Whoarethey?MarkTwain(1835-1910)wasanAmericanwriter,humorist,lecturerandadventurer,whoacquiredinternationalfameforhistravelnarratives,inparticularTheInnocentsAbroad,andforhisadventurestoriesofboyhood,suchasTheAdventuresofTomSawyerandAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.HeisregardedasoneofNorthAmerica’sbestandmostbeloved（深受喜愛的）writersduetohiswitandsatire（諷刺作品）.GeneralIntroductionHisworkRemark(評價）LinYutang(1895-1976)wasaChinesewriter,translator,linguist,philosopherandinventor.Hisinformalbutsophisticated(復雜的)styleofwriting,inbothChineseandEnglish,madehimoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofhisgeneration.HismostfamousworksincludeMyCountryandMyPeopleandTheImportanceofLiving.He’salsoknownasawiseandwittypopulariser(普及者)ofChinesephilosophyandtheChinesewayoflife.GeneralIntroductionHisWritingStyleRemark(評價）Inwhichparagraphsaretheytalkedaboutrespectively?MarkTwainLinYutangPara.2Para.3-4BodyPara.1Para.5introductionconlusionstructureWhatarethefunctionsofthepara1andpara5?While-readingReadfordetailsIntroductionHumourisanessentialpartof1_________________.Authorshaveuseditto2______________,andthrownewlighton3____________________________.humanbehaviourentertainsensitiveoremotiveissuesLinYutangFamousforhisuniquebrandofhumourEvidence:

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Heborrowed“youmo”fromAncientChinese

asthetranslationfortheEnglishword“humour”.amasterofhumourHetoldastoryaboutacruelRomanemperor

whotriedtofeedamantowildanimalsduring

thedinneratauniversity.Reality+Dreams+Humour=WisdomHowdoyouunderstandtheHumorEquationof

LinYutang?Linwassuddenlyaskedtogiveaspeechbythepresident.realitydreamhumorLinwantedtorejectthespeechinanotsoembarrassingway.Lintoldastoryaboutanimalswhichexpressedhisdissatisfactioninahumorousway.wisdomHowdidhefeel?whathappened?Howdidhesolvetheproblem?MarkTwainRememberedfor:abilityto4_________________withmore5___________________Writingstyle:6___________________________Example:

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remarksExample:

8___________________________________________________________________________________________“That’sjustmyluck.Ialwayshavetostand

whenthatfellowlectures!”TheAdventuresofTomSawyerfunnyandoftenmischievousseriousmessagescombinehumourReality+Dreams+Humour=WisdomHowdidtheEquationworkinhisexamplewiththebarber?realitydreamhumorThebarberdidn’trecognizedhimandaskedhimifhehadatickettohislecture.Hedidn’twantthebarbertoknowhewasMarkTwain.Hesaidhealwayshadtostandwhenitcametolecture.wisdomConclusionHumourisa12

________________andatoolthatcanbeusedto13___________________________.illuminatetheworldwayoflifeWhatotherfunctionsofhumorcanyouthinkof?Breaktension:Humorcanbreaktheiceinuncomfortablesituations,fosteringamore