[教育]英美文學(xué)欣賞資料-馬克吐溫演講

1、American Literature,Lecture 11,,——Introduction about Mark Twain,Mark Twain (1835 –1910),Samuel Langhorne Clemens,Life experience：,Born in Florida, Missouri, on Nove

2、mber 30, 1835. When he was four, Twain's family moved to Hannibal. In 1847 the death of his father brought an end to his carefree days, and he had to go to work at the age of 12 as a printer’s apprentice.,In 1865

3、, he wrote a humorous story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which became very popular and brought nationwide attention. His travelogues were also well-received,《卡拉維拉斯縣臭名昭著的跳蛙 》,During his seventeen yea

4、rs in Hartford (1874–1891) and over twenty summers at Quarry Farm, Twain wrote many of his classic novels：,The Prince and the Pauper (1881) 《王子與貧兒》Life on the Mississippi (1883) 《密西西比河上的生活》 A Connecticut Yankee

5、 in King Arthur's Court (1889) 《誤闖亞瑟王宮》,Twain’s greatest fame and his importance in American literature rest largely on his two best known novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 《湯姆·索亞歷險(xiǎn)記 》The Adve

6、ntures of Huckleberry Finn 《哈克費(fèi)恩歷險(xiǎn)記 》,The adventures of Tom Sawyer is about a boy who is always in trouble, growing up along the Mississippi river in the 1800s. Tom and his best friend Huck play hooky, pull pranks, a

7、nd even run away to become pirates. ……Tom Sawyer is one of the best stories ever about friendship.,About Mark’s family….,Mark Twain died of illness on April 21, 1910. When he passed away, newspapers around the country d

8、eclared, “The whole world is mourning.”,"Mark Twain gave pleasure – real intellectual enjoyment – to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come... His humor was Ame

9、rican, 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.",MARK TWAIN’S SAYING,1.Don't give up your i

10、magination. When the imagination had no after, you can also exist, but although you living dead still. 不要放棄你的幻想。當(dāng)幻想沒有了以后，你還可以生存，但是你雖生猶死。,,2.Those persons who have a good book but don't read are unlike and can't r

11、ead the person of these books to own any advantage. 那些有好書卻不讀的人不比無法讀到這些書的人擁有任何優(yōu)勢。,3.As long as had ignorance and self-confidence, you can succeed by all means. 只要具備了無知和自信，你就必然能成功。,1. Tell the truth forever, such of words

12、 you need not recorded you to once say somewhat.,永遠(yuǎn)說實(shí)話，這樣的話你就不用去記你曾經(jīng)說過些什么。,2. Rather shut up don't talk, don't be eager to expressing oneself, either.,寧愿閉口不說話，也不要急于表現(xiàn)自己。,That’s all, thanks a lot for your attenti