001 引子

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" What do you think of Tom Sawyer?" asked a reporter from a St. Louis newspaper

“你觉得汤姆·索亚怎么样？”一位圣路易斯报纸的记者问道。

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" He's a rascal," said the older woman sharply

“他是个捣蛋鬼。”老妇人尖刻地说。

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" Finding that gold was just... was just so unfortunate."

“找到那金子真是……真是太不幸了。”

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" Ma'am, don't you mean ' fortunate?'" asked the reporter confused

“女士，您是不是想说‘幸运’？”记者困惑地问。

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" No, I mean unfortunate," said the woman

“不，我就是要说不幸。”妇人说。

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" It's unfortunate that such a mischievous boy found the gold."

“这么淘气的男孩找到了金子，真是不幸。”

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The reporter had interviewed ten different people about Tom Sawyer, and she had gotten ten different descriptions of the same boy

记者就汤姆·索亚采访了十个不同的人，却得到了对这个男孩的十种不同描述。

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She truly did not understand what was going on

她真的不明白这是怎么回事。

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What the reporter didn't know was that Tom Sawyer was not a single boy at all

记者不知道的是，汤姆·索亚根本不是一个单一的男孩。

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His character was based on a collection of boys — boys who Samuel Clemens had known when he was growing up in Hannibal, Missouri

他的角色基于一群男孩——塞缪尔·克莱门斯在密苏里州汉尼拔长大时认识的男孩们。

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Samuel Clemens is best known as Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

塞缪尔·克莱门斯更以马克·吐温的名字闻名，他是《汤姆·索亚历险记》和《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》的作者。

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If the reporter had asked Mark Twain about Tom Sawyer, she would have learned that Tom is a smart boy, but not " book smart."

如果记者问过马克·吐温，她就会知道汤姆是个聪明的男孩，但不是“书本上的聪明”。

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She would have learned that Tom is a good boy, but not " church good."

她还会知道汤姆是个好男孩，但不是“教堂意义上的好”。

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In other words Tom is a completely ordinary child, except for his adventures

换句话说，除了他的冒险经历，汤姆是个完全普通的孩子。

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Tom's parents are dead, and Tom is an orphan

汤姆的父母去世了，他是个孤儿。

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His mother's sister, Polly, has taken him into her house

他母亲的妹妹波莉收留了他，让他住进自己家。

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Tom's world is the fictional town called Petersburg, Missouri

汤姆的世界是虚构的密苏里州圣彼得堡镇。

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Most of Tom's friends lead fairly normal lives, with the exception, of course, of Huckleberry Finn

汤姆的大部分朋友都过着相当普通的生活，当然，哈克贝利·费恩除外。

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Huck, as he is called, is the son of a drunk

大家都叫他哈克，他是一个酒鬼的儿子。

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Tom, however, sees Huck as a friend who has all the luck — a boy who doesn't have to go to either school or church!

然而，汤姆却把哈克看作一个拥有所有运气的朋友——一个既不用上学也不用去教堂的男孩！

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Tom meets a new girl in town named Becky and wins her affection

汤姆在镇上遇到了一个叫贝琪的新女孩，并赢得了她的好感。

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She wins Tom's heart too, and some of his adventures happen because of her

她也赢得了汤姆的心，他的一些冒险因她而起。

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She brings out a sensitive side of mischievous Tom

她激发出淘气汤姆敏感的一面。

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Mark Twain's novel is a classic story about a boy

马克·吐温的这部小说是一个关于男孩的经典故事。

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Tom's youth, independence, and bright curiosity still charm many readers today

汤姆的青春、独立和明亮的好奇心至今仍吸引着许多读者。