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Mark Twain was a pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November30, 1835, in
a small town in Florida, the USA. He1a few naughty boys who later2in his stories. At the age
of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then on a river boat. Those years on the
boat went into his book 'Life3the Mississipi. (密西西比河)'
4the Civil War (国内战争) he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The
stories he wrote in this period5him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing
and running6publishing house. But he spent all of it on high living and7business.
Mark Twain8as a 'funny man'. But in fact he took a serious view of life. Many sad things
happened in his own life. All his9helped to shape (形成) his stories10showed the dark side of
society. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.

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