马克吐温卡拉维拉县驰名的跳蛙.pptVIP

卡拉维拉县驰名的跳蛙 ——马克·吐温 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 英本1001班 吴虹霓 * * Background The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” was first published in 1865, when Mark Twain was living in the American Southwest, which was still in the process of being settled. The Industrial Revolution had brought machinery and factories to the eastern United States, but most of the country, particularly areas west of the Mississippi River, still relied on the land for economic development. Much of the land in the West was devoted to cattle, and the U.S. government was involved in battles and embroilments with various Native American tribes in order to obtain more land. The West’s growing population was influenced by both the Homestead Act of 1862, which promised free farms to families, and by the discovery of gold in California in 1848. As a result of this discovery, mining towns and camps, such as Angel’s Camp where Twain sets “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” were established throughout California and the western United States. * Characters人物介绍 I 叙述者 an upper class gentleman 知识阶层的绅士 * Simon wheeler 西蒙·维勒 A rough, rude, uneducated miner 粗鲁无知的采矿工人 * Jim smiley 吉姆·斯迈里 A pitiable guy living on betting 嗜赌为命的可怜虫 * Plot 情节 A friend asked me to visit Simon wheeler, hoping to get some information about a man named Leonidas Simon. But after meeting Simon kept talking about another person named Jim Smiley who was a gambler. He told a long story about Jim and his famous frog, which bored me to death, at last I had to escape. And I supposed there was no such a person, it’s a trick of my friend. * * 发表于1865年的《跳蛙》是马克?吐温的成名作，讲述的是关于美国西部的一位嗜赌如命者斯迈利的故事。为了和人打赌，他特地训练了一只跳蛙，逢人便押赌比赛。一天，他遇见了一个陌生人。像往常一样，斯迈利又执意要打赌比赛。陌生人趁他出去找另一只比赛用的青蛙时，将射小鸟的铅弹粒灌进了跳蛙的肚子里，结果斯迈利输掉了比赛。 * * 故事通过一位喋喋不休的老人讲出，夹杂着美国西部的俚语和语法，故事在展开过程中，也透露出美国拓荒时代的生活场景。凭借这些，马克?吐温成了用“美国味”写作的首席人物。 * Writing style写作风格 (1)the use of native language and slang fellow-——feller wasnt——warn’t So’s—— so