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。

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。

"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。

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。