北师大初中英语九年级（全一册）--Unit 2-7

[00:00.79]Unit 2 Life in the Future
[00:03.82]Lesson 7
[00:08.71]Exercise 1.2
[00:11.67]Jules Verne (1828-1905)
[00:16.82]Science fiction is a popular type of writing,
[00:20.28]and many people think of Jules Verne
[00:22.84]as the father of science fiction.
[00:26.04]He was born in France in 1828.
[00:29.59]His father wanted him to become a lawyer
[00:32.68]but from his early twenties
[00:35.01]Verne decided¹ to become a writer.
[00:37.94]At first he wrote plays for the theater.
[00:41.11]Then,in 1863,
[00:43.68]he wrote a story called Five Weeks in a Balloon
[00:48.36]The success of this book encouraged him
[00:50.79]to write more stories such as
[00:53.31]A Journey to the Center of the Earth(1864)
[00:57.38]and from the Earth to the Moon(1865).
[01:02.15]In the 19th century,
[01:03.99]many people were interested in
[01:05.95]science and inventions.
[01:07.93]Jules Verne wrote about scientific subjects
[01:10.72]in his stories and ,as a result,
[01:13.19]they were very popular.
[01:15.46]Verne's writing included many predictions²
[01:18.02]for the 20th century
[01:19.80]and many of them came true.
[01:22.48]He described space flight,movies,
[01:25.26]and air conditioning,
[01:26.68]a long time before they appeared.
[01:29.29]These books were very successful
[01:31.57]and they made Verne rich.
[01:33.85]Jules Verne's books have been the subjects
[01:36.33]for many movies.
[01:38.02]20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
[01:40.50]was a successful movie for Walt Disney.
[01:43.67]It was the first Disney movie
[01:45.45]to use real actors instead of cartoon drawings.
[01:49.50]Around the World in Eighty Days
[01:52.04]is another famous movie based on
[01:54.18]one of Verne's books .
[01:55.92]The main character is an Englishman³
[01:57.75]called Phileas Fogg.
[01:59.94]For him,the most important thing is
[02:02.46]to be always on time!
[02:09.24]Exercise 2.1
[02:12.69]Jules Verne's novel
[02:14.24]A Journey to the Center of the Earth
[02:15.87]is an exciting story.
[02:17.77]The main characters are a strange scientist
[02:20.19]called Professor Hardwigg.
[02:22.25]Henry(Hardwigg's nephew)and a guide named Hans.
[02:26.60]The basic plot⁴ of the novel is as follows:
[02:29.54]Hardwigg finds dirctions to the center
[02:31.62]of the Earth in an old book.
[02:33.44]He decides to try to follow the directions.
[02:36.59]Hardwigg,Henry and Hans
[02:38.19]enter an inactive volcano⁵ in Iceland.
[02:41.31]It leads to the center of the Earth .
[02:43.64]After weeks of traveling,
[02:45.41]they finally come to a huge sea
[02:46.96]in the middle of the earth.
[02:48.78]Verne described this setting⁶
[02:50.42]as a large field lying before them.
[02:53.14]At the end,Hardwigg,Henry and Hans
[02:55.39]escape by traveling in a stream of lava⁷
[02:58.29]from a volcano .
[02:59.97]When they come out,
[03:01.35]they find themselves thousands of miles away
[03:03.83]from where they first started their journey.
[03:04.61]

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 predictions   

n.预言，预言的事物( prediction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Experiments have corroborated her predictions. 实验证实了她的预言。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is what makes Leon Bagrit's predictions particularly remarkable. 这就是莱昂。巴格瑞特的预测非凡的地方。 来自新概念英语第三册

3 Englishman   

n.(pl.Englishmen)英国人；英国男人

参考例句：

• I was astonished that he was not an Englishman.我很惊讶,他竟不是英国人。
• She stared thoughtfully at the Englishman across the table.她若有所思地盯着桌子对面的那个英国人。

4 plot   

v.绘制；n.小块土地，地区图，图，阴谋，情节；vt.划分，绘图，密谋；vi.密谋，策划

参考例句：

• The plot of the film is simply dreamed up.这个电影的情节完全是虚构的。
• It was two young reporters who uncovered the whole plot.是两位年轻记者揭露了整个阴谋。

5 volcano   

n.火山

参考例句：

• The volcano unexpectedly blew up early in the morning.火山一早突然爆发了。
• It is most risky to go and examine an active volcano.去探察活火山是非常危险的。

6 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

7 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。