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In Calaveras, California, there lived a man whose name was Jim Smiley.
在加利福尼亚的卡拉·维拉斯县,有个人名叫吉姆?斯迈里。
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He got his first taste of national fame when his Jumping Frog story (The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County) appeared in 1865.
1865年,他的《跳蛙》故事(《卡县名蛙》)问世,这使他第一次尝到了名扬全国的滋味。
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is one of Twain's best-loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels.
《卡拉韦·拉斯县驰名的跳蛙》是吐温最为喜爱的短篇故事之一,而《汤姆·索亚历险记》则是他的小说代表作之一。
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One day, Jim showed a frog to a stranger who had just arrived in Calaveras, and bet the stranger forty dollars that the frog can jump farther and faster than any other in Calaveras County.
有一天,吉姆见到一个来到卡拉·维拉斯县的陌生人,就把自己的一只青蛙给他看,说这是卡拉·维拉斯全县跳得最快最远的青蛙,不信就打个赌,赌40块钱。