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Last week, Christine realised she was bored of watching television every evening and feeling tired all the time so she asked her friend Emma what (1) COULD SHE DO / SHE COULD DO to keep fit. Emma is a fitness instructor and a dietican. Emma advisrd Christine (2) DO / TO DO something more active in her spare time such as going to a gym. Christine said that she didn't like going to the gym and she wondered (3) IF THERE WAS / IF THERE IS something more interesting that she could do. Emma suggested a dance class or an aerobics class. Christine agreed that (4) THIS IS / THAT WAS a great idea and decided to join a salsa class. Emma told her (5) NOT TO OVERDO / NOT OVERDOING it in the beginning as this could lead to injuries. Emma also said that Christine (6) SHOULD TRY / SHOULD HAVE TRIED doing something like yoga, which is good for relaxation. Christine also wanted to know how (7) COULD SHE / SHE COULD improve her diet. Emma told her that she (8) HAD / HAS HAD to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. However, Christine complained that she (9) DISLIKED / HAD DISLAKED eating vegetables and asked (10) IF EMMA TO KNEW / IF EMMA TO KNOW any interesting ways of cooking vegetables to make them tastier. Emma suggested a recipe book that she often used. Christine thanked her friend for all her good advice and asked her whether (11) WOULD SHE LIKE / SHE WOULD LIKE to come round to her house for a nice healthy meal. Emma agreed and said she (12) WOULD BRING / HAD BRING the recipe book with her.
He went to school being at the age of nine. When his father was committed to prison for debt in 1824, Dickens interrupted the school. The boy started working in a factory. Then from 1824 to 1826 Dickens attended the school again. However, at most, he was self-educated.
In 1827 Charles Dickens started to work as a legal clerk. Dickens published the first series of descriptive sketches in December 1833, using the pseudonym Boz. These series describe the daily life in London.
The success of the first novel The Pickwick Papers brought popularity to Dickens. And then he maintained subsequently his fame with a great string of novels.