高級英語mark-twain—mirror-of-america翻譯(編輯修改稿)
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【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 consequences, which she bears unto this day – and when she projects a new surprise, the grave world smiles as usual, and says 39。Well, that is California all over. 39?！ ●R克?吐溫磨煉并試驗了他的新筆力，但他卻因?qū)懥艘恍┘怃J的評論文章而被迫暫時離開這座城市。他圍繞著虐待華人等一類問題對市政府提出的尖銳批評惹得一些官員大為惱火，因之他只好逃到薩克拉門托山谷的金礦區(qū)暫避風(fēng)頭。他對那兒的拓荒者們的描寫使西海岸地區(qū)富有創(chuàng)新精神的現(xiàn)代人倍感親切。“這兒的人們真是了不起——因為那些笨手笨腳、無精打彩、呆頭呆腦的懶漢都呆在家里……正是那些人們?yōu)榧永Ｄ醽嗂A得了這樣的聲譽：當(dāng)他們著手進行一項宏偉的事業(yè)時，他們會不計代價或風(fēng)險而以一種豪邁的氣概和闖勁勇往直前，一千到底。加利福尼亞人至今仍保持著這樣的聲譽，因而，每當(dāng)他們發(fā)起一項新的驚天動地的壯舉時，那些素來穩(wěn)重的人便會像往常一樣微笑著說：‘看吧，這完全是加利福尼亞的風(fēng)格’?！盜n the dreary winter of 186465 in Angels Camp, he kept a notebook. Scattered among notations about the weather and the tedious miningcamp meals lies an entry noting a story he had heard that day – an entry that would determine his course forever: Coleman with his jumping frog – bet stranger $50 – stranger had no frog, and C. got him one – in the meantime stranger filled C. 39。s frog full of shot and he couldn39。t jump. The stranger39。s frog won. 1864年與1865年之交的那個冬天，馬克?吐溫是在安吉爾斯礦區(qū)度過的。在這段沉悶的日子里，他記了一本筆記。在雜亂無章的有關(guān)天氣情況和乏味無趣的有關(guān)礦區(qū)飯食情況的記錄條目中夾著一條敘述當(dāng)天聽到的一則故事的記錄——這條記錄決定了他一生事業(yè)的發(fā)展方向：“科爾曼用他的跳蛙——與陌生人賭50美元——陌生人沒有跳蛙，科爾曼去給他弄來一只——陌生人利用這段時間將科的跳蛙肚子塞滿鉛彈，這樣，科的跳蛙跳不起來，陌生人的跳蛙便得以獲勝?！盧etold with his descriptive genius, the story was printed in newspapers across the United States and became known as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Mark Twain39。s national reputation was now well established as the wild humorist of the Pacific slope. 經(jīng)過馬克?吐溫的生花妙筆改寫之后，這個故事登在美國各地的報紙上，成了家喻戶曉的“卡拉韋拉斯縣有名的跳蛙”。至此，馬克?吐溫作為“太平洋海岸狂放的幽默大師”的聲望已在全國范圍內(nèi)牢固地確立起來了。Two year s later the opportunity came for him to take a distinctly American look at the Old World. In New York City the steamship Quaker City prepared to sail on a pleasure cruise to Europe and the Holy Land. For the first time, a sizable group of United States citizens planned to journey as tourists a milestone , of sorts, in a country39。s development. Twain was assigned to acpany them, as correspondent 工for a California newspaper. If readers expected the usual glowing travelogue , they were sorely surprised. 兩年之后，他得到了一個以美國人特有的眼光去觀察歐洲舊大陸的機會。在紐約市，“費城號”蒸汽船準(zhǔn)備進行一次到歐洲和圣地的觀光航行。這是美國人第一次組織較大規(guī)模的團體觀光旅行——也可以看作是一個國家發(fā)展史上的某種里程碑。馬克?吐溫作為加利福尼亞一家報紙的記者被委派隨同觀光團采訪。如果讀者們期望能讀到有關(guān)這次旅行見聞的神采飛揚的描寫的話，那他們是要倍感意外的。Unimpressed by the Sultan of Turkey, for example, he reported, “... one could set a trap anywhere and catch a dozen abler men in a night.” Casually he debunked revered artists and art treasures, and took unholy verbal shots at the Holy Land. Back home, more newspapers began printing his articles. America laughed with him. Upon his return to the States the book version of his travels, The Innocents Abroad, became an instant bestseller. 舉例來說，他對于那沒有給他留下什么好印象的土耳其君主蘇丹是這樣報道的，“人們可以任意選擇一個地方設(shè)一個陷阱，一夜之間準(zhǔn)可捕捉到十幾個更有能耐的人。”他信口開河地對一些受人景仰的藝術(shù)家和藝術(shù)珍品加以鄙薄，甚至對宗教圣地也敢于以褻瀆性的言辭加以侮蔑。回國以后，越來越多的報紙開始刊登他的文章，整個美國都同他一齊歡笑。他一回到美國，他的旅行雜記《傻子出國旅行記》立即成為暢銷書。At the age of 36 Twain settled in Hartford, Connecticut. His best books were published while he lived there. 三十六歲時，馬克?吐溫開始定居于康涅狄格州哈特福德鎮(zhèn)，他的最優(yōu)秀的作品全是在那段時間里問世的。As early as 1870 Tw
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