名人名录Mark Twain 马克 吐温-2025年高考英语二轮阅读扩展精讲课件（全国通用）

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Samuel Langhrne Clemens was brn in Flrida, Missuri, n Nvember 30, 1835. Twain was the sixth f seven children, but nly three f his siblings survived childhd.
萨缪尔于1835年11月30日出生在美国密苏里州佛罗里达。他是家中7个小孩的第6个小孩。他只有两个兄弟姊妹可以在童年过后幸存下来。
When Twain was 11, his father died f pneumnia. The next year Twain left schl t becme a printer’s apprentice. In 1851, he began wrking as a typesetter and cntributr f articles and humrus sketches fr the Hannibal Jurnal, a newspaper Orin wned.
马克·吐温11岁时父亲死于肺炎。次年离开学校先在印刷所学徒，1851年他在哥哥Orin创办的《汉尼拔杂志》当送报人和排字工。
It was mre than tw years befre he received his pilt’s license. Pilting gave him his pen name, Mark Twain, frm “mark twain”, the leadsman’s cry fr a measured river depth f tw fathms (12 feet), which was safe water fr a steambat.
马克·吐温在他得到领航员执照（1859年）之前花了2年多一丝不苟地研究了密西西比河的2000米。也因此得到他的笔名Mark Twain。（意思是：水深12英尺，轮船可以安全通过）
He referred humrusly t his lack f success at mining, turning t jurnalism fr the Virginia City Territrial Enterprise.
在放弃矿工一职后，吐温在维吉尼亚城的一家报纸《企业报》工作。
In 1867, a lcal newspaper funded a trip t the Mediterranean. It was n this trip that he met his future brther-in-law, Charles Langdn, wh shwed a picture f his sister Olivia t Twain. Twain claimed t have fallen in lve at first sight.
1867年，一家当地的报纸提供了一次往地中海地区的轮船旅游。就是在这次旅行中他遇见了查尔斯·兰登（Charles Langdn）并看到兰登姊姊 欧丽维亚（Olivia Langdn）的相片。吐温对她一见钟情。（途中，他还写了1869年收集成的旅行信件系列《傻子旅行》）
A cmplete bibligraphy f his wrks is nearly impssible t cmpile because f the vast number f pieces written by Twain and his use f several different pen names. Thus, the cllectin f Twain’s wrks is an nging prcess.
他的著作全集编纂工作几乎不可能实现，这个工作一直在进行中，因为他作品数目巨大而且笔名很多。
Twain’s first imprtant wrk, The Celebrated Jumping Frg f Calaveras Cunty, was first published in the New Yrk Saturday Press n Nvember 18, 1865.
马克·吐温的第一部巨著《卡城名蛙》，在1865年11月18日在《纽约周六报刊》首次出版。(这作品在那里出版的唯一原因是因为它完成得太迟，赶不及纳入阿特姆斯·沃德收集美国西部特色著作的书中。)
Next majr publicatin：The Adventures f Tm Sawyer, which drew n his yuth in Hannibal. Tm Sawyer was mdeled n Twain as a child, with traces f tw schlmates and Twain’s friend.
《汤姆·索亚历险记》是美国著名小说家马克·吐温的代表作，发表于1876年。描写了他在汉尼拔的童年。吐温模仿自己小时候和童年伙伴的性格，塑造出汤姆·索亚的性格来。（《哈克贝利芬历险记》是其姊妹篇）
Henry, a penniless American Businessman landed in Britain by accident. Wandering in Lndn streets, he was asked t step inside a huse. After being asked many questins, he was given a letter. As it turns ut, tw wealthy ld brthers make a bet, which centers n a ne-millin-pund bank nte that ne f the brthers acquires. Culd a perfectly hnest and intelligent stranger nly live n it?
It tells the stry f tw bys brn n the same day wh are physically identical, the bk acts as a scial cmmentary as the prince and pauper switch places. Pauper was Twain’s first attempt at histrical fictin.
伦敦贫民区的小乞丐汤姆阴差阳错进了威斯敏斯特宫殿，遇到了跟他从年纪到长相都相仿的爱德华王子。两个孩子出于好奇，相互换了衣服，跌进了对方的命运。
Twain was in great demand as a featured speaker, perfrming sl humrus talks, similar t what wuld later becme stand-up cmedy. He visited Sydney in 1895 as part f a wrld lecture tur.
马克·吐温作为著名演说家很受欢迎，表演单口幽默演讲，类似于后来的单口喜剧表演。环球演说旅行，1895在澳大利亚悉尼。（右图为Sydney Writers Walk的一块匾）
Twain was fascinated with science and scientific inquiry. He develped a clse and lasting friendship with Nikla Tesla, and the tw spent much time tgether in Tesla’s labratry.
马克·吐温对科学非常着迷。他与天才科学家Nikla Tesla建立了亲密持久的友谊，两人经常长时间待在Tesla的实验室。
During his later life, Twain published several literary reviews in newspapers t help make ends meet. He became an extremely utspken critic f nt nly ther authrs, but als ther critics. Thse under Twain’s attack were Gerge Elit, Jane Austen, and Rbert Luis Stevensn.
晚年的马克·吐温为了维持生计，在报纸上发表多篇文学评论。这段时间的他经常犀利地评论其他作家和其他评论者。受过他攻击的有：乔治·艾略特，简·奥斯汀和罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森。
Twain passed thrugh a perid f deep depressin that began in 1896 when his family and friends left him ne by ne. Mark Twain died n April 21, 1910.
从1896年起，马克·吐温的女儿和朋友一个个离开他，他经历了郁闷期，直至1910年4月21日逝世。（他降生和离世的那一年，哈雷彗星都曾划过长空。）
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Mark Twain Prize
The Mark Twain Prize fr American Humr is an American award fr humr awarded by the Jhn F. Kennedy Center fr the Perfrming Arts annually since 1998.
肯尼迪表演艺术中心于1998年设立马克·吐温美国幽默奖,以奖励那些使用与19世纪美国著名作家马克·吐温类似的幽默讽刺的方式,对美国社会产生影响的公众人物。