《汤姆·索亚历险记》（The Adventures of Tom Sawyer）是美国小说家马克·吐温1876年发表的长篇小说。

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

PREFACE

词汇预习：

composite [ˈkɒmpəzɪt] adj. 复合的，合成的；（火车车厢）综合的；
prevalent [ˈprevələnt] adj. 流行的；普遍的，广传的
superstitions [,sʊpɚ'stɪʃən] n. 迷信（superstition的复数）
Finn [fɪn] n. 芬兰人；爱尔兰巨人
Sawyer ['sɔːjə] n. 锯木匠；漂流水中的树木；n. (Sawyer)人名；

MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom _{锯木匠；显赫天牛} also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the _{复合的，合成的} order of architecture.

The odd _{迷信（superstition的复数)} touched upon were all _流行的 among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story—that is to say, thirty or forty years ago.

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词汇预习：

shunned v. 避免；躲开（shun的过去分词）
pleasantly [ˈplezntli] adv. 愉快地；和蔼地，亲切地；友好地

Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be _避免 by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in.

THE AUTHOR.

HARTFORD, 1876.