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1、Let’slearnaboutMarkTwainMarkTwain(1835?–1910)BriefintroductionPennameEarlylifeTravelsMarriageandchildrenLaterlifeMarkTwain’ssayingInfluenceHumorThebriefintroductionofMarkTwainSamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835–April21,1910),betterknownbyhispennameMarkTwain,wasanAmericanwriter,journalist,a
2、ndhumoristwhowonawonderfulaudienceforhisstoriesoftheyouthfuladventuresofTomSawyerandHuckleberryFinnHewasnamedof“themirrorofAmerica”Hewasverypopular,andhiskeenwitandincisivesatireearnedpraisefromcriticsandpeers.uponhisdeath,hewaslaudedasthegreatestAmericanhumoristofhisage.WilliamFaulknercalled
3、himthefatherofAmericanliteratureThebriefintroductionofMarkTwainPenname馬克·吐溫”是其最常使用的筆名，一般認(rèn)為這個筆名是源自其早年水手術(shù)語，馬克·吐溫的意思是：水深12英尺，薩繆爾（即“馬克·吐溫”）曾當(dāng)過領(lǐng)航員，與其伙伴測量水深時，他的伙伴叫道“MarkTwain!”，意思是“兩個標(biāo)記”，亦即水深兩?。?潯約1.8米），這是輪船安全航行的必要條件.還有一個原因是，他的船長塞勒斯，曾是位德高望重的領(lǐng)航員，不時為報紙寫些介紹密西西比河掌故的小品，筆名“馬克·吐溫”。1859年，塞勒斯船長發(fā)表了一篇預(yù)測新奧爾良市將
4、被水淹沒的文章。調(diào)皮的薩繆爾決定拿他開個玩笑，就模仿他的筆調(diào)寫了一篇非常尖刻的諷刺小品。誰知這篇游戲文章竟深深刺痛了老船長的心，老船長從此棄筆不寫，“馬克·吐溫”這個筆名也從此在報紙上銷聲匿跡了。 四年后，當(dāng)上記者的薩繆爾得悉塞勒斯船長謝世的噩耗，為自己當(dāng)年的惡作劇追悔不已，決心彌補這一過失，于是他繼承了“馬克·吐溫”這個筆名，并以此開始了他的寫作生涯。SamuelLanghorneClemenswasborninFlorida,MissourionNovember30,1835,toaTennesseecountrymerchantEarlyLifeHehadsevenbrot
5、hersandsisters.Hewasthesixthofhisfamily.Hisfatherwasalocallawyer.WhenTwainwasfour,hismotherdied,thefamilymovedtoHannibal,MissouriaporttownontheMississippiRiverAtthattime,Missouriwasaslavestate,andyoungTwainbecamefamiliarwiththeinstitutionofslavery,athemehewouldlaterexploreinhiswriting.whenTwa
6、inwas11,hisfatherdiedofpneumonia.Thenextyear,hebecameaprinter'sapprentice.In1851,hebeganworkingasatypesetterandcontributorofarticlesandhumoroussketchesfortheHannibalJournalWhenhewas18,heleftHannibalandworkedasaprinterinNewYorkCity.Hejoinedtheunionandeducatedhimselfinpubliclibrariesintheevenin
7、gs,findingwidersourcesofinformationthanhewouldhaveataconventional(一般的）school.At22,TwainreturnedtoMissouri.HeworkedasariverpilotuntiltheAmericanCivilWarbrokeoutin1861andtrafficalongtheMississippiwascurtailed(縮減).TravelsTwainandhisbrothertravel
