3 Listen and read.
Betty: What are you reading?
Tony:Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain.I’m writing about him for my English class.
Betty: I read Tom Sawyer.Very good! Hey, we can find out about him on the Internet.
Tony: Yes!…OK.Look at this! His real name was Samuel Clemens and he was born in 1835 in Missouri.He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
Betty: What did he do?
Tony: He wrote for a newspaper.Later he got work on a boat.
Betty: Did he stay in Missouri?
Tony: No, he went to New York, and other cities.
Betty: When did he begin his stories?
Tony: I don’t know the exact date.But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.He went to Europe as well.But he didn’t come to China.
Betty: Yes, I knew that.Enjoy the book.
Tony: Yes, it’s good.