卡城名蛙

　　"The Celebrated jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and "Curing a Cold" depict one of American history's most exciting periods: the California Gold Rush of the 1850s. Come to Angel's Mining Camp in California and meet Smiley whose frog is a living gold mine until one day...And read about Mark Twain's amazing remedies for curing a cold.

　　《卡城名蛙》是馬克．吐溫的成名作。他以輕鬆幽默的筆觸，反映了淘金時代加州的社會面貌－有人嗜賭如命，賭馬、賽狗、賽貓、鬥雞、賽蛙等，自認為賭無不勝，最後被騙個淨光；也有人嘗試用千奇百怪的方法治療感冒，洗冷水浴、大吃一頓、喝暖鹽水、甚至喝烈酒，真是無奇不有。本書配有美式英語錄音CD、彩色插圖、英語練習、專門章節介紹作者和其他相關資料，特別適合中級英語程度讀者作為閱讀文學入門之用。