The Time Machine. Машина времени. Адаптированная книга на английском

The Time Machine. Машина времени. Адаптированная книга на английском

Герберт Уэллс

Дверь открывается, и в комнату заходит Путешественник во Времени. У него порез на щеке, он грязный, голодный и уставший. Что с ним произошло? Путешественник во Времени готов рассказать свою историю.

Текст сокращен и адаптирован под уровень А2-. Подойдет для чтения, начиная с 7-го класса, а также взрослым, изучающим английский язык и тем, кто хочет освежить свои знания классики. Текст снабжен сносками с переводом слов и небольшими упражнениями для закрепления.

Герберт Уэллс

The Time Machine. Машина времени. Адаптированная книга на английском

Chapter 1

The Time Traveller and his friends are talking. They are talking about time and travelling. Time Traveller tells his friends that people can travel in time. His friends don’t believe[1 - believe – [b??li?v] – верить]him. Time Traveller wants to prove[2 - prove – [pru?v] – доказать]that people can really travel in time.

They are going to another room where they see a strange machine[3 - machine – [m???i?n] – машина, оборудование]. His friends are looking at it and they don’t believe[4 - believe – [b??li?v] – верить]it can travel in time.

Some days later all the friends are coming to the Time Traveller again. But he is not in his house. They find a message. “Ask for dinner at seven o’clock. I will come later and explain[5 - explain – [?k?sple?n] – объяснять]everything.

The friends are having dinner and talking about the Time Traveller. Where is he? Maybe he is travelling in time? The door opens and the Time Traveller comes in.

“What is it?” asks one friend.

The Time Traveller is dirty and very tired. He has a cut[6 - cut – [k?t] – порез] on his face. He goes to his room and then comes back in clean clothes.

The men in the room all ask about travelling in time. But the Time Traveller wants to eat and drink.

"Sorry, I was very hungry," he says. "I am ready to tell my story now."

And he starts his story.

Chapter 2

I finished my time machine and then I wanted to try it. I sat in it. I pushed[7 - push – [p??] – толкать, нажимать] the lever[8 - lever – [lev?r] – рычаг] a little and looked at the clock. I travelled five hours in the future. Then I pushed the lever more and I saw night, then day again, then night again, faster and faster.