马克吐温生平

❖ Confederate volunteer ❖ Miner ❖ Journalist ❖ His first success ——The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ❖ Marrige ❖ Twain died of a heart attack on April 21,
❖ “马克·吐温”是其最常使用的笔名， 一般认为这个笔名是源自 其早年水手术 语，马克·吐温的意思是：水深12英尺， 萨缪尔（即“马克·吐温”）曾当过领 航员，与其伙伴测量水深时，他的伙伴 叫道“Mark Twain ！”，意思是“两 个标记”，亦即水深两浔（约3.7米，1 浔约1.852米），这是轮船安全航行的 必要条件。
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1910
❖ When he was four, Twain's family moved to Hannibal, Missouri(密苏里州的汉尼拔)a port town on the Mississippi River that inspired the fictional town of St. Petersburg in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Missouri was a slave state and young Twain became familiar with the institution of slavery, a theme he writing.
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens【塞姆·朗赫恩·克列门斯 】
(November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer[汤姆·索亚 历险记 ] (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn[哈克贝利 ] ·费恩历险记 (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
❖ In 1867, a local newspaper funded a trip to the Mediterranean. During his tour of Europe and the Middle East, he wrote a popular collection of travel letters, which were later compiled as The Innocents Abroad《傻瓜出国记》 in 1869. It was on this trip that he met his future brother-inlaw, Charles Langdon查尔斯·兰登 . Langdon showed a picture of his sister Olivia欧丽维亚 to Twain; Twain claimed to have fallen in love at first sight.
Life experience
❖ Born in Florida, Missouri，on November 30, 1835. ❖ He was the sixth of seven children. ❖ When he was four, Twain's family moved to
Hannibal, Missouri . ❖ When Twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia. ❖ Printer's apprentice ❖ Typesetter ❖ Steamboat pilot
❖ 四年后，当上记者的萨缪尔得悉塞勒斯船长 谢世的噩耗，为自己当年的恶作剧追悔不已， 决心弥补这一过失，于是他继承了“马 克·吐温”这个笔名，并以此开始了他的写 作生涯。但亦有一说，指其在西部流浪时， 经常在酒店买酒两杯，并要求酒保在帐单上 记“两个标记”。然而，孰真孰假，或两者 皆虚，则无从稽考。
❖ They had a son and three daughters: Susy , Clara , and Jean . The couple's marriage lasted 34 years, until Olivia's death in 1904. All of the Clemens family are buried in Elmira's Woodlawn Cemetery埃尔迈拉的林地陵墓.
❖ 还有一个原因是，他的船长塞勒斯，曾 是位德高望重的领航员，不时为报纸写 些介绍密西西比河掌故的小品，笔名 “马克·吐温”。1859年，塞勒斯船长 发表了一篇预测新奥尔良市将被水淹没 的文章。调皮的萨缪尔决定拿他开个玩 笑，就模仿他的笔调写了一篇非常尖刻 的讽刺小品。谁知这篇游戏文章竟深深 刺痛了老船长的心，老船长从此弃笔不 写，“马克·吐温”这个笔名也从此在 报纸上销声匿迹了。
Hannibal Journal《汉尼拔杂志》 , a newspaper
owned by his brother Orion.
❖ After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a Steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion. He was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism. While a reporter, he wrote a humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County《卡拉维拉斯县有名的跳蛙 》 ," which became very popular and brought nationwide attention. His travelogues were also well received. Twain had found his calling.
❖ He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
❖ When Twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia. The next year, he became a printer's apprentice. In 1851, he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the
“他观察着世态的变化，但讲述的却是人间的真理。”
❖ The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
❖ 保持身体健康的唯一办法，就是吃点你不想 吃的，喝点你不想喝的，以及做点你不愿做 的事情。