O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William

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O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end , to the reader’s surprise. 任务型阅读。。。快~

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欧·亨利是一位美国短篇小说家的笔名，他的真名叫威廉·西德里·波特，1862年出生于北卡罗来纳州。他的童年生活十分美好，他没有正经的上过几年学，却能自学成材；在他20岁的时候，欧·亨利来到了德克萨斯洲，在那儿干过许多不同的工作，最先是在一家报社工作，然后去了一家银行，然而那家银行丢失了一些钱，人们怀疑欧·亨利就是那个贼，他因此被送进了监狱，在那儿的三年时间里，他学会了短篇小说的写作。出狱之后，他来到纽约并继续他的写作生涯，撰写了大量关于纽约和纽约贫民生活的作品，人们喜欢他的小说，因为他写的故事非常流畅，结尾却时常横生枝节，让读者回味无穷。

Answer 2

欧.亨利是美国一位短篇小说家的笔名,其真名为威廉.西得尼.波特.欧.亨利於1862出生在北卡罗莲那.亨利的孩童时期丰富多彩.虽然上学时间不久,但他努力自学.在欧.亨利20岁时,去了德克萨斯,尝试了许多工作.最早是在报社工作,後来去到银行.那时正值银行失窃,於是有人认为是亨利偷了.亨利因此被送进了监狱.在狱中三年,亨利开始了短篇小说的创作.出狱之後,亨利去了纽约继续写作.其作品大部分都是关於纽约及纽约低层人们的生活.人们很喜欢亨利的故事.因此尽管他的故事简单,但结果总会出人意料.