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2. Answer the questions.
1. What did Time Traveller understand?
2. What did Time Traveller think about the social system of that world?
3. The future world was not so beautiful, was it?
4. What did Time Traveller decide to do?
3. Retell the extract.
Task 10
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1. Read the extract from "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells, part VII.
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THE TIME MACHINE Part VII
Early' in the morning I went up to one of the wells and began to climb down by the bars which formed a ladder. I was climbing down a long time. At last I saw an opening in the wall from which a horizontal tunnel began. I got into the tunnel and lay down to rest.
I don't know how long I lay. Suddenly I felt a soft hand touching my face. I quickly took out my matches and struck one. I saw three white figures. But as soon as I struck a match they ran away along the tunnel.
I got up and walked along the tunnel. Soon I came to a large open space. I struck another match and looked around. I saw some big machines. The smell of fresh blood was in the air. On the metal table I saw big pieces of meat, and I was surprised because I had not seen any large animals in this world. Then the match burned down and it was dark again.
While I was standing in the dark, a hand touched my arm, cold fingers touched my face. I thought .1 heard the breathing of a crowd of these little beings around me. Some of them were pulling at my clothes, others were try-
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