Charles Dickens: England's greatest writer
查尔斯·狄更斯:英格兰的伟大作家
The novelist Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812.
小说家查尔斯·狄更斯于1812年生于英格兰的朴次茅斯。
Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Great Expectations are probably his best-known works.
《雾都孤儿》《大卫·科波菲尔》和《远大前程》应算是他最著名的作品了。
He first published many novels one chapter at a time in newspapers, and some were later performed on stage.
他先开始是在报纸上发表了许多小说,每次一章,有一部分后来被改编成了戏剧。
For people at that time, his stories were like the soap operas we see on TV today.
对那时的人们来讲,他的故事就好象我们今天在电视上看的肥皂剧一样。
He died in 1870. His tomb reads, "By his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world."
他于1870年去世。他的墓碑上写着:他的逝去,使世界上少了一位英国最伟大的作家。