《第九課：Mark Twain-------mirror of America》（1）
一：課文分段
1.para1~2:總論
2.para3~5；馬克吐溫的早年的水手生活
3.para6~8：馬克吐溫從密西西比離開后的倒霉生活
4.para9：馬克吐溫對美國西部人民的贊揚與認可。
二：詞語解釋
1.Mirror：true representation
2.Misisibi River：美國重要的河流相當于中國的長江。
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，敏銳的認識
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:搖擺不定的。
9.rebuffed:refuzed
10.enduring gratitude:長久的感激
11.dig his way to regional fame: work hard to well known locally.
12.hone:磨刀石，鍛煉equal to sharpen。文中使用了暗喻的修辭手法。
三。重要語句分析。
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.'
其中用到了押頭韻與擬人的修辭手法。其中的詞語解釋分別是：
1.sluggish:dull
2.sloth:lazy
3.recklessness:regardless
4.dash:energy
5.daring courage
6.all over:typical