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Diseasepovertyhatelove—CharlesDickens’storiesopenedhisreaderseyestothemostimportantthemesofhisage.TwohundredyearsonhisstoriesstillspeakvolumesacrosstheworldprovingthatDickens’legacy(遗产)wasfargreaterthanjust“greatliterature”

February7marksthe200thanniversaryofthewriter’sbirthday.TomarkthisdateBBCwriterAlexHudsonlistedsixthingsDickensgavethemodernworld.Let’stakealookattwoofthem.

AwhiteChristmas

Dickensisdescribedas“themanwhoinventedChristmas”—notthereligiousfestivalbuttheculturalaspectsthatweassociatewiththefestiveseasontoday.Intheearly19thcenturyChristmaswasbarelyworthmentioningaccordingtocriticandwriterLeighHunt.ThecommitteewhichrantheConservativePartyevenheldordinarybusinessmeetingsonChristmasDay–unthinkableintheWestnowadayswheneveryonebutthemostnecessaryworkerstakesatleastthreedaysoff.

ManypeoplebelievethatDickens’populardescriptionsofthefestiveperiodbecameablueprintforgenerationstocome.InhisclassicnovelAChristmasCarolhenotonlyputforwardtheideaofsnowatChristmasbutalsopaintedapictureofglowingwarmth–“homeenjoymentsaffectionsandhopes”.

InhisbiographyofDickensPeterAckroydwrote:“Dickenscanbesaidtohavealmostsingle-handedlycreatedthemodernideaofChristmas.”

“Dickensian”poverty

DickenswasoneofthefirsttotakeanhonestlookattheunderclassandthepoorofVictorian(theperiodduringBritishQueenVictoria’sreignfrom1837to1901)London.

Hehelpedpopularizetheterm“redtape”todescribesituationswherepeopleinpoweruseneedlessamountsofbureaucracy(官僚作风)inawaythatparticularlyhurtstheweakerandpoorermembersofsociety.

“Dickensian”hasnowbecomeapowerfulwordfordescribinganunacceptablelevelofpoverty.In2009whenthepresidentoftheAssociationofTeachersandLecturersintheUKwantedtotalkaboutdeprivationinsomeareasofBritainshedidnotusewordslike“terrible”or“horrific”butratherdescribeditas“lifemirroringthetimesofDickens”.

【小题1】Whatisthemainideaofthearticle?

A.AnintroductiontoCharlesDickens’classicnovels.

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