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Module7Greatbooks.Unit2Itisstillreadandloved.Words:town小镇lively活泼地clever聪明的island岛escape逃跑cave山洞dead死的hide隐藏neighbour邻居funeral葬礼church教堂suddenly突然surprised吃惊的alive活着的describe描述state部action行为dialogue对话AbookreviewofTheAdventuresofTomSawyer.ByBettyKing.OneofmyfavouritegreatbooksisTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,byMarkTwain.ThestoryissetinthetownofStPetersburg,Missouri,theUS,inthenineteenthcentury.Ittellssomeexcitingstoriesaboutaboywhohasmanyadventures.Tom,theheroofthebook,liveswithhisauntPolly.Heisalivelyandcleverboy.Hedoesnotlikepeopletellinghimwhattodo,sohealwaysgetsintotrouble.Heandhisbestfriend,HuckFinn,runawaytoanislandinthemiddleoftheMississippiRiver.TomhasmoretroublebecauseabadmannamedInjunJoeislookingforhim.Later,Tomescapesfromacavewithanotherfriend,Becky.HealsofindsInjunJoe’streasureboxandtakesitaway.::MyfavouritepartofthebookiswhenTomandHunkstarttheiradventuresontheislandintheMississippiRiver.Atfirst,theyarehappy.Butwhentheyhearthateveryonethinkstheyaredied,theyfeelverysorry,sotheycomebackhome.Theyhideandwatchforatimewhentheyseetheirfamilyandneighbourscomingtotheirfuneralinthechurch.ThenTomandHucksuddenlyappear.Everyoneissurprisedtoseethematfirst,butverypleasedtofindthattheyarealive.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerisagreatbook.It’smorethananadventurestory.MarkTwainwroteitin1876.itdescribespeople’slivesinthesouthernstatesofAmericaatthattime.Ittellshowyoungpeoplegrow,howpeopleloveeachotherandhowbadpeoplepayfortheiractions.It’swrittenineverydayEnglish,andthedialoguessoundespeciallyreal.Today,itisstillreadandlovedbypeopleallovertheworld,anditisthoughttobeoneofthegreatestAmericanstories.LanguagePoints:1.runaway逃走；逃跑eg.Thethiefranawayquickly.2.inthemiddleof在...的中间。可用来表示地点和时间。eg.Heisboatinginthemiddleoftheriver.3.pleased形容词。高兴的，满意的。bepleasedwithsb./sth.对某人/某物满意bepleasedtodosth.对做某事感到高兴bepleasedwithoneself洋洋得意pleased形容人pleasing形容物。令人高兴的。eg.Iamverypleasedtomeetyou.Hewaspleasing.4.alive活着的；在世的Istheoldmanalivenow?