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x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Mark Twain I- Reading 1- Vocabulary 2- Questions 3- Role play /i/ /ou/ Steamboat Tàu nước /i/ /ai/ River Pilot Thủy thủ Pen name Buùt danh Matching English word with Vietnamese meaning 1- Steam boat (n) A-Bút danh 2- River Pilot (n) B-Tàu nước 3- Pen name (n) C-Thủy thủ  Listen to the selection Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) Samuel Langhorne Clemens, knows to most people as Mark Twain, was born in a small town near Hannibal, Mo He spent his boyhood in Hannibal, which is on Mississippi River When he grew up he became a river pilot Later he went west and worked as a newspaper reporter in Virginia City, Nev While he was on this job he began to sing his articles “Mark Twain” These words, used by river pilots, mean “two fathoms (12 feet) deep.” From then on Clemens used Mark Twain as his pen name Clemens worked on other newspapers, traveled, and gave lectures His first literary success was “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” published in 1865 In 1869 he published Innocents Abroad, a book about his European travel Clemens spent summers on his farm near Elmira, N.Y there he wrote The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876 The Tom in the story is really Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn is his close boyhood friend, Tom Blankenship Te book tells of the boy’s exciting adventure Answer the following questions : 1- Where was Mark Twain born? A Los Angeles B Missouri C California D Nevada That’s right  Answer the following questions : 2- When was Mark Twain born? A 1835 B 1910 C 1920 D 1890 That’s right  Answer the following questions : 3- What was his job? A River Pilot B Writer C Magazine Reporter D All are correct That’s right  Answer the following questions : 4- The real name of Mark Twain was: A Clemens C Langhorne Congratulation ! B Samuel Langhorne Clemens D All are correct  Answer the following questions : 5- Which is the literary work of Mark Twain? A Gone with the wind Very good! B Langhorne C To build a fire D The adventure of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain’s Biography 1- Real name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens 2-Pen name: Mark Twain 3- Place of birth: Missouri 4-Year of birth: 1835 5- Year of death: 1910 6- Job: River pilot, Magazine Reporter, Writer ... danh Matching English word with Vietnamese meaning 1- Steam boat (n) A-Bút danh 2- River Pilot (n) B-Tàu nước 3- Pen name (n) C-Thủy thủ  Listen to the selection Mark Twain (1835 – 1 910) Samuel... Nevada That’s right  Answer the following questions : 2- When was Mark Twain born? A 1835 B 1 910 C 1920 D 1890 That’s right  Answer the following questions : 3- What was his job? A River Pilot... Clemens 2-Pen name: Mark Twain 3- Place of birth: Missouri 4-Year of birth: 1835 5- Year of death: 1 910 6- Job: River pilot, Magazine Reporter, Writer