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听力原文：Woman: I have subscription to two newspapers. One is put out in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Do you subscribe to any papers？
Man: No, I don't. I buy my papers at the newsstand. But it's nice to have a newspaper delivered to your door, isn't it？
Woman: Yes, it is. That way I'm sure not to miss any of my favorite sections. Doesn't the size of the daily paper surprise you？
Man: Yes, it certainly does. The newspaper staff—the reporters, writers, editors, and linotype operators—must be busy continuously. They need a large circulation to support such a staff, don't they？
Woman: I'm sure they do. Of course, much of a newspaper's income comes from advertisements.
Man: That's true. I try to read the whole paper, don't you？
Woman: No. I just read the parts that interest me. I glance at the headlines, but I read the sports page and the business arefully. Do you read those？
Man: No, but I do read the editorials and the news section. You saw the article about the earthquake in Japan, didn't you？
Woman: Yes. That was a terrible disaster. So many people were killed! Do you think newspapers should print stories like that？
Man: Certainly they should! Newspapers must print stories about disasters. They're part of the news of the day and people want to know about them. Don't you agree？
Woman: Yes, I suppose disasters are news, too. It seems to me that newspapers would be more pleasant to read if they had a large society nd more comic strips. Don't you like to read articles about celebrations and happy events？
Man: Yes, I enjoy reading them. But since you don't like to read unhappy news, why do you subscribe to two newspapers？ If I were you, I wouldn't read a newspaper at all.
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A Brief Introduction of Mark Twain
Twain, Mark, pseudonym(笔名) of Samuel Langhome Clemens (1835 - 1910 ), American writer and humorist, whose best work is characterized by broad, often irreverent(不敬的) humor or biting social satire. Twain's writing is also known for realism of place and language, memorable characters, and hatred of hypocrisy and oppression.
Early Years
Born in Florida, Missouri, Clemens moved with his family to Hannibal, Missouri, a port on the Mississippi River, when he was four years old. There he received a public school education. After the death of his father in 1847, Clemens was apprenticed to two Hannibal printers, and in 1851 he began setting type for and contributing sketches to his brother Orion's Hannibal Journal. Subsequently he worked as a printer in Keokuk, Iowa; New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; other cities. Later Clemens was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River until the American Civil War (1861 - 1865) brought an end to travel on the river. In 1861 Clemens served briefly as a volunteer soldier in the Confederate cavalry. Later that year he accompanied his brother to the newly created Nevada Territory, where he tried his hand at silver mining. In 1862 he became a reporter on the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada, and in 1863 he began signing his articles with the pseudonym Mark Twain, a Mississippi River phrase meaning "two fathoms deep." After moving to San Francisco, California, in 1864, Twain met American writers Artemus Ward and Bret Harte, who encouraged him in his work. In 1865 Twain reworked a tale he had heard in the California gold fields, and within months the author and the story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," had become national sensations.
Years of Maturity
In 1867 Twain lectured in New York City, and in the same year he visited Europe and Palestine. He wrote of these travels in The Innocents Abroad (1869), a book exaggerating those aspects of European culture that impress American tourists. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon. After living briefly in Buffalo, New York, the couple moved to Hartford, Connecticut. Much of Twain's best work was written in the 1870s and 1880s in Hartford or during the summers at Quarry Farm, near Elmira, New York. Roughing It (1872) recounts his early adventures as a miner and journalist; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) celebrates boyhood in a town on the Mississippi River; A Tramp Abroad (1880) describes a walking trip through the Black Forest of Germany and the Swiss Alps; The Prince and the Pauper (1882), a children's book, focuses on switched identities in Tudor England; Life on the Mississippi (1883) combines an autobiographical account of his experiences as a river pilot with a visit to the Mississippi nearly two decades after he left it; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) satirizes oppression in feudal England.
About His Masterpiece
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the sequel to Tom Sawyer, is considered Twain's masterpiece. The book is the story of the title character, known as Huck, a boy who flees his father by rafting down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave, Jim. The pair's adventures show Huck (and the reader) the cruelty of which men and women are capable. Another theme of the novel is the conflict between Huck's feelings of friendship with Jim, who is one of the few people he can trust, and his knowledge that he is breaking the laws of the time by he]ping Jim escape. Huckleberry Finn, which is almost entirely narrated from Huck's point of view, is noted for its authentic language and for its deep commitment to freedom. Huck's adventures also provide the reader with a panorama of American life along the Mississippi before the civil War. Twain's skill in capturing the rhythms of that life help make the book one of the masterpiec
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