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The Time Machine - by H. G. Wells Here is my Time Machine. This is where you sit, and with these two white handles, you can travel into the future or the past. I finished the machine just last week, and decided to use it to see the future. As I pulled one handle, the world around me became foggy. Days and nights zipped by and everything changed before my eyes. Buildings and cities appeared and disappeared in a flash. Finally, I heard a loud thunder, and everything stopped. There was a city in front of me that appeared very old and worn. I was now in the year AD 802,701, and mankind had evolved into two races, the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi were small and like children. They lived above the ground and spent all of their time at play. Unlike the Eloi, the Morlocks looked like white beasts. They lived underground, where they kept machines running so that the Eloi would be happy and well fed. At first, I thought that the Eloi had forced the Morlocks to do all of the work so that the Eloi could play. However, later I came to see that I had the wrong impression: the Morlocks were the real masters. They took care of the Eloi because they lived by killing and eating them. The Morlocks even tried to catch and kill me, but luckily I was able to use the Time Machine to escape. I then travelled 30 million years into the future. I was now on a beach with an ocean in front of me, but there was neither wind nor waves, and there seemed to be little life. I went still further into the future, and the sun grew larger, redder and darker, and the Earth became cold and covered in frost. Everything was still一there was no life or movement at all. As the world turned to complete darkness, I pulled the other handle, and found myself back in my house in the present day. Only three hours had passed. （二）《时间机器》 - H. G. 威尔斯 这是我的时间机器。只要你坐在这里。握着这两个白色手柄，就可以到未来或者过去旅行。 我上个星期才完成这台机器，我决定去看看未来。当我拉动一个手柄时，周围的世界开始变得模糊。白天，黑夜飞速交替，一切都在眼前变换。建筑物和城市如闪电般出现又消失。最后，我听到一声巨雷，一切都停止下来。我面前是一座城市，看起来很老很破旧。 我现在是在公元802701年，人类进化成为两个种类，艾洛伊人和莫洛克人。艾洛伊人很小，像孩子一样。他们居住在地面之上，所有的时间都在娱乐。相反，莫洛克人看起来像白色的野兽。他们住在地下，让机器保持运转，这样艾洛克人就会很开心，被喂养的很好。 起初，我以为艾洛克人强迫莫洛克人做所有的工作，这样艾洛伊族就可以玩乐。但是，后来我发现我的印象是错误的: 莫洛克人数真正的主人。他们之所以照顾艾洛伊人，是因为他们靠屠杀和食用艾洛伊人为生。莫洛克人甚至试图抓住并杀掉我，但幸运的是，我可以用时间机器逃跑。 然后，我继续向未来旅行了三千万年。我现在站在海滩上，面前是一片汪洋大海，但是既没有风，也没有浪，似乎几乎没有生命的迹象。我继续向未来穿越，太阳变得越来越大、越来越红、越来越暗，大地变冷，被冰雪覆盖。一切都是静止的——没有任何生命，也没有任何运动。 当世界变成一片漆黑时，我拉动了另一个手柄，发现我已经回到了自己的房子里，还在当天，时间仅仅过去三个小时。 课文注释 ①decide to do sth. 决定做某事 ②foggy adj. 有雾的；模糊的，朦胧的 ③zip vt. 给...以速度；拉上或拉开拉链vi. 拉开或拉上；以尖啸声行进 zip by: 擦肩而过 n. 拉链；活力，精力；尖啸声，撕裂声；一种程序压缩的档案文件格式 ④in a flash 瞬间；立刻 ⑤evolve into vt. 发展成，进化成 ⑥come to do (开始)明白，了解，学会 ⑦impression n. 印象；感想 have a good/bad impression (on) 对…有好/坏的印象 ⑧take care of 照顾 ⑨cover vt. 覆盖；掩饰；包括；采访，报导；涉及；行走；够付; 占…面积 n. 封面，封皮；盖子；掩蔽物 ⑩movement n. 运动；活动；运转 (11)turn to 转向；变成；求助于 (12)handle n. 把手；柄；手感 vt. 处理；操作；运用；买卖；触摸 vi. 搬运；易于操纵 (13)present vt. 提出,发表；介绍；呈现；赠送 adj. 现在的；出席的 n. 现在；礼物 |
