twain

Twain was an extremely popular personality during his day; he made friends with presidents and even European royalty.

吐温在他的年代是个炙手可热的人物。他和总统交朋友，甚至结交欧洲贵族。

Indeed, as Twain is often quoted as saying: history does not repeat itself, but it does often rhyme.

事实上，拿被经常引述的马克吐温的话说：历史不会重演，但总是惊人的相似。

Betty: I don't know. Mark Twain was an important writer , but he isn't known as a great thinker like Confucius.

贝蒂：我不知道，马克·吐温是一位重要的作家，但他不像孔子那样作为一个伟大的思想家而闻名。

And yet, to paraphrase American writer and humorist Mark Twain, reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.

但是，套用美国作家和幽默大师马克·吐温的话说，关于其死亡的报告被严重夸大。

Mark Twain is one of the American writers who had been introduced to China very early, and his works are quite familiar to Chinese readers.

马克•吐温是很早就被介绍到中国的著名美国作家之一，其作品广为我国读者熟悉。

German has three genders, seemingly so random that Mark Twain wondered why "a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has" .

德语有三种词性，而且似乎毫无规律可言。马克·吐温就曾提出疑问：“为什么妙龄女郎没有性别，而萝卜却有。”

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. - Mark Twain.

习惯习惯，谁也将其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引它下楼。---马克·吐温。

Twain softened the point with humor, but he made the point nonetheless.

马克·吐温采取幽默的笔法缓和了语气，但仍然论述了自己的观点。

In spite of his grief, Twain continued to amuse the American public with a seemingly inexhaustible store of wit and humor.

尽管他非常悲痛，马克·吐温仍以他那似乎永不枯竭的机智和幽默，使美国公众笑逐颜开。

Mark Twain to say that: "President Lincoln with a cloth napkin, facial expression happy to think: Why not put it cleaned it? "

马克吐温的说法是：「林肯总统拿著一张餐巾布，表情不悦地想著：为什麽不把它洗乾净呢？」

The twain cantered along for some time without speech, Tess as she clung to him still panting in her triumph, yet in other respects dubious.

他们两个骑着马慢慢向前跑了一阵，谁也没有说话，苔丝一直搂着他，由于战胜了对手，心里还在怦怦直跳，不过在其它方面，她心里却有些疑虑。

Twain, too, is something of the cynical pedagogue, though one of his San Francisco nicknames was the Wild Humorist of the Plains.

马克·吐温也有一点象愤世嫉俗的学究，虽然他在旧金山有一个绰号叫“平原上的野幽默家”。

Regarding the rates applicable to high earners and large estates, most Americans seem to be channeling Mark Twain.

考虑到这些税率适用于高收入人群和大地产商，多数美国人想起了马克.吐温。

My great sword seems to have been rent in twain, and being as my venture to reconstruct it has been temporarily quelled.

我的巨剑看起来变成两半了，而在我为修复它而冒险的过程中也暂时没法使用。

"Very well, since you insist on it, " said the General. He gave Mark Twain the money, led the dog away and disappeared upstairs.

“好吧，既然你坚持的话。”将军说。并把钱给了马克吐温，牵着那条狗消失在楼道上。

The death of his wife and his second daughter darkened Twain's later years, which is seen in his autobiography published after his death.

妻子和二女儿的死使晚年吐温的晚年生活黯然神伤，在他去世以后出版的自传中可以看到这一点。

In about ten minutes a middle-aged gentleman came along and began to look around. Mark Twain asked if he was looking for a dog.

大约十分钟之后，一个中年绅士走过来，东张西望。马克吐温问他是否在寻找一条狗。

Tragically, her mother and father died in a car crash when Twain was 21, forcing her to put aside music to support her younger siblings.

唐恩21岁的时候，父母不幸在一场车祸中丧生。这迫使她不得不把音乐放到一边，承担起抚养年幼弟妹的责任。

But Twain was acutely aware of his own ignorance, and his humor opened the door to self-exploration.

不过马克·吐温也敏锐地意识到自己的无知。他的幽默则为他开启了自省之门。

Sure enough, this was all Twain needed to hear, and he immediately volunteered to be a test subject.

无疑这就是一切吐温需要知道的，他听后立即表示愿意成为这项发明的实验对象。