Lesson Thirteen Text The first railroad was only five years old.(29) Steamers were crossing the Atlantic but they still carried sail to supplement their engines.(30) From the windows of his home the boy Jules could see the masts of sailing ships,watch fishermen's nets drying,smell hides and spices.(31)At the age of eleven he was playing on the wharves with a childhood sweetheart who said she would like a string of red coral beads like those the sailors 课文
Lesson Thirteen Text 课 文 The first railroad was only five years old.(29) Steamers were crossing the Atlantic but they still carried sail to supplement their engines. (30) From the windows of his home the boy Jules could see the masts of sailing ships, watch fishermen’s nets drying, smell hides and spices. (31) At the age of eleven he was playing on the wharves with a childhood sweetheart who said she would like a string of red coral beads like those the sailors
Lesson Thirteen Text brought back from their voyages.Jules solemnly promised she would have one,and that same afternoon was on board a boat about to sail for India. signed on as a cabin boy (32)Fortunately for his later admirers,a friend of the family saw him go on board and told the family (33)His father fetched him home,spanked him, and put him to bed.At eighteen Jules was in Paris to study law, but he interested in writing poetry and plays. 课文
Lesson Thirteen Text 课 文 brought back from their voyages. Jules solemnly promised she would have one, and that same afternoon was on board a boat about to sail for India, signed on as a cabin boy. (32) Fortunately for his later admirers, a friend of the family saw him go on board and told the family.(33) His father fetched him home, spanked him, and put him to bed. At eighteen Jules was in Paris to study law, but he interested in writing poetry and plays
Lesson Thirteen Text One evening,bored with a fashionable party which he was attending,he let abruptly and slid gaily down the banister (34)At the bottom he slipped off and landed squarely on a stout gentleman about to ascend the stairs.(35)Jules blurted out (36) the first thing that came into his head."Have you had your dinner,sir?"he asked.The other replied that he had-he had dined wonderfully on an omelet made in the style of Nantes. 课文
Lesson Thirteen Text 课 文 One evening, bored with a fashionable party which he was attending, he let abruptly and slid gaily down the banister. (34) At the bottom he slipped off and landed squarely on a stout gentleman about to ascend the stairs. (35) Jules blurted out (36） the first thing that came into his head. “Have you had your dinner, sir?” he asked. The other replied that he had—he had dined wonderfully on an omelet made in the style of Nantes. - -
Lesson Thirteen Text To this Verne retorted,"Bah,no one in Paris can make one!" "Can you?"asked the stout fellow. "Of course-I am from Nantes,"said Jules "Very well,then,come to dinner next Wednesday-and cock the omelet.” With that,he handed the young man his card and continued up the steps.It was Alexandre Dumas,author of"The Three Musketeers". 课文
Lesson Thirteen Text 课 文 To this Verne retorted, “Bah, no one in Paris can make one!” “Can you?” asked the stout fellow. “Of course—I am from Nantes,” said Jules. “Very well, then, come to dinner next Wednesday—and cock the omelet.” With that, he handed the young man his card and continued up the steps. It was Alexandre Dumas, author of “The Three Musketeers
Lesson Thirteen Text You could have knocked Jules over with a breadstick.(37)Knowing Dumas confirmed (38) young Verne's desire to be an author.Jules. urged on by the older man,made up his mind he would do for geography what Dumas had done for history.(39)He began spending his days reading and writing and forgot completely that he was in Paris to become a lawyer.His father impatient with the boy's neglect of his studies, 课文
Lesson Thirteen Text 课 文 You could have knocked Jules over with a breadstick.(37) Knowing Dumas confirmed (38) young Verne’s desire to be an author. Jules, urged on by the older man, made up his mind he would do for geography what Dumas had done for history.(39) He began spending his days reading and writing and forgot completely that he was in Paris to become a lawyer. His father, impatient with the boy’s neglect of his studies