◆MarkTwainwasagreatAmericanwriter,andhewasalsoafamousspeaker.MarkTwain(1835-1910)HisMarriageAt34yearsoldhemarriedOliviaLangdonClemens,daughterofaNewYorkcoalmagnate,amemberofthecountry’swealthyelite.Shewouldbepartner,editor,andfellowtravelerinsuccessandfailureforthenextthirty-fiveyears.ThehomeinHartford,Connecticut,whichthefamilylivedinfrom1871until1891.TwainplayingcharadeswithhisdaughterSusyin1890.Havenoemotiontokiss,beliketodieporkinperson.没有情感的吻，就像在亲死猪肉一样。Don‘tgiveupyourimagination.Whentheimaginationhadnoafter,youcanalsoexist,butalthoughyoulivingdeadstill.不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。Everyoneisamoon,andhasadarksidewhichhenevershowstoanybody每个人就像一轮月亮，不愿意将黑暗的一面让别人看到。Aslongashadignoranceandself-confidence,youcansucceedbyallmeans.只要具备了无知和自信，你就必然能成功。MajorworksTheAdventuresofTomSawyer«汤姆索耶历险记»TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn«哈克贝里费恩历险记»Hemingwayoncewrote:"AllmodernAmericanliteraturecomesfromonebookbyMarkTwaincalledHuckleberryFinn...it'sthebestbookwe'vehad...Therewasnothingbefore.Therehasbeennothingsogoodsince."MarkTwainisnotonlyaexpertwhogoodattellingjokes,butalsoexpertinwritingthesocietyandthepeople.
