典范英语10 海底两万里章节概括英语
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, written in 1870, is the second book in Verne's famous trilogy. This work tells the story of Professor Aronnax, a French naturalist, who travels in the depths of the ocean. The story takes place in 1866, when a large monster, which was judged to be a narwhal, was found at sea. The professor accepted the invitation to take part in the chase aboard the warship Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, he fell into the water during the chase and landed on the monster's back. In fact, the monster was a submarine with a wonderful structure that was not known at that time. The submarine was secretly built by Captain Nemo on a desert island in the middle of the ocean. It has a strong hull and uses the ocean to generate electricity. Captain Nemo invites Aronnax to travel under the sea. Starting from the Pacific Ocean, they passed through coral islands, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and entered the Atlantic Ocean. They saw many rare marine animals and plants and strange scenes in the water. They also experienced many dangerous situations, such as stranding, siege by indigenous people, fighting with sharks, icebergs blocking roads, and octopus attacks. Finally, when the subma
rine reached the Norwegian coast, Aronnax left without saying goodbye and revealed what he knew about the sea floor.
Verne’s father, intending that Jules follow in hisfootsteps as an attorney, sent him to Paris to study law. But the young Vernefell in love with literature, especially theatre. He wrote several plays,worked as secretary of the Théâtre Lyrique (1852–54), and published short stories and scientific essays in the periodical Musée des familles. In 1857Verne married and for several years worked as a broker at the Paris Stock Market. During this period he continued to write, to do research at the Bibliothèque Nationale (National Library), and to dream of a new kind ofnovel—one that would combine scientific fact with adventure fiction.
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