译林版牛津高中英语(必修4):Unit3 Tomorrow's world-Project(4)（在线收听）

At first, I thought that the Elio had forced the Morlocks to do all of the work so that the Elio could play.

起初，我觉得是爱洛伊人强迫摩洛克人做所有的工作，这样他们才能玩乐。

However, later I came to see that I had the wrong impression: the Morlocks were the real masters.

事情并非如此，后来我发现我的初见是错误的：摩洛克人才是真正的主人。

They took care of the Eloi because they lived by killing and eating them.

他们照顾爱洛伊人，因为要杀死、吃掉爱洛伊人，以此为生。

The Morclocks even tried to catch and kill me, but luckily I was able to use the Time Machine to escape.

摩洛克人甚至试图抓我、杀掉我，但我幸运地用时间机器逃脱了。

I then travelled 30 million years into the future.

后来我旅行了到了未来三千万年。

I was now on a beach with an ocean in front of me, but where was neither wind nor waves, and there seemed to be little life.

我现在海滩上，眼前一片大海，但是这里没有风，也没有波浪，这里似乎生命迹象也很少。

I went still further into the future, and the sun grew larger, redder and darker, and the Earth became cold and covered in frost.

我继续向更远的未来前进。此时的太阳更大、更红、更加暗淡。地球也变得寒冷，被霜笼罩着。

Everything was still--there was no life or movement at all.

一切都是静止不动的--毫无生命气息。

As the world turned to complete darkness, I pulled the other handle, and found myself back in my house in the present day.

当时周围的景象完全变暗，我拉动了另一只拉杆，发现自己回到了现在的家中。

Only three hours had passed.

时间只过去了三个小时。