O.Henry,a famous American writer of short stories,was born in North Carolina in 1862.O.Henry was a pen name.His real name was William Sydney Porter.When he was a youny boy,he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family,but he triedto teach himself everything he needed to know.When he was about 20years old,O.Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs.He first worked on a newspaper,and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank.O.Henry was believed to have stolen in,so he was sent to prison.During the three years in prison,he went to New York and went on writing.He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there.People liked his stories,because almost all of them finished with a sudden change.This made the readers surprised.
參考答案:美国著名短篇小说作家欧亨利于1862年生于加利福尼亚州北部。欧亨利是笔名，他的真名是威廉 悉尼 波特。他小的时候因为家庭贫穷没有上学不长，但他一直自学那些他想知道的知识。
20岁左右的时候，欧亨利去了德克萨斯州。在那里他从事过多种多样的工作。一开始他在一家报社工作，然后又去银行。在银行里他遇到了一些麻烦。（有一次，）一些钱款失踪了，别人都认为是欧亨利偷走的，因此他被关进了监狱。他在纽约度过了三年的狱中生活，期间，他坚持不断地写作。
他主要书写纽约贫苦人民的生活。人们都喜欢他的小说，因为他的小说中几乎都以出人意料的结尾收笔。这让他的读者感到很惊奇
