frog contest.His writing became famous for its descripti
of common people and the way they talked，but especially
for his humour.He became rich from many novels，short
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• Mark Twain
• Mark Twain was born in Florida and spent his boyhoo in Hannibal，Missouri，along the Mississippi River.Three his most famous books describe people on this great
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•Over the next two decades he was a printer，a riverboat pilot，a soldier，a gold miner，a businessman and a
newspaper reporter.In 1865，he published The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County which was about a jumpi
Redding，Connecticut，on 21st April,1910 aged 75.Yet he
still one of the most popular writers in the w温出生于佛罗里达，在密西西比河边密苏里州的汉 尼拔度过了他的童年时代。他最著名的三部作品都是描写生活 在这条河上的人物的，这三部书是《汤姆·索亚历险记》《哈克 贝利·费恩历险记》和《密西西比河上的生涯》。的确，这位作 家深爱着这条河，甚至他的笔名都与这条河有关。twain 是 “二”的古用语。因此，mark twain 的意思就是：这条河水深 两英尺，对于当时航行在密西西比河的汽船来说，它是一个可 以通行的深度。12 岁时，他辍学去找工作。在随后的 20 年里， 他当过印刷工、船上的舵手、士兵、金矿工人、商人以及报社 记者。1865 年，他出版了《卡拉维拉斯郡大名鼎鼎的跳蛙》， 这篇作品是关于一场跳蛙比赛的。
river.They are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer，The Adventu of Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Missisippi. Indeed，
this author loved the river so much that even his pen na is about the river.“Twain” is an old word for “two”．So， “mark twain” is to say that the water is two fathoms① d and it is a navigable② depth for the steamship employed the Mississippi River those days.Twain left school at th age of twelve to look for work.
•他的作品因描写普通人和他们的说话方式，尤其是他的幽默诙谐 著称。因为他写了许多小说、短篇故事和游记，他变得富有了， 且在大众读物领域很受欢迎。耶鲁和牛津大学都因他的作品而授 他名誉，然而他的晚年因为几起灾难而黯然失色。1910年4月21日 他在康涅狄格州的雷丁去世，享年75岁。然而，他仍然是当今世 最受欢迎的作家之一。
stories and travel journals he wrote and was very popula
at public readings.Yale and Oxford Universities honoured
him for his writing.However，the later part of his life heavily overshadowed③ by several misfortunes.He died in