文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章主要以曹雪芹的《红楼梦》为例子讲述了古典文学的一个主要特点——它经常反映作者自己的经历,因此可以帮助我们了解他或她所处时代的一些重要话题。
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One 1 of classic literature is that it often reflects an author’s own experiences and can therefore help us understand 2 of his or her time. This is one reason why the best works of literature still 3 readers long after they were written. Cao Xueqin’s A Dream of Red Mansions, one of the most 4 in Chinese literature, is a good example of this. Its storyline follows the fall of a large wealthy family much like the author’s own. No doubt 5 his own experiences, Cao Xueqin gives 6 of what life was like at that time. The novel contains 7 of details such as what the upper class wore and ate. It also describes the social relations in 18th-century China. As a result, readers 8 better understanding the gap between rich and poor, men and women, the learned and the uneducated in the historical context. Cultural and historical elements like these make A Dream of Red Mansions 9 . In summary, we can learn much about 10 in history from classic literature.