馬克吐溫英文版

1、 車票車票 他一次乘火車外出，火車開得很慢。他一次乘火車外出，火車開得很慢。當查票員過來查票時，他遞給他一張兒當查票員過來查票時，他遞給他一張兒童票。查票員調侃道：童票。查票員調侃道：“我還真沒看出我還真沒看出您還是個孩子呢！您還是個孩子呢！” 他回答：他回答：“現在我已經不是孩子了，現在我已經不是孩子了，但我買票上車時還是個孩子哩。但我買票上車時還是個孩子哩。” mark twains early life travels marriage and children later lifesamuel langhorne clemens was born in florida, missour

2、i on november 30, 1835, to a tennessee country merchant early lifea port town on the mississippi river when twain was four, his mother died, the family moved to hannibal, missouriat that time, missouri was a slave state, and young twain became familiar with the institution of slavery, a theme he wou

3、ld later explore in his writing. when twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia.the next year, he became a printers apprentice. in 1851, he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the hannibal journalwhen he was 18, he left hannibal and worked as a printe

4、r in new york city.he joined the union and educated himself in public libraries in the evenings, finding wider sources of information than he would have at a conventional (一般一般的）的） school.at 22, twain returned to missouri. he worked as a river pilotuntil the american civil war broke out in 1861 and

5、traffic along the mississippi was curtailed(縮減縮減). travels twain and his brother traveled for more than two weeks on a stagecoach across the great plains and the rocky mountains, visiting the mormon community in salt lake city along the way. twains journey ended in the silver-mining town of virginia

6、 city, where he became a miner.twain failed as a miner and found work at a virginia city newspaper, here he first used his famous pen name. 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 in 1869. marri

7、age and children charles langdon showed a picture of his sister, olivia, to twain; twain claimed to have fallen in love at first sight. they got married in february 1870 .they had four children, while the only son was died at 19 months.the couples marriage lasted 34 years, until olivias death in 190

8、4. twain passed through a period of deep depression, which began in 1896 when his daughter susy died. olivias death in 1904 and jeans on december 24, 1909, deepened his gloom. on may 20, 1909, his close friend henry rogers died suddenly. later life照片下的留言：好好的，照片下的留言：好好的，你將會孤獨。馬克你將會孤獨。馬克吐溫吐溫 he formed

9、 a club in 1906 for girls he viewed as surrogate granddaughters, the angel fish and aquarium club. twain died of a heart attack on april 21, 1910, in redding, one day after the comets closest approach to earth. mark twain gave pleasure real intellectual enjoyment to millions, and his works will cont

10、inue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come. his humor was american, but he was nearly as much appreciated by englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. he has made an enduring part of american literature. 馬克馬克吐溫一股密吐溫一股密西西比河的洪流西西比河的洪流 tell the truth forever, such of words you need not recorded you to once say somewhat. 永遠說實話，這樣的話你就不用去記你曾永遠說實話，這樣的話你就不用去記你曾經說過些什么。經說過些什么。 rather shut up dont talk, dont be eager to expressing oneself, either. 寧愿閉口不說話，也不要急寧愿閉口不說話，也不要急于表現自己。于