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1、TheMysteriousIslandVerne,Jules1AboutVerne:JulesGabrielVerne(February8,1828–March24,1905)wasaFrenchauthorwhopioneeredthescience-fictiongenre.HeisbestknownfornovelssuchasJourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth(1864),TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea(1870),andAroundtheWorldinEightyDays(1873).Ve
2、rnewroteaboutspace,air,andunderwatertravelbeforeairtravelandpracticalsubmarineswereinvented,andbeforepracticalmeansofspacetravelhadbeendevised.Heisthethirdmosttranslatedauthorintheworld,accordingtoIndexTranslationum.Someofhisbookshavebeenmadeintofilms.Verne,alongwithHugoGernsback
3、andH.G.Wells,isoftenpopularlyreferredtoasthe"FatherofScienceFiction".2Part1Droppedfromtheclouds3Chapter1"Arewerisingagain?""No.Onthecontrary.""Arewedescending?""Worsethanthat,captain!wearefalling!""ForHeaven'ssakeheaveouttheballast!""There!thelastsackisempty!""Doestheballoonrise?
4、""No!""Ihearanoiselikethedashingofwaves.Theseaisbelowthecar!Itcan-notbemorethan500feetfromus!""Overboardwitheveryweight!…everything!"Suchweretheloudandstartlingwordswhichresoundedthroughtheair,abovethevastwaterydesertofthePacific,aboutfouro'clockintheeveningofthe23rdofMarch,1865.
5、Fewcanpossiblyhaveforgottentheterriblestormfromthenortheast,inthemiddleoftheequinoxofthatyear.Thetempestragedwithoutin-termissionfromthe18thtothe26thofMarch.ItsravageswereterribleinAmerica,Europe,andAsia,coveringadistanceofeighteenhundredmiles,andextendingobliquelytotheequatorfro
6、mthethirty-fifthnorthparalleltothefortiethsouthparallel.Townswereoverthrown,forestsuprooted,coastsdevastatedbythemountainsofwaterwhichwerepre-cipitatedonthem,vesselscastontheshore,whichthepublishedac-countsnumberedbyhundreds,wholedistrictsleveledbywaterspoutswhichdestroyedeveryth
7、ingtheypassedover,severalthousandpeoplecrushedonlandordrownedatsea;suchwerethetracesofitsfury,leftbythisdevastatingtempest.ItsurpassedindisastersthosewhichsofrightfullyravagedHavanaandGuadalupe,oneonthe25thofOctober,1810,theotheronthe26thofJuly,1825.Butwhilesomanycatastropheswere
8、takingplaceonlandandatsea,adramanotlesse
