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AmericanLiterature,Lecture11,IntroductionaboutMarkTwain,MarkTwain(18351910),SamuelLanghorneClemens,Lifeexperience：,BorninFlorida,Missouri,onNovember30,1835.Whenhewasfour,TwainsfamilymovedtoHannibal.In1847thedeathofhisfatherbroughtanendtohiscarefreedays,andhehadtogotoworkattheageof12asaprintersapprentice.,In1865,hewroteahumorousstory,TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty,whichbecameverypopularandbroughtnationwideattention.Histravelogueswerealsowell-received,卡拉维拉斯县臭名昭著的跳蛙,DuringhisseventeenyearsinHartford(18741891)andovertwentysummersatQuarryFarm,Twainwrotemanyofhisclassicnovels：,ThePrinceandthePauper(1881)王子与贫儿LifeontheMississippi(1883)密西西比河上的生活AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthursCourt(1889)误闯亚瑟王宫,TwainsgreatestfameandhisimportanceinAmericanliteraturerestlargelyonhistwobestknownnovels,TheAdventuresofTomSawyer汤姆索亚历险记TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn哈克费恩历险记,TheadventuresofTomSawyerisaboutaboywhoisalwaysintrouble,growingupalongtheMississippiriverinthe1800s.TomandhisbestfriendHuckplayhooky,pullpranks,andevenrunawaytobecomepirates.TomSawyerisoneofthebeststorieseveraboutfriendship.,AboutMarksfamily.,MarkTwaindiedofillnessonApril21,1910.Whenhepassedaway,newspapersaroundthecountrydeclared,“Thewholeworldismourning.”,MarkTwaingavepleasurerealintellectualenjoymenttomillions,andhisworkswillcontinuetogivesuchpleasuretomillionsyettocome.HishumorwasAmerican,buthewasnearlyasmuchappreciatedbyEnglishmenandpeopleofothercountriesasbyhisowncountrymen.HehasmadeanenduringpartofAmericanliterature.,MARKTWAINSSAYING,1.Dontgiveupyourimagination.Whentheimaginationhadnoafter,youcanalsoexist,butalthoughyoulivingdeadstill.不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。,2.Thosepersonswhohaveagoodbookbutdontreadareunlikeandcantreadthepersonofthesebookstoownanyadvantage.那些有好书却不读的人不比无法读到这些书的人拥有任何优势。,3.Aslongashadignoranceandself-confidence,youcansucceedbyallmeans.只要具备了无知和自信，你就必然能成功。,1.Tellthetruthforever,suchofwordsyouneednotrecordedyoutooncesaysomewhat.,永远说实话，这样的话你就不用去记你曾经说过些什么。,2.Rathershutupdonttalk,dontbeeagertoexpress