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8、 Subscribers of TOKNOW would get .A. free birthday presentsB. full refund within 28 daysC. membership of the TOKNOW clubD. chances to meet the experts in personBDisease, poverty, hate, loveCharles Dickens stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his age. Two hundred years late
9、r, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens legacy (遗产) was far greater than just “great literature”.February 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writers birthday. To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world. Lets take a lo
10、ok at two of them.A white ChristmasDickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas” not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive (喜庆的) season todayIn the early 19th century, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh
11、 Hunt. The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Dayunthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone, but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off.Many people believe that Dickens popular descriptions of the festive period became
12、a blueprint for generations to come. In his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth“home enjoyments, affections and hopes”.In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote, “Dickens can be said to have almo
13、st single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas.”“Dickensian” povertyDickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian (the period during British Queen Victorias reign from 1837 to 1901) London.He helped popularize the term “red tape” to describe
14、 situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy (官僚作风) in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society.“Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty. In 2009, when the president of the Association of Teache
15、rs and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible” or “horrific”, but rather described it as “life mirroring the times of Dickens”.25. The article is mainly about _.A. Charles Dickens impact on the world.B. An introduction to Charles Dickens classic novelsC. Charles Dickens amazing charactersD. Why Charles Dickens is popular across the world26. Why is Dickens called “the man who invented Christmas”?A. Because he created the religious festival.B. Because one
