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《美国文学》课程学习项目与实践文本阅读与文本研究乐山师范学院2015级英本1班崔丽蓉15281401232018年5月TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyCONTENTSIntroductiontoMarkTwainSummaryoftheTextTranslationoftheTextMyStudyTopicPARTONEBriefIntroductiontoMarkTwainSamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835–April21,1910),betterknownbyhispennameMarkTwain,wasanAmericanwriter,humorist,entrepreneur,publisher,andlecturer.HisnovelshowsapureAmericantemperament,markingthedevelopmentofNativeAmericanliterature.IntroductionAsalecturerHewasingreatdemandasafeaturedspeaker,performingsolohumoroustalkssimilartomodernstand-upcomedy.AsawriterTwainbeganhiscareerwritinglight,humorousverse,buthebecameachroniclerofthevanities,hypocrisies,andmurderousactsofmankind.TheMillionPoundNoteAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnTheAdventuresofTomSawyerWorksPARTTWOSummaryofTheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyTheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyisashortstorybyMarkTwain.Itwashisfirstgreatsuccessasawriterandbroughthimnationalattention.Inthestory,thenarratorretellsastoryaboutthegamblerJimSmileyheheardfromabartender,SimonWheeler.SummaryThisstorytellsusthatagamblingplayerinCalaverascountyhastrainedafrogwhocanjumpveryhigh.Heoftenwinsmoneywithgamblingofthefrog.Oneday,hemetapasser-byandinsistedonJumpingFrogcompetitionwiththeotherparty.Forthisreason,healsolookedforafrogforthemanwithoutfrog.Thestrangerwhilehewasawayforafrog,tookateaspoonandfilleditfullofquailshot.Ofcoursehisfrogcouldn'tjumpup,sothatpassers-bywonthegameandalargesumofmoney.PARTTHREETranslationofTheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty只要他从后头点蛤蟆一下，你就看吧，那蛤蟆像翻煎饼一样在空中打个转——兴许翻一个筋斗，要是起得好，也许能翻两个，然后稳稳当当地爪朝下落地，就像一只猎。他还训那蛤蟆逮苍蝇，勤学苦练，练得那蛤蟆不论苍蝇飞出去多远，只要瞧得见，回回都能逮得着。He'dgivehimalittlepunchbehind,andthenextminuteyou'dseethatfrogwhirlingintheairlikeadoughnut--seehimturnonesummerset,ormaybeacouple,ifhegotagoodstart,andcomedownflat-footedandallright,likeacat.Hegothimupsointhematterofketchingflies,andkep'himinpracticesoconstant,thathe'dnailaflyeverytimeasfurashecouldseehim.Translation这个斯迈雷有一匹母马——小伙子们都管它叫“一刻钟老太太”，这话损了点儿，它跑得当然比这快一点儿——他还经常靠这匹马赢钱呢。因为它慢慢吞吞的，不是得气喘，生瘟热，就是有痨病，以及这一类乱七八糟的病。“Thish-yerSmileyhadamare--theboyscalledherthefifteen-minutenag,butthatwasonlyinfun,youknow,becauseofcourse,shewasfasterthanthat--andheuesdtowinmoneyonthathourse,forallshewassoslowandalwayshadtheasthma,orthedistemper,ortheconsumption,orsomethingofthatkind.”TranslationPARTFOURStudyonWritingBackgroundofTheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountybyMarkTwainTimeBackgroundPersonnalBackgroundGoldRushWritingBackgroundExperiencesAGoldRushisadiscoveryofgold—sometimesaccompaniedbyotherpreciousmetalsandrareearthminerals—thatbringsanonrushofminersseekingtheirfortune.Majorgoldrushestookplaceinthe19thcenturyinAustralia,NewZealand,Brazil,Canada,SouthAfricaandtheUnitedStates.TheGoldRushwasoneofthemostsingnificanteventsinAmericanhistory.GoldRushClickheretomodifythetext,youmayposttexthere.ClickhereADDYOURTITLEHEREClickheretomodifythetext,youmayposttexthere.ClickhereComparisonaboutSanFrancisco'sstreetThegoldrushacceleratedtheeconomicdevelopmentoftheUnitedStates.ThegoldrushcausedthecurrencyproblemintheUnitedStates.ThegoldrushhaspromotedthedevelopmentofthewesternUnitedStates.ThegoldrushpromotedthedevelopmentofAmericanworkers'movement.TheimpactofgoldrushontheUnitedStatesFrom1857to1861,TwainworkedasariverboatpilotontheMississippiRiver.Thisoccupationgavehimhispenname,MarkTwain.Afterhisfatherdiedofpneumonia,MarkTwain,whowasapoorfamilymember,begantoworkasanapprentice,newsboy,typesettingworker,sailor,goldrushworker,journalistandsoon.In1863,heworkedataVirginiaCitynewspaper.herehefirstuesdhispenname.In1864,TwainmovedtoSanFrancisco,stillasajournalist.ExperiencesTherearemanyvariationsofpassagesofLoremavailable,butthemajorityhavesufferedalterationCalaverasCountyislocatedintheterritoryofCalifornia.Atthattime,everythinginCaliforniawasdeterminedbygambling.ThegoldminersinthewesternUnitedStateswerejustlikethegambleJimSmyinTheCelebratedJumpingfrogofCalaverasCounty,whowouldliketogotoMexicofollowingthedungbeetleforabet.ThankYou