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1、 A famous man who is called Mirror of America! Mirror of America! Do you know who it is?Do you know who it is? Mark Twain Mark Twain Mirror of AmericaMirror of America Mr. Clemens lives on in the hearts and minds of grateful readers everywhere. 1. Why is Mark Twain considered “mirror of America”?Lif
2、e introductionFamous SayingWorksTrilogy of Mississippi(密西西比河三部曲密西西比河三部曲)The mysterious stranger神秘的陌生人Other worksSamuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835, to a Tennessee country merchant Early LifeWhen Twain was four, his mother died, the family moved to Hannibal, M
3、issouriAt that time, Missouri was a slave state(蓄奴蓄奴州州)and young Twain became familiar with the institution of slavery（奴隶制度）（奴隶制度）, a theme he would later explore in his writing. When Twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia（肺炎）.The next year, he became a printers apprentice. In 1851, he began wor
4、king as a typesetter（排字工人）（排字工人） and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the Hannibal Journal（汉尼拔杂志）（汉尼拔杂志）He worked as a river pilotuntil the American Civil War broke out in 1861 and traffic along the Mississippi was curtailed(缩减缩减).Twains journey ended in the silver-mining town of Vi
5、rginia City, where he became a miner（矿工）（矿工）.Twain failed as a miner and found work at a Virginia City newspaper, Here he first used his famous pen name. Marriage and children Twain claimed to have fallen in love with Olivia at first sight. They got married in February 1870 .They had four children,
6、while the only son was died at 19 months. Later Life照片下的留言：好好的，照片下的留言：好好的，你将会孤独。马克你将会孤独。马克吐温吐温 Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910, in Redding, one day after the comets closest approach to Earth. 马克马克吐温一股密西吐温一股密西西比河的洪流西比河的洪流 Trilogy of Mississippi(密西西比河三部曲密西西比河三部曲)Life on the Mississippi密
7、西西比河上密西西比河上The Adventures of Tom Sawyer（汤姆索亚历险记（汤姆索亚历险记)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克贝利哈克贝利费恩历险记费恩历险记“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” Picture from Dave Thomson collection: When the god shuts your door, he will open a window for you。“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” “Humor is mankinds greatest blessing.”Thank You!
