Huckleberry Finn has a hard life with hisfather until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changes everything. But when Huck’sdad returns and kidnaps him, he decides to escape down
the Mississippi riverwith runaway slave, Jim. Life on the run is not easy and Huck and Jim get intolots of trouble. Will Tom arrive in time to help Huck save Jim from slavery?
And what will happen Huck when his fatherfinds him?
哈克跟父親一起過著艱苦的生活,直到他與好友湯姆經歷一場冒險,改變了他的生命。但哈克的父親回來要帶走他,於是他決定跟一名逃亡黑奴吉姆,沿著密西西比河逃亡。逃亡的過程遇到很多艱險,湯姆是否會來幫助哈克解放黑奴?哈克的父親找到他以後又會發生什麼事?
適合程度:CEF A2, Cambridge KET, Headwords: 1000, 全民英檢初-中級
Mark Twain(馬克吐溫) is one of the most famous and best-loved American authors. He was born Samuel Clemens in Florida, Missouri in 1835. He moved with his family to Hannibal, an important river port on the Mississippi river when he was four.
He lived an adventurous life working as a printer,river-boat pilot, gold prospector, journalist and lecturer. He left home whenhe was 18 and travelled throughout the USAand Europe. He put his colourful experiencesto good use in his stories, writing over 30 stories under the name Mark Twain.
His most famous novels are Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huckleberry Finn is considered to be the‘first great American novel’. Twain is famous for his hum our and wit. He was the first great writer to use popular speech and language in his novels. He died in New York in 1910.
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