Lesson Thirteen Text his hero rescued an Indian widow from death. fell in love with her,and almost missed connections on her account;(56)crossing the American plains he was attacked by Red Indians,and arrived in New York to see the ship that was to take him to England only a small speck on the horizon. Every transatlantic steamship company offered Verne large sums of money if he would place Phileas Fogg aboard one of their ships.The author refused and had his hero charter a vessel.(57)As the world held its breath.Fogg reached London with only minutes to spare,and won his bet.(58) 课文
Lesson Thirteen Text 课 文 his hero rescued an Indian widow from death, fell in love with her, and almost missed connections on her account; (56) crossing the American plains he was attacked by Red Indians, and arrived in New York to see the ship that was to take him to England only a small speck on the horizon. Every transatlantic steamship company offered Verne large sums of money if he would place Phileas Fogg aboard one of their ships. The author refused and had his hero charter a vessel. (57) As the world held its breath, Fogg reached London with only minutes to spare, and won his bet.(58)
Lesson Thirteen Text In "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,"Verne developed a submarine which was not only double-hulled and propelled by electricity but was able to manufacture electricity from the sea.Simon Lake,father of the modern submarine,credits Verne with giving him virtually a blueprint for his invention.(59) Reading through Verne's books,one finds it hard to believe that they were written almost 100 years ago.The people of his fancy (60)made diamonds synthetically,developed a convertible automobile-ship-helicopter-plane and fired glass bullets containing an electric spark instantly fatal.(61) 课
Lesson Thirteen Text 课 文 In "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Verne developed a submarine which was not only double-hulled and propelled by electricity but was able to manufacture electricity from the sea. Simon Lake, father of the modern submarine, credits Verne with giving him virtually a blueprint for his invention.(59) Reading through Verne's books, one finds it hard to believe that they were written almost 100 years ago. The people of his fancy (60) made diamonds synthetically, developed a convertible automobile-ship-helicopter-plane, and fired glass bullets containing an electric spark instantly fatal. (61)
Lesson Thirteen Text The last years of Jules Verne were not happy ones.Intellectual circles sneered at (62) him.He was not elected a member of the French Academy.Gossips said there was no such man as Jules Verne.The Russians claimed him as a Slav,a Pole and former espionage agent who had taken to letters.(63)Italian Intellectuals said Jules Verne was the pen name of a group of French scientists and delegated a novelist to go to France to find the proof.The man examined the manuscripts,and departed wholly convinced.(64)To his colleagues he wired: "There is no Jules Verne and Company--there is only Jules."(65) 课文
Lesson Thirteen Text 课 文 The last years of Jules Verne were not happy ones. Intellectual circles sneered at (62) him. He was not elected a member of the French Academy. Gossips said there was no such man as Jules Verne. The Russians claimed him as a Slav, a Pole and former espionage agent who had taken to letters. (63) Italian Intellectuals said Jules Verne was the pen name of a group of French scientists and delegated a novelist to go to France to find the proof. The man examined the manuscripts, and departed wholly convinced. (64) To his colleagues he wired: "There is no Jules Verne and Company--there is only Jules.”(65)
Lesson Thirteen Text Jules Verne died in 1905.The world attended his funeral,including all who had sneered and gossiped,the thirty members of the French Academy,the diplomatic corps,and special representatives of kings and presidents. Of all the thousands of words of praise uttered at his death, Jules Verne would have liked best these two sentences from a Paris newspaper:"The old story teller is dead.It is like the passing of Santa Claus."(66) (The end of the text 课
Lesson Thirteen Text 课 文 Jules Verne died in 1905. The world attended his funeral, including all who had sneered and gossiped, the thirty members of the French Academy, the diplomatic corps, and special representatives of kings and presidents. Of all the thousands of words of praise uttered at his death, Jules Verne would have liked best these two sentences from a Paris newspaper: "The old story teller is dead. It is like the passing of Santa Claus.”(66) (The end of the text )
Language Points Language Point (1)Back in the 1880's,a big red-bearded man came to call one day on the French Minister of Education. Meaning:One day in the 1880's a big of man with red beard came to visit the French Minister of Education 那还是在十九世纪八十年代，一天，一个蓄着 大胡子的大个子拜访了法国教育部长。 call on/upon (v): 1.formally invite or request sb 郑重邀请某人或要求某人 语言点解释
Language Points 语 言 点 解 释 Language Point (1) Back in the 1880’s, a big red-bearded man came to call one day on the French Minister of Education. Meaning:One day in the 1880’s a big of man with red beard came to visit the French Minister of Education. 那还是在十九世纪八十年代，一天，一个蓄着 大胡子的大个子拜访了法国教育部长。 call on/upon (v) : 1. formally invite or request sb 郑重邀请某人或要求某人