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1、TheWaroftheWorldsH.G.WELLSLevel5RetoldbyDavidMauleSeriesEditors:AndyHopkinsandJocelynPotterIntroduction'Goon!Goon!'thevoicessaid.'They'recoming.'ItseemedthatthewholepopulationofLondonwasmovingnorth.Therewerepeopleofeveryclassandprofession,buttheywerea
2、lldusty;theirskinsweredry,theirlipsblackandcracked,andallofthemlookedveryafraid.Attheendofthenineteenthcentury,ametalobjectfallsfromtheskyoverthesouthofEngland,makingalargeholeintheground.Peoplecometoseewhatitis,andsurroundtheholeingreatnumbers.Whenon
3、eendoftheobjectstartstoopen,thewatchersrealizethatitishollow.Aretheremeninside?Butthecreaturesthatcomeoutarenothuman...Slowly,peoplebegintounderstandthatthesevisitorshavecomefromMars.Asmallgroupofscientistsapproaches,butthey,andmanyoftheotherpeoplewho
4、havecometowatch,arekilled.Asecondobjectlands,thenathird,andmore.AretheMartianstryingtotakeplanetEarth?MostofthestorytakesplacearoundthetownofWoking,atowntothesouth-westofLondonwhereH.G.WellswaslivingwhenhewroteTheWaroftheWorlds-andinLondonitself.Thebo
5、okappearedin1898,attheendofacenturyinwhichBritainbecamethemostpowerfulcountryintheworld.Life,atleastforpeoplewhohadareasonableamountofmoney,wascomfortableandsafe.However,inthisbookWellslooksforwardtothecomingcentury,thetwentiethcentury,whengreatwarswo
6、uldbefoughtwithmachinesandroadswouldbefilledwithdesperaterefugeestryingtoescapethefighting.Thisstoryhasmanyinterestingthingstosayaboutspaceandspacecreatures,butitalsosaysalotaboutourownsocietyandthedangersoftheworldtoday.vH.G.Wellswasbornin1866intoqui
7、teapoorfamily.Hisfatherhadbeenagardenerandhismotherworkedasaservant.Hisparentslateropenedasmallshop,whichwasnotsuccessfulandclosedwhenWellswasthirteen.Hewasaboywholikedtoreadandstudy,anditwasnoteasytofindasuitablejobforhim.Heworkedatdifferenttimesinac
8、lothesshopandachemistsshop,andasaschoolteacher.Hewasveryluckytoescapefromthiswhenhewasgivenafreeplaceatasciencecollege.Helefttherewithadegree.Then,attheageoftwenty-one,hewaskickedverybadlyduringafootballmatch.Whileherecovered,hehadthetimeandag
