What is classic literature?Classics are the antiques（古董）of the_61_(literature) world.They are novels,plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were_62_well written that people still read them nowadays.They are examples of great writing and_63_(wise),and even those written_64_(century) ago can still be found in bookshops and libraries today.
Because a lot of classics were written so long ago,their language characteristics are quite different from_65_of modern works.This makes them difficult for some people to read,so as is often the case,they_66_(leave) to gather dust on shelves.Many people do not read them,because they think classics_67_(be) old and boring and have nothing to do with life today.
However,if this is true,why do we still find these classics in bookshops and libraries? They have not disappeared and still have a place in the world.Why else would many films_68_(adapt) from them be successful?In 1995,an award-winning film based_69_Jane Austen's novel Emma came out.Three years later,in 1998,a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations appeared in cinemas.Nobody would bother to make these classic novels into films if they_70_(have) nothing to do with contemporary life.