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　　Module 2 Great books
　　Unit 2 It’s still read and loved.
　　The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
　　Here is our monthly article on a favourite great book. This month, our guest writer is Mr. Jackson.
　　My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in the quiet streets of St. Petersburg, Missouri. He’s a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of gold.
　　find oneself 发现了自己才能所在（能胜任某种工作）
　　lively adj. 活泼的，栩栩如生的
　　eg. a lively description
　　alive adj. 活着的, 活泼的
　　eg. The fish we caught is still alive.
　　get lost 迷路
　　My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and watches
　　n. 葬礼，出殡
　　for a time, and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to （for a time = for a period of time）see him but they’re also pleased to see him alive.
　　surprised adj. 感到惊讶的
　　eg. I was surprised to see him there.
　　surprise vt. 使惊奇, 奇袭
　　eg. You surprise me!
　　surprising adj. 令人惊讶的
　　eg. surprising news
　　Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom’s best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.
　　hero——主人公
　　character 人物
　　outsider 旁观者
　　The themes of the story are to do with children growing up and being more serious. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talt freedom, social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviour.
　　do with 处理/ 解决
　　grow up v 长大，成长
　　freedom n. 自由
　　free adj. 自由的，免费的
　　vt. 使自由
　　Why do I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in1876, but it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it’s only a story, Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the Southern states of America in the 19th century, s