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1、A famous man who is called Mirror of America! Do you know who it is?,主讲：贺宝辉 于海鹏,Mark Twain Mirror of America,Mr. Clemens lives on in the hearts and minds of grateful readers everywhere.,1. Why is Mark Twain considered “mirror of America”?,Life introduction,Famous Saying,Samuel Langhorne Clemens was
2、born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835, to a Tennessee country merchant,Early Life,When Twain was four, his mother died, the family moved to Hannibal, Missouri,At that time, Missouri was a slave state(蓄奴州)and young Twain became familiar with the institution of slavery（奴隶制度）, a theme he would
3、 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 working as a typesetter（排字工人） and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the Hannibal Journal（汉尼拔杂志）,He worked as a river pilot,until the A
4、merican Civil War broke out in 1861 and traffic along the Mississippi was curtailed(缩减).,Twains journey ended in the silver-mining town of Virginia City, where he became a miner（矿工）.,Twain failed as a miner and found work at a Virginia City newspaper, Here he first used his famous pen name.,Marriage
5、 and children,Twain claimed to have fallen in love with Olivia at first sight.,They got married in February 1870 .,They had four children, while the only son was died at 19 months.,Later Life,照片下的留言：好好的，你将会孤独。马克吐温,Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910, in Redding, one day after the comets c
6、losest approach to Earth.,马克吐温一股密西西比河的洪流,Life on the Mississippi,The adventure of Tom Sawyer,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,“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!,