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1、Note:NovelistMarkTwain(1835-1910),theauthorofTheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876)andTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1885),isoneofAmerica'sgreathumoristsandsocialcritics.In"AdvicetoYouth,"atalkhedeliveredtoagroupofyounggirls,Twainturnstheconventionalmorallectureonitshead.英文原文：
2、TheNortonReader.中文译文：杨自伍译，选自《美国文化选本》(上)，华东师范大学出版社。AdvicetoYouthbyMarkTwainBeingtoldIwouldbeexpectedtotalkhere,IinquiredwhatsortofatalkIoughttomake.Theysaiditshouldbesomethingsuitabletoyouth---somethingdidactic,instructive,orsomethinginthenatureofgoodadvice.Verywell,Iha
3、veafewthingsinmymindwhichIhaveoftenlongedtosayfortheinstructionoftheyoung;foritisinone’stenderearlyyearsthatsuchthingswillbesttakerootandbemostenduringandmostvaluable.First,then,Iwillsaytoyou,myyoungfriends----andIsayitbeseechingly,urgingly----Alwaysobeyyourparents,whe
4、ntheyarepresent.Thisisthebestpolicyinlongrun,becauseifyoudon’t,theywillmakeyoudo.Mostparentsthinktheyknowbetterthanyoudo,andyoucangenerallymakemorebyhumoringthatsuperstitionthanyoucanbyactingonyouownbetterjudgment.Berespectfultoyoursuperiors,ifyouhaveany,alsotostranger
5、s,andsometimestoothers.Ifapersonoffendsyouandyouareindoubtastowhetheritwasintentionalornot,donotresorttoextrememeasures;simplywatchyourchanceandhithimwithabrick.Thatwillbesufficient.Ifyoushallfindthathehadnotintendedanyoffense,comeoutfranklyandconfessyourselfinthewrong
6、whenyoustuckhim;acknowledgeitlikeamanandsayyoudidn’tmeanto.Yes,alwaysavoidviolence;inthisageofcharityandkindness,thetimehasgonebyforsuchthings.Leavedynamitetothelowandtheunrefined.Gotobedearly,getupearly---thisiswise.Someauthoritiessaygetupwiththesun;someotherssaygetup
7、withonething,somewithanother.Butalarkisreallythebestthingtogetupwith.Itgivesyouasplendidreputationwitheverybodytoknowthatyougetupwithalark;andifyougettherightkindoflark,andworkathimright,youcaneasilytrainhimtogetupathalfpastnine,everytime---itisnotrickatall.Nowastothem
8、atteroflying.Youwanttobeverycarefulaboutlying;otherwiseyouarenearlysuretogetcaught.Oncecaught,youcanneveragainbe,inth
