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 believe1 him. Time Traveller wants to prove2 that people can really travel in time. He tells he has something that can help.
They are going to another room where they see a strange machine3. His friends are looking at it and they don’t believe4 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 explain5 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 cut6 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 pushed7 the lever8 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. I stopped the lever.
I sat in flowers. It was rainy and I was wet9. There was a big monument of sphinx near me and my time machine. I also saw some white creatures10. They had rich clothes and they looked at me.
The strange creatures came to me. They said something but it wasn't English. They touched11 my hand – they were so soft12! They had big eyes, small mouths and were smaller than normal people. They smiled at me.
Maybe they were fools? But it was 802 701 year and I thought people or creatures13 would be very clever in this future.
The creatures took me to their house. We all sat and they started eating fruits. There was a big room and around 200 creatures were in it. They all looked at me with interest.
After we ate, I tried to teach14 them English. They said words after me, but then they became very tired15. I decided16 that our lessons should be very short because these creatures were very lazy and they got tired very fast.
Soon I understood that these people of future were alike17. Men and women were alike too. And they were weak18. They had an easy life, there was no need to be strong. The fruits were better and bigger. There weren't any dangerous animals and nobody was ill. They also didn't work.