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1、Unit7AChristmasCarol介绍作者CharlesDickensABriefLifeStoryofCharlesDickensCharlesDickens(1870)isconsideredtobeoneofthegreatestEnglishnovelistsoftheVictorianperiod.Dickens'sworksarecharacterizedbyattacksonsocialevils,injustice,andhypocrisy(虚荣).CharlesDickenswasborninLandport,Hampshireo
2、nFebruary7,1812.Hisfatherwasaclerkinthenavypayoffice,whowaswellpaidbutoftenendedupinfinancialtroubles.In1814DickensmovedtoLondon,andthentoChatham,wherehereceivedsomeeducation.John,Dickens,continuallylivingbeyondhismeans,wasfinallyimprisonedfordebtattheMarshalseadebtor’sprisoninSo
3、uthwarkin1824.12-year–oldCharleswasremovedfromschoolandsenttoworkataboot-blackingfactoryearningsixshillingsaweektohelpsupportthefamily.CharlesconsideredthisperiodasthemostterribletimeinhislifeThischildhoodpovertyandadversitycontributedgreatlytoDickens’laterviewsonsocialreforminac
4、ountryandhiscompassionforthelowerclass,especiallythechildren.Dickens'scareerasawriteroffictionstartedin1833whenhisshortstoriesandessaysappearedinperiodicals.HisSketchesByBozandThePickwickPaperswerepublishedin1836.InthesameyearhemarriedthedaughterofhisfriendGeorgeHogarth,Catherine
5、Hogarth.ThePickwickPaperswerestoriesaboutagroupofratheroddindividualsandtheirtravelstoIpswich,Rochester,Bathandelsewhere.Dickens'snovelsfirstappearedinmonthlyinstallments,includingOliverTwist(1837-39),whichdepictstheLondonunderworldandhardyearsofthefoundlingOliverTwist.Amonghisla
6、terworksareDavidCopperfield(1849-50),whereDickensusedhisownpersonalexperiencesofworkinafactory,BleakHouse(1852-53),ATaleOfTwoCities(1859),setintheyearsoftheFrenchRevolutionandGreatExpectations(1860-61)HediedonJune9,1870.TheinscriptiononhistombstoneinPoet’sCorner.,WestminsterAbbey
7、reads:“Hewasasympathizertothepoor,thesuffering,andtheoppressed;andbyhisdeath,oneofEngland’sgreatestwritersislosttotheworld.”语言要点1.Therearemanythingsthatdomegoodwithoutbringinginprofits.bringin——produceasprofitorincomeforsb.,tointroduceanewlaworsystem,pickorgathercropsFarmersinthe
8、southhavealsobroughtingoodcrops.Hedoesod