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1、AboutVerne:JulesGabrielVerne(February8,1828–March24,1905)wasaFrenchauthorwhopioneeredthescience-fictiongenre.HeisbestknownfornovelssuchasJourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth(1864),TwentyThou-sandLeaguesUnderTheSea(1870),andAroundtheWorldinEightyDays(1873).Vernewroteaboutspace,air,andunderwate
2、rtravelbeforeairtravelandpracticalsubmarineswereinvented,andbeforepracticalmeansofspacetravelhadbeendevised.Heisthethirdmosttranslatedauthorintheworld,accordingtoIndexTranslationum.Someofhisbookshavebeenmadeintofilms.Verne,alongwithHugoGernsbackandH.G.Wells,isoftenpopularlyreferredtoa
3、sthe"FatherofScienceFiction".Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1INWHICHPHILEASFOGGANDPASSEPARTOUTACCEPTEACHOTHER,THEONEASMASTER,THEOTHERASMANMr.PhileasFogglived,in1872,atNo.7,SavilleRow,BurlingtonGar-dens,thehouseinwhichSheridandiedin1814.HewasoneofthemostnoticeablemembersoftheReformClub,though
4、heseemedalwaystoavoidattractingattention;anenigmaticalpersonage,aboutwhomlittlewasknown,exceptthathewasapolishedmanoftheworld.PeoplesaidthatheresembledByron—atleastthathisheadwasByronic;buthewasabearded,tranquilByron,whomightliveonathousandyearswithoutgrowingold.CertainlyanEnglishman,
5、itwasmoredoubtfulwhetherPhileasFoggwasaLondoner.Hewasneverseenon'Change,norattheBank,norinthecounting-roomsofthe"City";noshipsevercameintoLondondocksofwhichhewastheowner;hehadnopublicemployment;hehadneverbeenenteredatanyoftheInnsofCourt,eitherattheTemple,orLincoln'sInn,orGray'sInn;nor
6、hadhisvoiceeverresoundedintheCourtofChancery,orintheExchequer,ortheQueen'sBench,ortheEc-clesiasticalCourts.Hecertainlywasnotamanufacturer;norwasheamerchantoragentlemanfarmer.Hisnamewasstrangetothescientificandlearnedsocieties,andheneverwasknowntotakepartinthesagedeliberationsoftheRoya
7、lInstitutionortheLondonInstitution,theArtisan'sAssociation,ortheInstitutionofArtsandSciences.Hebe-longed,infact,tononeofthenumeroussocietieswhichswarmintheEnglishcapital,fromtheHarmonictothatoftheEntomologists,foundedmainlyforthepurposeofabolishingperniciousinsects.PhileasFoggwasamemb
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