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1、,Mark Twain,Members:,Content,Early Life,Travels,Marriage and children,Later Life,Early Life,Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835, to a Tennessee country merchant.,Early Life,A port town on the Mississippi River,Early Life,When Twain was four, his mother died, t
2、he family moved to Hannibal, Missouri,Early Life,At that time, Missouri was a slave state, and young Twain became familiar with the institution of slavery, a theme he would later explore in his writing.,Early Life,When Twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia(肺炎).,Early Life,The next year, he beca
3、me a printers apprentice. In 1851, he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the Hannibal Journal.,Early Life,When he was 18, he left Hannibal and worked as a printer in New York City.,Early Life,He joined the union and educated himself in public librarie
4、s in the evenings, finding wider sources of information than he would have at a conventional (一般的) school.,At 22, Twain returned to Missouri.,Early Life,He worked as a river pilot until the American Civil War broke out in 1861 and traffic along the Mississippi was curtailed(缩减).,Travels,Twain and hi
5、s brother traveled for more than two weeks on a stagecoach across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, visiting the Mormon community in Salt Lake City along the way.,Travels,Twains journey ended in the silver-mining town of Virginia City, where he became a miner.,Travels,Twain failed as a miner
6、 and found work at a Virginia City newspaper, Here he first used his famous pen name.,Travels,During his tour of Europe and the Middle East, he wrote a popular collection of travel letters, which were later compiled as The Innocents Abroad in 1869.,Marriage and children,Charles Langdon showed a pict
7、ure of his sister, Olivia, to Twain; Twain claimed to have fallen in love at first sight.,They got married in February 1870.,They had four children, while the only son was died at 19 months.,Marriage and children,Marriage and children,The couples marriage lasted 34 years, until Olivias death in 1904
8、.,04,Later Life,Twain passed through a period of deep depression, which began in 1896 when his daughter Susy died. Olivias death in 1904 and Jeans on December 24, 1909, deepened his gloom. On May 20, 1909, his close friend Henry Rogers died suddenly.,04,Later Life,He formed a club in 1906 for girls
9、he viewed as surrogate(替代的)granddaughters, the Angel Fish and Aquarium Club.,04,Later Life,Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910, in Redding, one day after the comets closest approach to Earth.,“Mark Twain gave pleasure real intellectual enjoyment to millions, and his works will continue to
10、 give such pleasure to millions yet to come. His humor was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of American literature.“,Tell the truth forever, such of words you need not recorded you to on
11、ce say somewhat. 永远说实话,这样的话你就不用去记你曾经说过些什么。 Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. 不要把事实告诉不值得的人。 Every is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. 每个人都是月亮,总有一个阴暗面,从来不让人看见。 Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others - his last breath. 每一个人
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