1 Chapter 0 Who Was Mark Twain

Who Was Mark Twain?

马克·吐温是谁?

Who Was Mark Twain? "When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not." —Mark Twain If you can't quite place the name Mark Twain, think of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: They're Mark Twain's most famous books. Mark Twain was America's greatest storyteller. He was so good at making up stories that he even made up his name. (He was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens.) His best stories came from his own boyhood adventures in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri.

马克·吐温是谁?“当我年轻的时候，我能记住任何事情，不管它是否发生过。” 如果你想不出马克·吐温的名字，那就想想《汤姆·索亚历险记》和《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》吧:它们是马克·吐温最著名的作品。 马克·吐温是美国最伟大的说书人。 他很擅长编造故事，甚至编造了自己的名字。 (他原名塞缪尔·朗霍恩·克莱门斯。)他最好的故事来自他童年时在密苏里州的密西西比河小镇汉尼拔的冒险经历。

Mark Twain had an exciting life—he was a steamboat pilot, a gold miner, a newspaper reporter. He traveled all around the world giving lectures—which were really more like one-man shows—about his writing and experiences. Mark Twain became the most famous and successful author of his day. Many of his stories are funny, but often the humor touches serious issues, including racism, greed, and injustice. America changed a great deal during Mark Twain's life. He challenged Americans to look at who they were and where they were going.

马克·吐温的一生令人兴奋——他当过汽船领航员，金矿矿工，报社记者。 他在世界各地演讲——实际上更像是个人表演——讲述他的写作和经历。 马克·吐温成为他那个时代最著名、最成功的作家。 他的许多故事都很有趣，但幽默往往触及严重的问题，包括种族主义、贪婪和不公正。 在马克·吐温的一生中，美国发生了很大的变化。 他要求美国人审视自己是谁，要往哪里去。