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1、BookReportAbouttheauthorName:CharlesDickensNationality:EnglandFamousbooks:GreatExpectations,ATaleofTwoCities,HardTimes…Background:LondoninDickens’timeLondoninScrooge’stimewasinthemiddleofgrowingpainsbroughtonbytheIndustrialRevolution.Fa
2、ctoriesbecamecommonplace,andsodidtheideaofworkinginanofficealldaylongforlowwages.Familieswereverylarge,withtenormorechildreninmost!Forthepoor,therewereveryterribletimes.Crowedconditionsmadepollutionterrible.Thestreetssmelledbadfromallthegarbage.Therewasno
3、cleanwatertodrinkorcookwith.Theseconditionshelpeddiseasesspreadquickly,andmanypeopledied.Background:LondoninDickens’timeBecausemostfamilieswerelargeandpoor,itwascommonforchildrentowork16-hourdaysinfactories.Manypeoplehadtoborrowmoneyanditwasverydifficultt
4、opaythemoneyback.Somanypeoplewenttoprisonbecausetheycouldn’tpaytheirdebts.SummaryisastoryaboutScrooge’sChristmas.AsforScrooge,thismeanoldmanwhoonlylovedmoney,Christmaswasjustaridiculousjoke,becausehenevermademoneyonChristmas.Hiswealthan
5、dmiserableadventuresinhisyouthmadehimcoldtoeverything.Heonlycaredaboutmoney,whichmadehimstayawayfromotherpeople.Hewasveryrich,butverypoortohelpthepoor,andtheorphans.Hethoughtafewofthemdyingisagoodthing.Thiscanberidiculoustous.Arichmanlikehimshouldbekindto
6、helpthepeopleinneedandChristmasshouldbeablessedtimeofyearforeverybodytocelebrate,however,Scroogeregardedthemashumbug.SummaryItwasnotuntilthreeghosts'visitwhichpointedoutthemistakesScroogehadmadeontreatingotherstorevealhischildhood,presentandfuturethathere
7、alizedhowimportanttobegoodtoothersandwhatChristmasmeant.TheghostofChristmaspastshowedhimhispastChristmases---thewholeprocessofhowhehadgrowntoameanoldmanfromanativechild.TheghostofChristmaspresentshowedhimwiththehappyChristmaseshisclerkandhisnephewhad.Theg
8、hostofChristmasfuturetookhimdirectlytohisfuturegravetoseetheresultofhismeanandgreedylife.SummaryWiththehelpofthethreeghosts,Scroogebecamekindandgenerous.Hesaid:‘MerryChristmas’insteadof‘Bahhumbug’.Hejoinedhisnephews