必修3 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note-【优化探究】2024高考英语一轮复习高考总复习配套课件（人教版 老教材 老高考）

一轮· 英语 1 必备知识 自主梳理 核心考点 互动探究 跟踪检测 巩固提升 课时作业 即时演练 精读真题提素养/主题下的高考拓展运用 (2018·浙江卷) In 1812，the year Charles Dickens was born，there were 66 novels published in Britain.People had been writing novels for a century—most experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1719—but nobody wanted to do it professionally.The steam­powered printing press was still in its early stages；the literacy (识字) rate in England was under 50%.Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors，often with something like “By a lady.” Novels，for the most part，were looked upon as silly，immoral or just plain bad. 一轮· 英语 1 必备知识 自主梳理 核心考点 互动探究 跟踪检测 巩固提升 课时作业 即时演练 In 1870，when Dickens died，the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher，famous and beloved，who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters—from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim—were held up as moral touchstones.Today Dickens' greatness is unchallenged.Removing him from the pantheon (名人堂) of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa. 一轮· 英语 1 必备知识 自主梳理 核心考点 互动探究 跟踪检测 巩固提升 课时作业 即时演练 How did Dickens get to the top？For all the feelings readers attach to stories，literature is a numbers game，and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass.Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age，from 1837 to 1901；today a casual reader might be able to name a half­dozen of them.It's partly true that Dickens' style of writing attracted audiences from all walks of life.It's partly that his writings rode a wave of social，political and scientific progress.But it's 一轮· 英语 1 必备知识 自主梳理 核心考点 互动探究 跟踪检测 巩固提升 课时作业 即时演练 also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself at the center.No one will ever know what mix of talent，ambition，energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer.But as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches，it is possible—and important for our own culture—to under