5. Mark Twain, who wrote The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, was no exception. 创作了《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》和《汤姆·索亚历险记》的马克·吐温也不例外。

exception n.除外；例外；反对；异议

There is an exception to this grammatical rule. 这条语法规则有个例外。

Most children like sweet, but there are some exceptions.大多数孩子喜欢吃糖果，但也有些例外。

take exception to sth. 反对；因某事而生气 with the exception of 除...之外

beyond exception 无可非议地 make an exception 作为例外；按例外处理

without exception 毫无例外的；一律

We all laughed at the good news, with the exception of Maggie. 听到这个好消息，除了麦琪外，我们都笑了。

Each plant, without exception, contains some kind of salt. 每种植物都毫无例外的含有盐。

Children are not usually allowed in, but he is prepared to make an exception in this case.儿童一般不允许入内，不过这次他准备破例。

I take great exception to the fact that you had told my wife before you told me. 你还没告诉我就先对我妻子讲了，为此我非常生气。

(1)The spelling of the word is __________________(一个有趣的例子) ( to the rule.)

(2) With one or two _____________(著名的例外), there are few women conductors. ( an interesting exception 或famous exception)

20. To start with, the author's name, Mark Twain, is itself an invention, or "pen name". 首先，作者的名字马克·吐温或叫做他的"笔名"就是一个创作。

to start with / to begin with 起初；首先；第一 。在句子中做状语（插入语），后面不跟任何宾语，可以放在句首或句尾，用来补充说明或作进一步说明。

To start with, we had many difficulties, but later on, we had help from the teachers. 开始，我们困难重重，但是后来，我们得到了老师们的帮助。

to be sure 无疑的 to sum up 总之 to tell the truth 老实说，说真的

to be short 简单地 to be honest/frank 老实说，坦率对说

to make things worse使情况更糟糕的是 to make a long story short 长话短说

to speak of 值得一提的是