Jules Verne: the father of science fiction儒勒·凡尔纳被誉为“科幻和探险小说之父”， 在二十多年的创作生涯中,他创作了六十多部神奇而又严谨的科幻小说和浪漫而又奇险的游记体小说，如《海底两万里》、《地心游记》、《神秘岛》、《八十天环游地球》等，而且大部分作品被译成多种文字，在全世界广为流传。Jules Verne was born in 1828, in France. His father sent him to Paris to study law, but instead Verne developed his love for the theatre. To make a living, Verne had to write and sell stories. He spent many hours in Paris libraries studying botany, applied science and many other subjects. He used the latest ideas and technical inventions of his day in his books. Many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of Dr. Benjamin Franklin’s experiments with electricity. By taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, Jules Verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction. He also suggested how inventions could be used in the future to allow man to do things that were considered impossible in his own time. Jules Verne died in 1905, long before any of his dreams came true.A wonderful story is that of Journey to the Centre of the Earth. The story begins with the discovery of an ancient document in an old book. The document explains how to find a secret road to the centre of the earth. Two men decide to go on this adventure and travel to Iceland, where they enter the earth through a chimney in a dead volcano. Their guide leads them through a narrow passage deep into the earth. Passing through layers of coal and marble they go deeper and deeper. They drink the water from a boiling underground river and after many days they reach a huge lake or underground ocean. Walking along its shores they go through forests of mushrooms and plants that lived on the earth millions of years ago. They build a raft to cross the sea and are attacked by ancient sea creatures. In the end, their raft is drawn into a fast stream and with ever increasing speed they are shot out of a volcano in southern Italy.用心 爱心 专心
