學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精備課資料BackgroundInformation1。AboutMarkTwainMarkTwain(SamuelLanghorneClemens)(1835-1910)AmericanwriterMarkTwainwasbornSamuelLanghorneClemensonNovember30,1835inFlorida,Missouri。HewasthefifthsurvivingchildofJohnandJaneLamptonClemens。Halley'sCometwasvisibleatthetimeofhisbirth,makinghisarrivalanevenmoremomentousoccasion.MarkTwaindiedonApril21，1910inRedding，Connecticutofanginapectoris。UponhearingofTwainMarkTwain’sAchievements：MarkTwainwrotenovels\[principally“TheGildedAge”（1873），“TheAdventuresofTomSawyer”(1876),“ThePrinceandthePauper”(1881)，“AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn”(1884)，“AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur’sCourt”(1889)and“TheTragedyofPudd’sheadWilson”(1894）\]shortstories,speeches,andessays。Healsowrotesomeautobiographicalworks，including“TheInnocentsAbroad"（1869）,“ATrampAbroad”（1880),“LifeontheMississippi"(1883）,and“MarkTwain’sAutobiography”。MarkTwain'sProfessions:Besideshisworkasanovelist,speechwriter，essayistandshortstorywriter，MarkTwainwasajourneymanprinter，steamboatpilot，armyvolunteer，goldprospector,timberprospector，andjournalist。MarkTwain’sBiography：MarkTwain(SamuelLanghorneClemens)isoneofthemostfamouswritersinAmericanliterature。Hewenttoworkin1847whenhisfatherdied，startingoffasanapprenticetoaprinter，writingforhisbrother’snewspaper,andthenworkingasariverboatpilot（1857-1861).TheworkthatfirstbroughtTwainliteraryacclaimwas“JimSmileyandHisJumpingFrog"（alsoknownas“TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty”)in1865。Also，asajournalistduringthoseearlyliterarydays,TwaintraveledtotheSandwichIslands，EuropeandtheMiddleEastin1867.Heshapedhistraveladventuresintoseveralbooks：“TheInnocentsAbroad"(1869)and“RoughingIt”（1872)，whichdepictedWestCoasttravels.FinancialsecuritybroughtaboutbyhisliterarysuccessallowedhimtomarryOliviaLangdonin1870,andmovedtoHartford，“HuckleberryFinn”wasfirstpublishedin1884.ErnestHemingwaywouldlaterwrite,“AllmodernAmericanliteraturecomesfromonebookbyMarkTwaincalled‘HuckleberryFinn'。"Afteryearsofliterarysuccess,Twain'sfinancialsituationwasdestabilizedinthe1890swhenspeculationsdidn’tpayoff.HemovedhisfamilytoEurope,andbeganalecturetour，butanothershockhithimin1897withthedeathofhisdaughter,Susie.MarkTwainhasbeencalledarealistandaromantic，ahumoristandasatirist。HismarkonAmericanliteraryhistorycannotbeunderstated.Thepopularityofhisworkshasbeenmetwithanequalportionofcontroversy,with“HuckleberryFinn"asoneofthemostbannedanddebatedbooksinAmericanliterature.Hislifewasremarkableinitstriumphsandtragedies.Hiswordsareremarkableintheirdepthandperceptionofhumanexperience。2。AbouttheReadingTheBankofEnglandonceissuedtwonotesofamillionpounds，tobeusedtoaspecialpurposeconnectedwithsomepublictransactionwithaforeigncountry.Forsomereasonorotheronlyoneofthesehadbeenusedandcanceled；theotherstilllayinthevaultsoftheBank。Thetwobrothers,chattingalong，happenedtogettowonderwhatmightbethefateofaperfectlyhonestandintelligentstrangerwhoshouldbeadriftinLondonwithoutafriend,andwithnothingbutthatmillion-poundbanknote，andnowaytoaccountforhisbeinginpossessionofit。BrotherAsaidhewouldstarvetodeath；BrotherBsaidhewouldn’t.BrotherAsaidhecouldn’tofferitatabankoranywhereelse,becausehewouldbearrestedonthespot.SotheywentondisputingtillBrotherBsaidhewouldbettwentythousa