马克吐温英文版

车票车票 他一次乘火车外出，火车开得很慢。他一次乘火车外出，火车开得很慢。当查票员过来查票时，他递给他一张儿当查票员过来查票时，他递给他一张儿童票。查票员调侃道：童票。查票员调侃道：“我还真没看出我还真没看出您还是个孩子呢！您还是个孩子呢！”他回答：他回答：“现在我已经不是孩子了，现在我已经不是孩子了，但我买票上车时还是个孩子哩。但我买票上车时还是个孩子哩。”Mark Twains Early Life Travels Marriage and children Later LifeSamuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida,Missouri 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 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 JournalWhen he was 18,he left Hannibal and worked as a printer 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 traffic along the Mississippi was curtailed(缩减缩减).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 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.Marriage 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 1904.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，你将会孤独。马克你将会孤独。马克吐温吐温 He formed 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 continue 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.马克马克吐温一股密吐温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.永远说实话，这样的话你就不用去记你曾永远说实话，这样的话你就不用去记你曾经说过些什么。经说过些什么。Rather shut up dont talk,dont be eager to expressing oneself,either.宁愿闭口不说话，也不要急宁愿闭口不说话，也不要急于表现自己。于表现自己。Such of the characteristic can make the comity support life long-as long as dont think the other party borrows money.这样的特质可使友谊维系终身这样的特质可使友谊维系终身只只要不向对方借钱。要不向对方借钱。