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Stephen Leacock's humorous writings earned him international fame. He was born in England and arrived in Ontario as a boy of six in 1876.

斯蒂芬.利科克笔下的诙谐和诙谐使他享有世界名誉。他出世在英国，于1876年来到安大概省，其时他只是个6岁的男孩子。

His father, Peter Leacock, was an unsuccessful farmer, and a mean, ungrateful man, Stephen Leacock's youth was spent working every hard on the struggling family farm.

斯蒂芬的父亲彼得.利科克是个不成器的农民，是个鄙俗而且无情无义的人。斯蒂芬的青年年代是在处于挣扎中的家庭农场的艰苦劳作中度过的。

As his farming problems grew, his father, Peter Leacock, sank deeper into debt and alcoholism. When Stephen was seventheen, the father got on a train and left his wife and eleven children forever.

跟着农场情况的不断恶化，他的父亲，彼得.利科克愈加沉溺在负债和酗酒之中。斯蒂芬17岁的时分，他父亲跨上一列火车，永久脱离了他的老婆和11个孩子。

Unable to go directly into university,Stephen Leacock took a job as a school teacher to help support the deserted family.For the next few years he studied at the University of Toronto at night.

因为没有可以直接进入大学学习，斯蒂芬承受了一份教师的作业来协助坚持这个被遗弃的家庭。在这之后的几年中，他使用晚上到多伦多大学读书。

In 1891 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, The next few years were spent as a school master.

1891年斯蒂芬结业了，并获得了文学学士的学位，后来，他在一所学校当教师。

To augment his meagre teaching salary, he began writing humorous stories for magazines.

为了弥补他教育赚来的微缺乏道的薪水，斯蒂芬初步为一些杂志撰写诙谐故事。

Leacock managed to save the income from his writings in a bank account, Before long he met a young woman called Beatrix Hamilton, and they were married in 1900.

利科克尽量把写作得来的收入存在银行里，不久，他结识了一位叫比阿特丽克斯.汉密尔顿的年青女子，1900年他们成婚。

Leacock continued with his studies and become a special lecturer in history and political science at McGill University.

利科克持续读书，并变成麦吉尔大学前史和政治学的特邀教师。

In 1904 he graduated with a Ph, D. degree. The next four years were spent writing his first book, a text entitled Elements of Political Science that eventually was translated into eighteen languages.

1904年，他结束了学业，并获得了博士学位，之后的四年中，他撰写了他的第一本书，一本名为《政治学要素》的教科书，这本书后来被翻译成18种言语。

He also published a collection of the humorous magazine pieces he had written. He called it Literary Lapse.

另外，利科克还出书了一本诙谐集锦，里边荟编了他早年为各家杂志撰写的诙谐小品文。他把这本书称为《文字之误》

Since the original publisher of Elements of Political Science was unwilling to bring it out. Leacock had it published at his own expense.

因为《政治学要素》一书的出书商不愿意出《文字之误》，利科克只好用自个的钱付出其出书费用。

A British edition became a best seller, He continued to write and teach at McGill University.

这本书的英文版变成最热销书。他在麦吉尔大学持续他的教授及著书作业。

Stephen Leacock's most famous book was Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town based on his early days near Orillia, Ontario.

斯蒂芬.利科克最闻名的书是《小镇上的阳光》，此书是根据他在安大概省奥瑞利亚邻近区域的早年日子而写的。

He was obliged to retire from the University in 1934, nine years after the death of his wife, Leacock, who found his greatest satisfaction in teaching and being among young people, died in 1944 at the age of 75.

在他的夫人去世9年之后的1934年，麦吉尔大学需求他退休。这位在教育作业中，在年青人中找到极大的满足的人，于1944年脱离了人世，年仅75岁