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“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。 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。 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。 Life experience Born in Florida, Missouri，on November 30, 1835. He was the sixth of seven children. When he was four, Twains family moved to Hannibal, Missouri . When Twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia. Printers apprentice Typesetter Steamboat pilot Confederate volunteer Miner Journalist His first success ——The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Marrige Twain died of a heart attack on April?21, 1910 When he was four, Twains 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 would 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 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 succe