Literature

AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (a fragment) by Jules Verne

1. Look at the picture and read the plan. Is it real? How many different ways of travelling are they going to use? What countries and cities are they going to visit?

2. Roleplay the dialogue and answer the last question.

OUR JOURNEY BEGINS

Narrator: Mr. Fogg is coming back from the Reform Club to tell Passepartout about the journey around the world.

Phileas Fogg: Passepartout! Passepartout! Passepartout: Mr. Fogg? Phileas Fogg: Passepartout, I called you twice. Passepartout: Forgive me, I didn’t expect you back so soon. You said that you’d return at half past ten from the Reform Club, and it is only... Phileas Fogg: I know! We leave in ten minutes. Passepartout: Is the good sir going away? Phileas Fogg: Yes. We are going to travel around the world. Passepartout: So that means that the good sir won’t be here for breakfast.

One moment... around the world? Phileas Fogg: Yes, in eighty days. Don’t ask how I have ended up in this mess. I will explain later. But the fact is that I have decided to go around the world in eighty days. Passepartout: But... the suitcases? Phileas Fogg: No suitcases. A travel pack with just a few things: a pair of shirts and four socks for each of us. Passepartout: Very well, Mr. Fogg. But, did you say around the world? Phileas Fogg: Yes, all the way around. Passepartout: Yeah. In... in... eighty days. Phileas Fogg: The question is my dear friend... ARE YOU READY?

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