书面表达

假如你是英语课代表，学校的英语教研组准备在5月6号下午3时至4时30分在阅览室举行一次英语讲座(lecture)，请河南大学外语系王教授讲马克·吐温的生平和作品，主持人(presider)是英语组组长李老师，请你在班上用书面方式作通知。

书面表达

假如你是英语课代表，学校的英语教研组准备在5月6号下午3时至4时30分在阅览室举行一次英语讲座(lecture)，请河南大学外语系王教授讲马克·吐温的生平和作品，主持人(presider)是英语组组长李老师，请你在班上用书面方式作通知。

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1.后半夜来了一场暴风雨，大雨倾盆而下。我们躲进了自己搭起来的避雨棚，让木筏顺流而下。

There was a big storm after midnight and the rain _____   ______. We stayed inside the _____ we had built and let the _____ sail down the river.

2.作家的生活经历常常和他们所创造的角色的生活经历相似。马克吐温也不例外。

Often the lives of writers_______ the lives of the characters they ______. Mark Twain is _____   _______.

3.欧洲是狂欢节的发源地，在那里，狂欢节过后会有40天不食肉的日子。这期间，人们准备迎接基督教的节日——复活节。

In Europe, ______ it began, _______ was followed by forty days without meat, as people ______  ______ the Christian festival of Easter.

4.那时，他们把自己的脸涂成白色，模仿并取笑他们的主人。

They ______ their faces white, imitating their masters and _____  ______ _____ them.

5.但就是这种失败感，使他决心在新的生活中取得成功。

But it was this _____  _______  ______ that made him determined to ______in his new life.

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但这也致使许多美式英语单词和结构传入英式英语。

But it has also led to lots of American words and _____ passing into British English.

一个多世纪以来，大西洋两岸的交通稳步发展。

For more than a century communications across the Atlantic have developed _____.

英国人用介词的地方美国人有时候可能会省略。

The British use prepositions where Americans sometimes _____ them.

铁穆特欧有一个不同寻常的工作---他是人体交通标志。

Timoteo has an unusual job----he is a human traffic ______.

在志愿指挥交通之前，他曾经做过很多工作。

Before he _____ to direct the traffic, Timoteo had had lots of job.

我现在写信时为了应聘你们登广告要招的临时服务生的工作。

I am writing in response to your advertisement for a _____ position as a waiter.

但是对于那些酷爱户外生活的人们来说，一个好的办法可能就是有一个休闲产业。

 But for those who love the outdoor life, a good bet could be the _____ industry.

我尽管害怕，但也感到十分好奇。

I was frightened, I also felt very _____.

马克吐温很快树立了他作为至今仍受人们喜爱的最伟大的美国作家之一的声望。

Mark Twain _____ the reputation he still enjoys today as one of America's greatest writers.

他被迫改变计划，在一艘汽船上当了几年领航员。

 _____ to change his plans, he worked for several years as a pilot on a steamboat.