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Lesson 3
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Literature
Unit 8
Have you ever read any science fictions?
Who are the writers? What are the stories about?
The Three Body Problem (2006)
《三体》
(by Liu Cixin)
Starship
Troopers (1959)
《星船伞兵》
(by Robert Anson Heinlein)
Nineteen
Eighty-Four
(1949)
《一九八四》(by George Orwell)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870)
《海底两万里》(by Jules Verne)
Now let's read an extract from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and learn what the story is about.
· Stories that take place in a future setting and usually
include advanced scientific elements that the writer
thinks will be possible.
· A kind of story, like a romance story or a comedy story.
Jules Verne (1828-1905)
a French novelist, was called
the “Father of Science Fiction”.
He wrote a widely popular series of science fictions, including Journey to the Centre of the Earth 《地心游记》(1864),
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 《海底两万里》(1870),
and Around the World in Eighty Days《八十天环游地球》(1873).
《海底两万里》写于1870年,是凡尔纳著名的三部曲中的第二部。这部作品叙述法国博物学家阿龙纳斯教授在海洋深处旅行的故事。故事发生在1866年,当时海上发现了一只被断定为独角鲸的大怪物。教授接受邀请搭乘林肯号战舰参加追捕,在追捕过程中不幸落水,泅到怪物的脊背上。其实这怪物是一艘当时尚不为人所知的构造奇妙的潜水艇。潜艇是船长尼莫在大洋中的一座荒岛上秘密建造的,船身坚固,利用海洋发电。尼莫船长邀请阿龙纳斯作海底旅行。他们从太平洋出发,经过珊瑚岛、印度洋、红海、地中海,进入大西洋,看到许多罕见的海洋动植物和水中的奇异景象,又经历了搁浅、土著人围攻、同鲨鱼搏斗、冰山封路、章鱼袭击等许多险情。最后,当潜艇到达挪威海岸时,阿龙纳斯不辞而别,把他所知道的海底秘密公布于世。
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Read an extract from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and find the answers of the following questions:
①What happened to “I”, the professor in the story?
②List the names of the main characters and indicate their relationships.
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The professor _________________________. He ___________________. but then after some time,
he sank into the ocean _________________.The
door to the creature _________________________.
fell from the boat into the ocean
was saved by Conseil
and hit a creature.
opened, and he was taken inside
Read And Explore
①What happened to “I”, the professor in the story.
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