【英语时差8,16】Charles Dickens 查尔斯.狄更斯

Charles Dickens. One of the best and most read English authors. I haven’t read any Charles Dickens books, so I don’t know. I always kind of perceived them as being quite long and boring and too much detail. Long, boring and too much detail? Shame on him! Dickens is a fantastic writer.And there he is wrong. "The characterisations are one of the strongest aspects of his writing. And throughout his life he absorbed all the characterisations of the people that he met, and the different personalities¹ that he met, and lots of those were fed back into the novels. And I think that they really appeal still today to people. " She thinks that the characterisations, or the different people in the novels, are what make Dickens’ novels so special. So his books are far from boring! Can you think of any Dickens’ novels that you’ve particularly enjoyed? And I would say Oliver Twist is one of my favourites. And it’s a perfect example of a book that has characters that Charles Dickens actually met during his lifetime. "Oliver Twist has had a very long-lasting effect because of the issues, such big issues as child poverty and child labour. But I just think that it’s very relevant today and I think it really hasn’t dated as a novel. It’s just one of the most poignant² novels." Sophie talks about the social commentary³ in Oliver Twist and she feels that it’s a novel that is still important and relevant today.

1 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

2 poignant   

adj.令人痛苦的，辛酸的，惨痛的

参考例句：

• His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.他的歌词一如既往的犀利辛辣。
• It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.他在婚礼前一天去世了，这尤其令人悲恸。

3 commentary   

n.评论，评注；实况广播报导，现场口头评述

参考例句：

• He is giving the commentary on the basketball game.他正在对篮球赛作评论。
• His running commentary on the football match was excellent.他对这次足球赛所作的实况报道十分精彩。