Betterk和nownasMarkTwain.ppt

Better Known As Mark Twain以马克吐温知名 周倩部分 This remarkable man went to a log-cabin school until he was twelve years old. That was the end of his formal education. In spite of this ，honorary degrees from Oxford University and Yale University. People speak of him as the best known humorous writer of all times. 直到十二岁时，这个非凡的人才走进原木小屋 式的学校,那是他接受正规教育的结束。尽管这样，它却获得了牛津大学的和耶鲁大学的荣誉学位。人们一直称赞他为最有名的幽默作家。 He also brought realism and western local color to American fiction. He made millions of dollars by writing articles, short stories, and books. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain. 他也给美国小说带来了现实主义和西部地方色彩。他通过写文章、短篇故事和书籍赚得数百万。他的真名是塞缪尔·朗赫恩·克莱门斯，但是他却以马克吐温之名享誉世界。 Mark Twain was born in a small Missouri village near the Mississippi River in 1835. At that time, Andrew Jackson was the president of the country. Abraham Lincoln was still a young farm laborer in Illinois. The first railroad had been built seven years before. The Industrial Revolution was at hand. 马克吐温于1835年出生在密苏里州密西西比河 畔的一个小乡村里。那时候，安德鲁·杰克逊是国家总统。亚伯拉罕·林肯还是伊利诺斯州的一个年轻的雇农。七年前第一条铁路修建。工业革命即将到来。 The economic collapse of American prosperity, called the Panic of 1837, still lay ahead. This was also the literary period later called the “New England Renaissance.” 美国繁荣经济的崩溃仍然展现在眼前，这就是1837年的局促不安的局面。它也被称为是文学后期的“新英格兰革命”。 Mark Twain was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother’s tender care, he managed to survive. 马克吐温并不是一个健康 的婴儿。事实上，他并未被预料到能渡过第一个冬天。但是在他母亲的细心照料下，他幸存了下来。 He had been born in a tiny two-room cabin. Eight people lived together there. He had four brothers and sisters. A Slave girl lived with them too. 马克吐温出生于一个两室小屋里，八个人住在一起，他有四个兄弟姐妹，一个女奴也和他们住在一起。 As a boy, Mark Twain caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play practical jokes on all his friends and neighbors. The nature of his jokes often led to violence.