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1、AboutTwain:SamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835—April21,1910),betterknownbythepennameMarkTwain,wasanAmericanhumorist,satirist,writer,andlecturer.TwainismostnotedforhisnovelsAdven-turesofHuckleberryFinn,whichhassincebeencalledtheGreatAmeric-anNovel,an
2、dTheAdventuresofTomSawyer.Heisalsoknownforhisquotations.Duringhislifetime,Clemensbecameafriendtopresidents,artists,leadingindustrialists,andEuropeanroyalty.Clemensenjoyedimmensepublicpopularity,andhiskeenwitandincisivesatireearnedhimpraisefrombothcriti
3、csandpeers.AmericanauthorWilliamFaulknercalledTwain"thefatherofAmericanliterature."Source:Wikipedia2PrefaceMostoftheadventuresrecordedinthisbookreallyoccurred;oneortwowereexperiencesofmyown,therestthoseofboyswhowereschool-matesofmine.HuckFinnisdrawnfro
4、mlife;TomSawyeralso,butnotfromanindividual—heisacombinationofthecharacteristicsofthreeboyswhomIknew,andthereforebelongstothecompositeorderofar-chitecture.TheoddsuperstitionstoucheduponwereallprevalentamongchildrenandslavesintheWestattheperiodofthisstor
5、y—thatistosay,thirtyorfortyyearsago.Althoughmybookisintendedmainlyfortheentertainmentofboysandgirls,Ihopeitwillnotbeshunnedbymenandwomenonthatac-count,forpartofmyplanhasbeentotrytopleasantlyremindadultsofwhattheyoncewerethemselves,andofhowtheyfeltandth
6、oughtandtalked,andwhatqueerenterprisestheysometimesengagedin.TheAuthor.Hartford,1876.3Chapter1"Tom!"Noanswer."Tom!"Noanswer."What'sgonewiththatboy,Iwonder?YouTom!"Noanswer.Theoldladypulledherspectaclesdownandlookedoverthemabouttheroom;thensheputthemupa
7、ndlookedoutunderthem.Sheseldomorneverlookedthroughthemforsosmallathingasaboy;theywereherstatepair,theprideofherheart,andwerebuiltfor"style,"notser-vice—shecouldhaveseenthroughapairofstove-lidsjustaswell.Shelookedperplexedforamoment,andthensaid,notfierc
8、ely,butstillloudenoughforthefurnituretohear:"Well,IlayifIgetholdofyouI'll—"Shedidnotfinish,forbythistimeshewasbendingdownandpunch-ingunderthebedwiththebroom,andsosheneededbreathtopunctu-atethepuncheswith.Sheresurrectednothingbutthecat."
