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1、车票 他一次乘火车外出，火车开得很慢。当查票员过来查票时，他递给他一张儿童票。查票员调侃道：“我还真没看出您还是个孩子呢！”他回答：“现在我已经不是孩子了，但我买票上车时还是个孩子哩。”MarkTwain’sEarlyLifeTravelsMarriageandchildrenLaterLifeSamuelLanghorneClemenswasborninFlorida,MissourionNovember30,1835,toaTennesseecountrymerchantEarlyLifeapor
2、ttownontheMississippiRiverWhenTwainwasfour,hismotherdied,thefamilymovedtoHannibal,MissouriAtthattime,Missouriwasaslavestate,andyoungTwainbecamefamiliarwiththeinstitutionofslavery,athemehewouldlaterexploreinhiswriting.whenTwainwas11,hisfatherdiedofpneumoni
3、a.Thenextyear,hebecameaprinter'sapprentice.In1851,hebeganworkingasatypesetterandcontributorofarticlesandhumoroussketchesfortheHannibalJournalWhenhewas18,heleftHannibalandworkedasaprinterinNewYorkCity.Hejoinedtheunionandeducatedhimselfinpubliclibrariesinth
4、eevenings,findingwidersourcesofinformationthanhewouldhaveataconventional(一般的）school.At22,TwainreturnedtoMissouri.HeworkedasariverpilotuntiltheAmericanCivilWarbrokeoutin1861andtrafficalongtheMississippiwascurtailed(缩减).TravelsTwainandhisbrothertraveledform
5、orethantwoweeksonastagecoachacrosstheGreatPlainsandtheRockyMountains,visitingtheMormoncommunityinSaltLakeCityalongtheway.Twain'sjourneyendedinthesilver-miningtownofVirginiaCity,wherehebecameaminer.TwainfailedasaminerandfoundworkataVirginiaCitynewspaper,He
6、rehefirstusedhisfamouspenname.DuringhistourofEuropeandtheMiddleEast,hewroteapopularcollectionoftravelletters,whichwerelatercompiledasTheInnocentsAbroadin1869.MarriageandchildrenCharlesLangdonshowedapictureofhissister,Olivia,toTwain;Twainclaimedtohavefalle
7、ninloveatfirstsight.TheygotmarriedinFebruary1870.Theyhadfourchildren,whiletheonlysonwasdiedat19months.Thecouple'smarriagelasted34years,untilOlivia'sdeathin1904.Twainpassedthroughaperiodofdeepdepression,whichbeganin1896whenhisdaughterSusydied.Olivia'sdeath
8、in1904andJean'sonDecember24,1909,deepenedhisgloom.OnMay20,1909,hisclosefriendHenryRogersdiedsuddenly.LaterLife照片下的留言：好好的，你将会孤独。马克·吐温Heformedaclubin1906forgirlsheviewedassurrogategranddaughters,theAngelFishandAquariu
