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The Time Machine 10级英语三班 许佳珺 About Author Herbert George Wells(1866-1946)赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯，又译作赫伯特·乔治·韦尔斯，英国著名小说家，尤以科幻小说创作闻名于世。1895年出版《时间机器》一举成名，随后又发表了《莫洛博士岛》、《隐身人》、《星际战争》等多部科幻小说。他还是一位社会改革家和预言家，曾是费边社的重要成员，会晤过罗斯福和斯大林，撰写了《基普斯》、《托诺-邦盖》、《波里先生和他的历史》、《勃列林先生看穿了他》、《恩惠》、《预测》、《世界史纲》等大量关注现实，思考未来的作品。韦尔斯一生创作了一百多部作品，内容涉及科学、文学、历史、社会、政治等各个领域，是现代最多产的作家之一。 Main Works 《时间机器》（The Time Machine, 1895年） 《莫洛博士岛》（The Island of Dr. Moreau，1896年） 《隐身人》（The Invisible Man，1897年） 《世界大战》（The War of the Worlds，1898年） 《当睡者醒来时》（When The Sleeper Wakes, 1899年） 《现代乌托邦》（A Modern Utopia，1908年) 《安·维尼罗卡》（Ann Veronica，1909年） 《托诺-邦盖》（Tono-Bungay，1909年) 《波利先生的故事》（The History of Mr Polly，1910年） 《新马基雅弗利》（The New Machiavelli，1911年） 《获得自由的世界》（The World Set Free，1914年） 《世界史纲》（The Outline of History，1920年） 　　 Characters Summary A scientist described his thought to his friends : It seems our math teachers all believe that space is measured according to just those three basic dimensions(量度) :height ,width and depth. However ,they are mistaken here ,for there is a fourth dimension. He showed a model machine and the real machine to his friends , declaring that his machine would Summary make it possible for him to travel through time ,and then he put his thought into practice. In his journey ,he met two kinds of people .One was Eloi, and the other one was Morlocks .Eloi people were short without strength or intelligence and living very Summary simple lives. There was very little difference in the appearance of Eloi between the men and women. Morlocks had disgusting(令人恶心的) appearance and they were cannibalistic(食人肉的). They stole the scientist’s machine in order to defeat and control Eloi. The scientist happened to Summary save a woman named Weena. And then they got together to fought against Morlocks and saved Eloi. But they failed at the end of the death of Wee