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1、美国名人作家马克吐温MarkTwain,1835-1910:OneofAmericasBestKnownandBest1.ovedWritersplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-19:39repeatByShelleyGollust2010-3-20Photo:loc.govMarkTwainwrotetheTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinin1884.I,mBarbaraKlein.BOBDOUGHTY:AndmBobDoughtywithPeopleinAmericainVOASpecialEnglish.TodayWetellaboutone

2、ofAmericasbest-knownwriters,MarkTwain.Wealsotalkabouthisfamousbook,TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.(MUSIC)BARBARAK1.ElN:MarkTwainwroteTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnineighteeneighty-four.Sincethen,thebookhasbeenpublishedinatleastsixtylanguages.SomepeoplesayitisthebestbookevercreatedbyanAmericanwriter.

3、AmericanstudentsstillreadTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.?Andparents,teachersandliteraryexpertsstilldebatetheissuesdiscussedinthebook.BOBDOUGHTY:ThewriterwhobecameMarkTwainwasbornSamuel1.anghorneClemensineighteenthirty-five.HegrewupinHannibalzMissouriontheMississippiRiver.A代erhisfatherdiedineighteenf

4、orty-seven,youngSamuelwenttoworkasanassistanttoapublisher.TenyearsIaterzhebecameapilotonasteamboatthatsailedontheMississippi.Heheardtheriverboatworkerscalloutthewordsmarktwain!?Thatwasameasureforthedepthofwater.Ineighteensixty-one,theAmericanCivilWarputanendtosteamboattrafficontheMississippi.SoCleme

5、nstraveledwestandbecameareporterfornewspapersinNevadaandCalifornia.BARBARAK1.日N:1.ater,hewrotefunnystoriesandcalledhimselfMarkTwain.Twainbecamefamousforhisstory,TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyineighteensixty-five.Ittellsaboutajumpingcompetitionamongfrogs.Twainalsotraveledalotandbeganwritin

6、gbooksabouthistravels.HisstoriesaboutatriptoEuropeandtheMiddleEastwerepublishedinTheInnocentsAbroad.?AndhisstoriesaboutlifeinthewesternUnitedStatesbecamethebookcalledRoughingIt.Ineighteenseventy,hemarriedOlivia1.angdonandmovedtoHartford,Connecticut.Duringtheeighteeneighties,hewrotebooksforchildren,s

7、uchasThePrinceandthePauper.?IttellsaboutapoorboywhotradesidentitieswithamemberofEngland,srulingfamily.Twainalsowrote1.ifeontheMississippi.?Thisbookdescribeshisdaysasasteamboatpilotandhisreturntotherivertwentyyearslater.BOBDOUGHTY:MarkTwainwasalreadyasuccessfulwriterbeforehebecamefamousasapublicspeak

8、er.Overtheyears,hehadinvestedalotofmoneyinunsuccessfulbusinesses.Ineighteenninety-three,hefoundhimselfdeeplyindebt.Sotoearnmoney,hetraveledaroundtheworldgivinghumoroustalks.Hisspeechesmadepeoplelaughandremembereventstheyhadexperienced.However,hislaterlifewasnotahappyone.Twoofhisdaughtersdied.Hiswife

9、diedinnineteen-oh-fourafteralongsickness.SomecriticsthinkMarkTwain,Slaterworksweremoreseriousbecauseofhissadness.Hediedofheartfailureinnineteenten.(MUSIC)BARBARAK1.EIN:MarkTwainwasthefirstwritertousethespeechofcommonAmericansinhisbooks.HeshowedthatsimpleAmericanEnglishcouldbeasfineaninstrumentforgre

10、atwritingasmorecomplexlanguage.Throughhisbooks,hecapturedAmericanexperiencesasnootherwriterhad.berkeley.eduAmericanauthorMarkTwainManyofthestoriestakeplaceinHannibal,Missouri.Thesmallwoodenhousewherehelivedasaboystillstandsthere.Nexttothehouseisawoodenfence.ItisthekinddescribedinTwainSbook,TheAdvent

11、uresofTomSawyer/publishedineighteenseventy-six.Inthatstory,Tomhasbeentoldtopaintthefence.Hedoesnotwanttodoit.Butheactsasifthejobisgreatfun.Hetricksotherboysintobelievingthis.Histrickissosuccessfulthattheyagreetopayhimmoneytoletthemfinishhiswork.TheAdventuresofTbmSawyerisconsideredoneofthebestbooksab

12、outanAmericanboy,slifeintheeighteenhundreds.BOBDOUGHTY:TomSawyer,sgoodfriendisHuckleberry,orHuck,Finn.MarkTwaintellsthisboysstoryinTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.?Huckisapoorchild,withoutamotherorhome.Hisfatherdrinkstoomuchalcoholandbeatshim.Huck,ssituationhasfreedhimfromtherestrictionsofsociety.Hee

13、xploresinthewoodsandgoesfishing.Hestaysoutallnightanddoesnottogotoschool.Hesmokestobacco.Huckrunsawayfromhome.HemeetsJim,ablackmanwhohasescapedfromslavery.TheytraveltogetheronaraftmadeofwooddowntheMississippiRiver.Huckdescribesthetrip:READER:Itwaslovelytoliveontheraft.Otherplacesseemsocrampedupandsm

14、othery,butaraftdont.Youfeelmightyfreeandeasyandcomfortableonaraft.Sometimeswe,dhavethatwholerivertoourselvesforthelongesttime.Wehadtheskyupthere,allspeckledwithstars,andweusedtolayonourbacksandlookupatthem,anddiscussaboutwhethertheywasmadeoronlyjusthappened.Jim,heallowedtheywasmade,butIallowedtheyha

15、ppened;Ijudgeditwouldhavetooktoolongtomakesomany.(MUSIC)BARBARAK1.日N:MarkTwainstartedwritingHuckleberryFinnasachildrensstory.Butitsoonbecameserious.Thestorytellsaboutthesocialevilofslavery,seenthroughtheeyesofaninnocentchild.Huck,sideasaboutpeoplewereformedbythewhitesocietyinwhichhelived.Sozatfirst,

16、hedoesnotquestionslavery.Huckknowsthatimportantpeoplebelieveslaveryisnatural,thelawofGod.So,hethinksitishisdutytotellJimsownerswheretofindhim.HereispartofthestoryafterHuckdecideshemustdothis.READER:IfeltgoodandallwashedcleanofsinforthefirsttimeIhadeverfelt.AndIknowedIcouldpraynow.ButIdidntdoitstraightoff,butlaidthepaperdownandsettherethinking-thinkinghowgooditwasallthishappenedso,andh