Around the World in Eighty Days

Phileas Fogg reads the newspaper, “A railway has opened in India. You can now travel around the world in 80 days.”

London to Suez(苏伊士)

rail and ship

7 days

Suez to Bombay(孟买)

ship

13 days

Bombay to Calcutta(加尔各答)

rail

3 days

Calcutta to Hong Kong

ship

13 days

Hong Kong to Yokohama(横滨)

ship

6 days

Yokohama to San Francisco

ship

22 days

San Francisco to New York

rail

7 days

New York to London

ship

9 days

Total

80 days

Fogg’s friends will give him $20,000 if he finishes the journey in 80 days. He must be back on 21 December.

Fogg gets to Bombay on time but finds that the new railway line is not finished! Fogg rides an elephant instead! A tribe(部落) is going to kill a woman. Fogg saves her. On the ship to Hong Kong, the police wrongly arrest Fogg. He gets away.

Fogg’s friend gets on the next boat without Fogg. Fogg finds him in a circus in Yokohama.

Fogg’s train is attacked on the way to New York. Fogg continues by sledge(雪橇), then train. He misses the ship to England. Fogg pays for another boat to England. The police arrest Fogg again but soon let him go. Fogg is now late.

However, Fogg has crossed the date line. He still has one more day! He wins the money.

1.This passage is about ___________.

A. different places and people in the world, and ways of travelling

B. how Fogg won a lot of money by travelling to different places of the world.

C. what happened during Fogg’s journey around the world in 80 days

2.Fogg didn’t during his journey.

A. take a train B. ride on a sledge

C. take a ship D. ride a horse

3.Which of the following is true?

A. Fogg arrived in Bombay on time.

B. Fogg missed the train to New York.

C. Fogg liked to travel by elephant and sledge.

D. Fogg saved a woman who was arrested by the police.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Phileas Fogg reads the newspaper, “A railway has opened in India. You can now travel around the world in 80 days.”

London to Suez(苏伊士)

rail and ship

7 days

Suez to Bombay(孟买)

ship

13 days

Bombay to Calcutta(加尔各答)

rail

3 days

Calcutta to Hong Kong

ship

13 days

Hong Kong to Yokohama(横滨)

ship

6 days

Yokohama to San Francisco

ship

22 days

San Francisco to New York

rail

7 days

New York to London

ship

9 days

Total

80 days

Fogg’s friends will give him $20,000 if he finishes the journey in 80 days. He must be back on 21 December.

Fogg gets to Bombay on time but finds that the new railway line is not finished! Fogg rides an elephant instead! A tribe(部落) is going to kill a woman. Fogg saves her. On the ship to Hong Kong, the police wrongly arrest Fogg. He gets away.

Fogg’s friend gets on the next boat without Fogg. Fogg finds him in a circus in Yokohama.

Fogg’s train is attacked on the way to New York. Fogg continues by sledge(雪橇), then train. He misses the ship to England. Fogg pays for another boat to England. The police arrest Fogg again but soon let him go. Fogg is now late.

However, Fogg has crossed the date line. He still has one more day! He wins the money.

Read again and fill in the blanks according to the passage.

I’m Phileas Fogg. One day I read in the n1. that a railway had opened in India and people could now travel around the world in 80 days. My friends bet (打赌) me $20,000 that I couldn’t travel around the world in 80 days. I must be back on 21 December if I wanted to win the money. I got to Bombay on time but f2. the rail way was not finished yet, so I rode an elephant i3. I was arrested by the police on the s4. to Hong Kong, but I got away. My train to New York was attacked so I m5. the ship to England. Then I was late and had to take a6. boat to England. I thought I was late and couldn’t get the money. H7., I had crossed the dead line and I still had one m8.day!

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