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1、Questions:1.Whatrealisticelementscanyoufindinthestory?2.Whatroledoeslanguageplayinthestory?3.Howisthestorynarrated?TextStudy:"TheNotoriousJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty"byMarkTwainIncompliancewiththerequestofafriendofmine,whowrotemefromtheEast,Icalledongood-natured,garrulousoldSimonWheeler,andinqu
2、iredaftermyfriend'sfriend,LeonidasW.Smiley,asrequestedtodo,andIhereuntoappendtheresult.IhavealurkingsuspicionthatLeonidasW.Smileyisamyth;thatmyfriendneverknewsuchapersonage;andthatheonlyconjecturedthatifIaskedoldWheelerabouthim,itwouldremindhimofhisinfamousJimSmiley,andhewouldgotoworkandboremeto
3、deathwithsomeexasperatingreminiscenceofhimaslongandastediousasitshouldbeuselesstome.Ifthatwasthedesign,itsucceeded.IfoundSimonWheelerdozingcomfortablybythebar-roomstoveofthedilapidatedtaverninthedecayedminingcampofAngel's,andInoticedthathewasfatandbald-headed,andhadanexpressionofwinninggentlenes
4、sandsimplicityuponhistranquilcountenance.Herousedup,andgavemegood-day.ItoldhimafriendofminehadcommissionedmetomakesomeinquiriesaboutacherishedcompanionofhisboyhoodnamedLeonidasW.Smiley--Rev.LeonidasW.Smiley,ayoungministeroftheGospel,whohehadheardwasatonetimearesidentofAngel'sCamp.IaddedthatifMr.
5、WheelercouldtellmeanythingaboutthisRev.LeonidasW.Smiley,Iwouldfeelundermanyobligationstohim.SimonWheelerbackedmeintoacornerandblockadedmetherewithhischair,andthensatdownandreeledoffthemonotonousnarrativewhichfollowsthisparagraph.Heneversmiled,heneverfrowned,heneverchangedhisvoicefromthegentle-fl
6、owingkeytowhichhetunedhisinitialsentence,heneverbetrayedtheslightestsuspicionofenthusiasm;butallthroughtheinterminablenarrativethereranaveinofimpressiveearnestnessandsincerity,whichshowedmeplainlythat,sofarfromhisimaginingthattherewasanythingridiculousorfunnyabouthisstory,heregardeditasareallyim
7、portantmatter,andadmireditstwoheroesasmenof5transcendentgeniusinfinesse.Ilethimgooninhisownway,andneverinterrruptedhimonce."Rev.LeonidasW.H'm,ReverendLe--well,therewasafellerhereoncebythenameofJimSmiley,inthewinterof'49--orm
