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UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION
The Time Machine（adapted）
Have you read stories or watched films about time travelling
what would do if you could time travel
If I could time travel，I could see the results of my actions or other people’s actions，and if the results were bad，I could travel back to the present time，too，and then take another course of action that had a better outcome. But I must learn not to depend on time travel and “cheat” every time when I failed or met something bad. I will choose the
most important moment to return and not to change others’ fates without
consideration.
Lead-in
What would you do if you could time travel
Rewind midterms to memorize formulas, then steal future AI study hacks to out-study the whole class.
穿越回期中考重背公式，再溜去未来抄AI解题思路，卷爆全班。
想穿越到未来看看火星殖民地，借辆飞行汽车试试！
What you would do if you could time travel
Visit the future to see if humans live on Mars. Maybe borrow a flying car and test it.
How can one achieve time travel
You need a time machine.
Do you know who is the first writer of Time machine
Herbert George Wells（赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯）
生卒年份：1866年9月21日—1946年8月13日
国籍：英国
身份：著名小说家、记者、社会评论家，被誉为“科幻小说之父”之一。
主要成就与作品：
科幻文学先驱：其作品结合科学理论与社会批判，开创现代科幻文学先河。
代表作：《时间机器》（1895）、《隐身人》（1897）、《世界大战》（1898）、《莫洛博士岛》（1896）。
特色：擅长以科学幻想隐喻社会问题（如阶级矛盾、技术伦理），并对未来技术发展提出警示。
影响与地位：
与儒勒·凡尔纳并称科幻文学两大奠基人，但威尔斯更注重社会寓言与哲学思考。
预言了原子弹、基因工程、太空探索等现代科技概念。
其他贡献：
撰写大量社会评论、历史著作（如《世界史纲》），倡导世界主义与和平主义。
the time machine
Sometimes referred to as “The Father of Science Fiction”, Herbert George Wells (1866 — 1946) was an English novelist, teacher, historian and journalist.
the leather seat 皮座椅
the starting lever 启动杆
The main panel 主面板
Read and find out how many times the Time Traveller pulled and pushed the lever and what the danger was when he stopped the time machine.
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How many times did the the Time Traveller pull and push the lever Underline the descriptive sentences.
Read for the scene description
Times What he saw
The first time: push the lever and pull immediately Lab : __________
Clock:10--3:30
The second time: push the lever Lab: _____________
Niece: move like a ________
The third time: push the level further Lab:____________
a.Moon and sun: as if they ___________ b.__________ between night and day
a.Around me.Trees: grew, spread and _________
in moments
b.Huge buildings: rise up and __________
c.Earth: changed, ___________ and __________.
The fourth time: pull the lever The time machine was ________ on its side and I was ___________through the air
as before
went hazy
rocket
fell away
were being thrown
division
died
disappear
flowing
melting
flipped
thrown
It was at ten o’clock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it a last check, and sat myself in the leather seat. I pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again. Looking around, I saw my laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened I thought my mind had tricked me. Then I saw the clock. A moment before, it was a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half past three!
Para 1
今天十点钟，史上第一台时间机器开始了它的首次运行。
我做了最后一次检查，坐进皮革座椅，将主控制板上的启动杆向前推了一英寸，又立刻拉回。环顾四周，实验室一切如常。难道什么都没发生？我以为自己产生了幻觉。但紧接着，我瞥见了时钟——刚才还显示十点过一分，此刻竟已接近三点半！
Did this time machine work
How does the man activate the Time Machine
Para 2
I drew a breath, gripped the lever and pushed it forwards. The laboratory went hazy around me. My niece came in to fetch something, maybe her handkerchief, apparently without seeing me. It probably took her a minute, but to me she moved like a rocket! I pushed the lever further. Night came as if a lamp was being turned out, and in another moment came the day. Tomorrow night came, then skipped to day, again and again, faster and faster still.
我深吸一口气，紧握操纵杆再次前推。实验室逐渐变得朦胧。我的侄女走进来取东西——或许是她的手帕——却仿佛完全没看见我。对她而言这动作只需一分钟，但在我眼中，她快如火箭！我将操纵杆推得更远。黑夜如熄灯般骤然降临，转瞬又迎来白昼。明夜与明日交替闪现，速度越来越快。
Why does the niece’s movement shock the man
How does the day-night cycle reflect increasing speed
2. How does the Time Traveller operate the time machine Any
actions What feelings are implied from his actions
Read for details
actions
· gave it a last check;
· sat myself in the leather seat;
· pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again;
· drew a breath, gripped the lever and pushed it forwards
emotions
nervous
cautious
It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road. As my pace grew faster, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I was left in the open air. The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was division between night and day. Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a dream. The whole surface of the earth was being changed, melting and flowing before my eyes. I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute.
Para 3
时间旅行的怪异与不适难以言喻。仿佛在蜿蜒山路上疾驰。随着速度提升，实验室的墙壁轰然崩塌，我置身于旷野之中。日月如弹丸般掠过天际，昼夜界限逐渐模糊。周遭的树木如烟雾般生长、蔓延、凋零；庞然建筑拔地而起，又似梦境般消散。整片大地在我眼前熔融流动，瞬息万变。我估算自己正以每分钟数百年的速度穿越时空。
List three surreal phenomena observed during rapid travel.
the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I was left in the open air.
sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was division between night and day.
I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a dream.
3. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time
What detailed descriptions can prove his feelings
Read for details
descriptions
· It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road.
· The walls of the laboratory fell away, and I was left in the open air.
· The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky and there was division between night and day.
· Trees grew like puffs of smoke (They grew, spread, and died in moments)
· Huge buildings rose up, then disappeared like in a dream.
· The whole surface of the earth was being changed, melting and flowing before my eyes.
feelings
strange
unpleasant
I had a strong urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes! I had thought about the risk of stopping the Time Machine many times. So long as I travelled at maximum speed, it didn’t matter. But if I stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb! Like an impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With a sudden jolt, the Time Machine was flipped on its side, and I was thrown through the air.
Para 4
那些在眼前闪现的奇异景象令我几欲驻足细观！虽曾多次思及停机的风险——只要保持极速便无大碍，但若停下时此处已被他物占据，两者将如炸弹般相撞爆裂！然而焦躁如我，竟猛力后拉操纵杆。时间机器骤然侧翻，我被甩向空中。
Why does the man ignore the risks and stop the machine
What happen after reversing the lever
Like an impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard.
the Time Machine was flipped on its side, and I was thrown through the air.
I was stunned for a moment, and then heard the sound of thunder. I was sitting in the rain in some mud next to the machine. “A fine welcome,” I said, “for a man who has travelled thousands of years to be here!”
Para 5
短暂晕眩后，雷声轰鸣入耳。我跌坐雨中，泥泞裹身，身旁躺着那台机器。“真是隆重的欢迎礼，”我自嘲道，“给一个穿越千年至此的旅人！”
What irony is conveyed by his final remark about a "fine welcome"
where does the man arrive when he finally stops it
Time Travel
When he finally stops
Who or what he will meet
What adventures
he will have
Will he return to his own time
Work in groups. Discuss what might happen next in the story.
Use the following questions to help you and make brief
notes. Then present your story to the class.
Post -reading
One possible version:
The Time Traveller stops in the year 802701. The whole earth looks like a garden with beautiful，happy people called Eloi who play all the time，but this hides a horrible truth；there is a whole world of people called Morlocks who live underground in a dark，mechanised society who use the Eloi as a source of food. The Time Traveller meets an Eloi woman and falls in love with her. The Time Traveller and the Eloi woman are attacked by Morlocks. He is able to escape，but he loses contact with the woman and perhaps she is killed. The Morlocks then steal the Time Machine and use it as bait to capture and kill the Time Traveller. However，once he is in the Time Machine， he pulls the lever and begins to travel in time again and is able to make his escape. He travels 30 million years into the future to see the sun cool and the earth turn into a lifeless planet. He then travels back to the time from where he started out，only to find that three hours have passed.
Continuation
One possible version:
I thought this summer vacation at Aunt Jenny’s would go as interesting as watching paint dry. Hers was an old house，built before time began，it seemed. One hundred years ago it was often filled with people coming to stay for the summer—it was such a large，grand house that there would be thirty or forty guests at a time，and the host barely knew who some of them were. Then there was the host himself—my great grandfather. He was widely thought of as the smartest，funniest man of his age，and people would come from all over the world to see him.
But that was all in the past. Now the only person who lived here was Aunt Jenny，who lived in one small part of the house and kept the rest closed up. Then I caught the sun shining in my eyes from a tall mirror in the hallway.
Writing
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