起初，他们很高兴。

13.但是当他们听说大家都以为他们死了时，他们感到很难过，所以他们回家了。

14.当他们看到他们的家人和邻居们来到教堂的葬礼上时.他们藏起来看了一会

15.然后，汤姆和哈克突然出现。

16.刚开始，大家看到他们都很惊讶，但是发现他们还活着(每个人都)很高兴。

17.《汤姆索耶历险记》 是一部名著。

18.它不仅仅是一个冒险故事。

19.马克…吐温是在1876年写的这个故事。

20.它描写了那时美国南部各州人们的生活。

21.它讲述了年轻人如何成长，人们如何彼此关爱以及坏人如何为他们的行为受到惩罚的故事。

22.它是用日常英语写成的，对话听起来特别真实。

23.如今，它仍被全世界的人阅读和喜爱，并且它被认为是最伟大的美国小说之一。