Вокруг света за 80 дней / Around the World in 80 Days

Вокруг света за 80 дней / Around the World in 80 Days

Жюль Габриэль Верн

Легко читаем по-английски

Филеас Фогг заключает пари с приятелями по лондонскому клубу: он уверен, что сможет обогнуть земной шар и вернуться в Лондон всего за 80 дней. Фоггу и его слуге Паспарту предстоит проехать множество стран и пересечь два океана на пути к цели.

Для удобства читателя текст сопровождается комментариями и кратким словарем.

Предназначается для продолжающих изучать английский язык (уровень 4 – Upper-Intermediate).

Жюль Верн / Jules Verne

Вокруг света за 80 дней / Around the World in 80 Days

© Матвеев С. А., адаптация текста, словарь, 2018

В© РћРћРћ В«Р?здательство РђРЎРўВ», 2018

Chapter I

Mr. Phileas Fogg[1 - Phileas Fogg – Филеас Фогг] lived in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row[2 - Saville Row – Сэвиль-роу]. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club[3 - Reform Club – Реформ-клуб]. Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner[4 - Londoner – уроженец Лондона]. He was never seen on Change[5 - Change – биржа], nor at the Bank, nor in the “City”; no ships ever came into London docks of which he was the owner; he had no public employment; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery[6 - Court of Chancery – Канцлерский суд]. He certainly was not a manufacturer, nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His name was strange to the scientific and learned societies. He belonged, in fact, to none of the numerous societies in the English capital. Phileas Fogg was a member of the Reform, and that was all.

Was Phileas Fogg rich? Undoubtedly. But those who knew him best could not imagine how he had made his fortune[7 - he had made his fortune – он нажил своё состояние], and Mr. Fogg was the last person to whom to apply for this information.