(一) 马克·吐温在密苏里州办报时,收到一位订户的·来信,信中说他在报社送来的报纸里发现一只蜘蛛,不知道这是吉兆还是凶兆。马克·吐温不认为这是什么预兆,又不能替送报人向订户道歉,便写了这样一封回信:“你在报纸里发现一只蜘蛛,这既不是吉兆也不是 (A) Mark Twain received a letter from a subscriber during the newspaper in Missouri, stating that he found a spider in a newspaper sent by the newspaper and did not know whether this was a good omen or a scapegoat. Mark Twain, who did not think this was a sign, could not apologize to the subscribers for his message, wrote a reply: "You found a spider in the newspaper, neither a sign nor a