《Round the world in 80 days (level 2)》.doc

ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS Jules Verne CHAPTER 1 PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT 1 CHAPTER 2 THE BET 2 CHAPTER 3 DETECTIVE FIX 4 CHAPTER 4 INDIA 5 CHAPTER 5 AOUDA 7 CHAPTER 6 CALCUTTA 8 CHAPTER 7 HONG KONG 9 CHAPTER 8 TO JAPAN? 10 CHAPTER 9 TO SAN FRANCISCO 12 CHAPTER 10 ACROSS AMERICA 13 CHAPTER 11 ACROSS THE ATLANTIC 14 CHAPTER 12 THE END OF THE JOURNEY 15 CHAPTER 1 PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT In 1872, the Reform Club in Londons Pall Mall was a club for men only. Phileas Fogg went to the Preform Club every day. He left his house at 7 Savile Row at 11.30 in the morning and walked to the club. He had his lunch and his dinner there. He read the papers at the club, and he played cards. He left late in the evening and walked back to Savile Row. He went to bed at midnight. Phileas Fogg was a cold man. He didnt talk much, and nobody knew much about him. But everything in his life had to be right. His washing water had to be at 31°C — not 30°C and not 32°C. At 9.37 on the morning of 2nd October 1872 his servant, James Forster, brought him water at 30°C, not 31°C. So this servant had to go. Phileas Fogg sat at home in his Savile Row house. He waited for his new servant. The new servant came. He was about thirty years old. You are French, said Phileas Fogg,and your name is John? No, said the new servant. My name is Jean, Mr Fogg. They call me Jean Passepartout, because in French a passepartout can open every door. When things are bad, I can always get out. I can get out of anything! Tell me about your work, said Phileas Fogg. I am a good man and I can do a lot of different jobs, said Jean Passepartout. I was a fireman in Paris. And ... look! Passepartout did a high jump, then put his left leg and then his right leg on his head. He was a strong man. But I left France in 1867, said Passepartout,and I came to England. I want to be a servant. I am looking for a quiet life. People say that you are the quietest man in Britain. So I want to work for you. I want to live quiet