高级英语1 lesson 9课文.pdfVIP

MirrorofAmerica

NoelGrove

MostAmericansrememberMark

TwainasthefatherofHuckFinnsidyllic

cruisethrougheternalboyhoodandTom

Sawyersendlesssummeroffreedomand

adventure.In-deed,thisnationsbest-loved

authorwaseverybitasadventurous,

patriotic,romantic,andhumorousas

anyonehaseverimagined.Ifoundanother

Twainaswellonewhogrewcynical,bitter,

saddenedbytheprofoundpersonal

tragedieslifedealthim,amanwhobecame

obsessedwiththefrailtiesofthehuman

race,whosawclearlyaheadablackwallof

night.

Trampprinter,riverpilot,

guerrilla,prospector,

starry-eyedoptimist,acid-tonguedcynic:

ThemanwhobecameMarkTwainwas

bornSamuelLanghorneClemensandhe

rangedacrossthenationformorethana

thirdofhislife,digestingthenewAmerican

experiencebeforesharingitwiththeworld

aswriterandlecturer.Headoptedhispen

namefromthecryheardinhissteamboat

days,signalingtwofathoms(12feet)of

water--anavigabledepth.Hispopularityis

attestedbythefactthatmorethanascore

ofhisbooksremaininprint,and

translationsarestillreadaroundtheworld.

Thegeographiccore,inTwainsearly

years,wasthegreat