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His first novel was Five Weeks in a Balloon (1862), and he went on to write more than sixty other science fiction and adventure books. He became one of the most famous writers of his time His most famous books Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869), and Around the Warld in Eighty Days (1873), are all available as Dominoes. OXFORD ‘UNIVERSITY PRESSBEFORE READING 1 Here are some of the people in the story. Match the information about them with the pictures. a Professor Otto b Axel c Grauben d Hans Bjelke Lidenbrock He comes from Iceland. He's strong and very quiet. He's a science teacher at the Johanneum, a school in Hamburg She's the daughter of a good friend of Professor Lidenbrock’s He lives and works with his uncle, Professor Lidenbrock, because his mother and father are dead. ean a 2 Three of the people go on a journey to the centre of the Earth. Which three? 3. What do they find when they go underground? Tick the boxes. c [| trees b (|) monsters d [j atown5B, 863, at a little in Hamburg, Germany. On that day, Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home from work early. wonderful book comes from the old d it’s got Arne Saknussemm n important teacher iso studies a lot op ni name in‘Who's Arne Saknussemm? And what's the book about?’ asks Axel. ‘I can’t read it!’ ‘That's because it’s in old Icelandic. Saknussemm’s an old Icelandic scientist from the 1500s. And this book’s more than four hundred years older than him!’ Just then, they find a dirty, old paper in the book. ‘Look!’ says Professor Lidenbrock. ‘It’s a secret message — I'm sure!’ ‘It’s no good!’ says the professor angrily that evening. ‘I can’t understand it.’ to understand the message on the And he goes out of the house for paper. They work on it all afternoon. —_a walk, Scientist a person who studies the secret something that you dontttell sure when you feel that something natural world to everybody istrue Paper you write on this message you write this to someoneThe fire in the room is very warm. Now Axel understands the message, Soon Axel feels hot. He moves the he’s afraid. Just then, his uncle paper in front of his face. Suddenly — comes home. Axel is afraid of his Axel can read the message through —_ uncle, too. the paper. ‘It is a secret me: — from Arne Saknussemm,’ he thinks. ‘But it’s backwards.’ a lV SS as The professor reads the message: “Well, Axel,’ says Lidenbrock, ‘can ‘Go down into the crater of you understand the message now?’ _—_Sneefells before the last day of June, ‘Er... Yes, Uncle,’ says Axel. ‘You when the shadow of Scartaris must read it backwards.’ falls across it, and you can go to ‘Of course,’ says Professor the centre of the Earth — Arne Lidenbrock. ‘Good boy! That's it!’ Saknussemm.” fire this is red and hot, and it burns erater a big, wide hole entre the part in the middle backwards beginning at the last shadow a dark shape thet the sun Earth we live on this letter and going tothe first letter makes on things uncle your father's (or mother's) fall. to go down suddenly brother 3‘Uncle,’ Axel asks the professor. ‘Where's Sneefells?’ ‘In Iceland,’ answers Lidenbrock. ‘It’s an old volcano.’ ‘But Uncle, nobody can go to the centre of the Earth and come back alive,’ says Axel. ‘It’s very hot and dark down there —I'm sure.’ ‘Yes, they can. Arne Saknussemm’s — ‘Now remember, Axel, this is a message tells us that,’ says secret,’ says Lidenbrock. ‘We want Lidenbrock. ‘But is his message true? _ to be the first scientists of our time We must go to Iceland and see.” to go to the centre of the Earth!’ voleano a mountain that fire and rocks sometimes come fromrai Wl Later Axel meets his fiancée, Gréuben. He tells her about his uncle's secret plan to go to the centre of the Earth. ‘I don't want to go,’ he says. ‘I want to stay here with you.” ‘Of course you must go,’ says Grauben. ‘What a wonderful journey! And when you come back, you can marry me.’ All the next day Lidenbrock and Axel get different things for the journey. At last, late that evening, everything is ready. At half past five the next morning, the professor and Axel leave for Iceland. ‘Goodbye, Axel,’ says Grauben. ‘Remember, I'm waiting for you.’ “Be quick, Axel,’ calls Lidenbrock. ‘Our train leaves Hamburg at six o'clock. 7 We must be on it.’ fiancée the woman that a man plan when you get something ready marry to make someone your wants to marry to do later; to get something ready to husband or wife do later Grduben /'gr>1,ban Journey when you go farI They sail across Professor Lidenbrock The next day they the sea to Iceland. and Axel take a train arrive in Copenhagen. _Lidenbrock feels bad to Denmark. They’ve There Lidenbrock because there's a got a lot of luggage. finds a ship. storm at sea. (ow i ess r On the 13th of June they arrive in Reykjavik. When they get off the ship, they can see a mountain. ‘Look over there, Axel,’ the professor says excitedly. “That's Sneefells!’ luggage bags and things that you sail to go across the water Reykjavik /‘rekja,vik/ take when you go on @ journey storm alot ofrrein and very bad mountain a big hill ship you use a ship to go across the weather waterMany people come to see the boat arrive. The professor and Axel meet a science teacher. His name is Mr Fridrikssen. “You can stay at my house,’ he says. In the evening, the professor and Fridrikssen talk about Iceland. ‘There are lots of interesting things for a scientist to see in Iceland,’ says Fridrikssen. ‘Really?’ answers the professor. He doesn’t want to tell Fridrikssen about his plan. “Yes. Do you know Snefells?” asks Fridrikssen. ‘It’s a volcano.’ “You can go there on foot, but you ‘A volcano? That is interesting. need a guide,’ says Fridrikssen. Nephew, we must visit this Snzfells ‘I know a very good man. We can mountain.” meet him tomorrow.’ Science the study of the natural guide @ person (or thing) that shows, world ‘or tells people where to goThe next morning they meet Hans Bjelke, E ‘Can you be our guide and take us to Snzefells?” Ss asks the professor. ‘We must arrive there before the 30th of this month. ‘Yes,’ answers Hans. ‘I can.’ Soon their luggage is ready. They take a lot of food and water with them. On the 16th of June they leave Reykjavik. Lidenbrock and Axel are on horses. Hans walks in front, and two more horses take the luggage. food you cat thisOne week later, they are near Sneefells. ‘It’s an old volcano, but old volcanoes sometimes erupt, too,’ thinks Axel. ‘Snzefells has two tops,” says the professor, ‘and we're going to the top of Scartaris — over there!’ They leave the horses and begin to go up the mountain. Axel soon feels tired, but the professor is excited, and he stays not far behind Hans. When they arrive at the top of Scartaris, they are cold, hungry and very tired. It’s midnight, but they can see the light of the sun in the sky. The next morning, Professor Lidenbrock speaks quietly to Hans. ‘Axel and | are looking for the centre of the Earth. Do you want to come with us?” ‘Yes,’ says Hans, and the three men begin to go down into the crater. erupt when rocks and fire come out top the highest part of something light a thing that helps you to see in of a volcano the dark2 In the dark squares in the crossword on page 12 find the name of a famous volcano in Italy. Name of volcano: What happens in the next chapter? Tick one box. a [) Hans is afraid and he wants to go back to Reykjavik. b L] The professor is angry because they must turn back c¢ L) Axel is worried because there's no food. 2 Which things are important in the next chapter? Tick two boxes. YD b [] knife compass. gunpowder d mobile phoneWhen Hans, Lidenbrock, and Axel arrive at the bottom of the crater, there are three black holes in front of them. ‘Where do we go now?’ asks Axel. ‘I don’t know! We must wait and see,’ says the professor. They go through the hole and climb slowly down. bottom the lowest part of something sig something that shows you something important hole an opening in something that, you can look through or go through 14 It is the 28th of June. Suddenly the sun comes out, and the shadow of Scartaris falls on one of the holes. ‘It’s Arne Saknussemm’s sign,’ says Professor Lidenbrock excitedly. ‘Come on. We go down that hole to the centre of the Earth!’ It takes them ten and a half hours to arrive at the bottom. What a very long climb! Now they are 2,000 metres from the top of Sneefells. climb to go up or down using your hands and feet; when you go up or down using your hands and feetIn the morning they eat breakfast, ‘Now,’ he says, ‘the journey begins.’ and Professor Lidenbrock looks at. ‘They take lamps and go into a big, his compass. dark tunnel. 2b ail They walk for a very long time. Axel and the professor look at the crystals in the walls of the tunnel. ‘What wonderful crystals!’ Axel s,’ says Lidenbrock. Hans walks in front of them. He doesn’t say a thing. compass something that shows you tunnel along hole that goes through wall the side of a tunnel north and helps you see where to go or under something lamp a thing that helps you to see —_erystal_@ beautiful stone in the darkAN \ On the second day the big tunnel stops suddenly. In front of them there are two small tunnels. ‘Which tunnel do we take now?’ asks Axel. ‘The tunnel on the left,’ says Lidenbrock. ‘They go into the new tunnel. Slowly they walk down it... ... but sometimes the tunnel goes: up for a time. ‘Uncle, perhaps this is the After five days of walking, the tunnel stops. wrong tunnel, It's going up,’ ‘We must go back,’ says Professor says Axel. Lidenbrock angrily. But Lidenbrock doesn’t But Axel is worried. ‘We haven't got any listen, and he doesn’t stop. water!’ he says. small little worried not happy about something and thinking a lot about it| [lll They go back to the first big tunnel. Now they go down the small tunnel on the right. But they can't walk very well because they are all very thirsty. That night Axel is sleeping when he hears a noise. He opens his eyes at once and sees Hans. Their guide is walking away with the lamp. ‘Where’s he going? Maybe he’s. leaving us,’ thinks Axel. He closes his eyes again tiredly. An hour later, Hans comes back. [h ‘Water,’ he says quietly to Lidenbrock. ‘Come!’ ‘Axel, get up!’ cries the professor and they quickly follow Hans. After some time they can hear water through the tunnel wall. Hans makes a hole in it. Water comes out, and at last they all drink. ‘Don’t close that hole, Hans,’ says Lidenbrock. ‘Now this stream can be our guide.” follow to go after something or stream a small river somebodyGUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. a The three men follow c Axel loses 1 (] Arne Saknussemm 1 7 his lamp 2 (J anew tunnel 2 © Hans and the professor. 3 () the stream. 3 ©) the luggage. b Professor Lidenbrock is happy d They 1 (] when they go down. 1 arrive back in Snefells. 2 (| when they go up 2 © sail across a sea 3 |) when they stop. 3 (| find the centre of the Earth.The next day Hans, Lidenbrock and Axel follow the stream down the tunnel. The professor looks at his compass. “Where are we now? asks Axel. ‘Two hundred kilometres south-east of Snzefells, so we're under the sea,” answers his uncle. Sometimes they stop, and the professor writes in his book. ‘How many days is it before we go back?’ asks Axel. ‘We've got water now, but not much food!’ ‘Be quiet, Axel!’ says Lidenbrock. ‘I’m writing about our journey.’ 20Axel is walking down the tunnel _—_He walks back, but he can’t find them. the next day when suddenly he —_Just then, he falls and breaks his lamp. loses Hans and the professor. ‘Oh no! he cries. Axel sits and waits in the dark. At last he hears something. He puts his head near the tunnel wall and listens. ‘Tcan hear Hans and the professor,’ he thinks. ‘They're talking. But where are they?” ‘Help!’ cries Axel. ‘Help!’ The tunnel wall takes Axel’s cries down to the professor and Hans. ‘Axel! Are you OK?’ the professor calls back. ‘We're far in front of you. Come on down here.’ break to make something stop working 222 Axel falls for a long time. When he opens his eyes again, he’s in Axel begins to walk, Suddenly his foot hits a very big cave. But he can’t see something and he’s ‘Axel! You're alive!’ anything. falling down. cries the professor. “Yes. But where are we?’ asks Axel. ‘I can see light, and I can hear the sea. Are we under the Earth now or not?’ “Yes, Axel, we are,’ says the professor. “There's a big underground sea in front of us. We must go across it. Hans is making a raft.’ cave a big natural room under the underground under the Earth raft a small ship made from trees EarthSoon the raft is ready. They put their luggage on it and begin to sail across the underground sea. They sail for many days, but they don’t see a thing. ‘I must tell Gréuben about the: Hans quickly sails the raft away from them. monster an animal that is very bad fight to hit again and again to look at 233. Use the words from Activity 1 to complete the sentences. When you go to Scotland, you can look for the Loch Ness ..nOnster, a b Be careful — don't wan the compass! We can't find the centre of the Earth without it. c ‘How can we go across the water?’ ‘Let's make a D from old trees.’ d This hotel is very different. Its front door is down in a dark and the rooms in it don’t have any windows because they are all I'm very angry with you. | don't want to speak about it, but | want to GUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Read the sentences and write Yes or No. you, a Hans's raft breaks in a very bad storm. b_Axel fights a very big sea monster. c The professor meets a big d The professor and Axel find a sign from underground man. Arne Saknussemm,Hans, Lidenbrock and Axel sail on the raft across the underground sea. The professor is looking for land. ‘Look at those clouds,’ says Axel. ‘A storm’s coming.” ——~ CT Feary The raft is sailing very quickly now. There is a lot of lightning in the clouds. Suddenly some blue and white lightning comes from the clouds. It explodes over them, and breaks Just then, the raft hits some rocks. the raft. At last they are back on land. land the part of the Earth that is not lightning the light in the sky when rock a very big stone the sea there is a storm cloud a big white or grey thing that explode to break suddenly with a rain comes from big noise 26‘How can we go back to Sneefells now?" asks Axel. Hans finds the luggage and begins to work on the raft. He wants to make it ready to sail again soon. Lidenbrock and Axel go for a walk. ‘Go back? What are you saying? First we must find the centre of the Earth,’ says the professor. They walk to the trees in front of them. These trees aren't green because there's : = no sun. Through the trees Axel can see o7- 532, some big land monsters. They walk over some rocks. ‘What are they?’ he asks. ‘Oh no! Look Suddenly the professor finds a at that! They're coming nearer!’ he dead body. cries worriedly. ‘It’s the body of a man!!” “They're mastodons!’ laughs the ‘Oh, no,’ thinks Axel. ‘Are there professor. ‘They aren't living on Earth men living down here?” now, but they are alive down here!" mastodon a type of elephant from five million years ago 2728 Just then the professor stops. ‘Look over there, ‘Quick! Back to the Axel,’ he says quietly. raft, before he sees In front of them they can see a man. He’s very tall us!’ cries Axel. and he’s walking with the mastodons. The professor runs after him. Not far from the raft, Axel sees Lidenbrock looks carefully at the something on the ground. It’s an rocks near them. Soon he finds old knife. something interesting. ‘Is that your knife on the ground?’ ‘Look, Axel. The letters A. S. — he asks the professor. for Arne Saknussemm! says the ‘No,’ answers Lidenbrock. He takes professor. ‘It’s a sign from his the knife in his hand. ‘But let’s see. journey here in the 1500s. We Why is it here? Perhaps I know.’ must go down this tunnel now.’ ground we walk on this letter we write with these; there are knife a sharp tool used for cutting SW0Mtsix of them in English somethingAfter that Lidenbrock and Axel go When they get to the rocks, they back to the raft. can see the tunnel with the letters All their luggage is on it, and the raft A. S. next to it. is ready to sail. ‘Let’s go into this tunnel and ‘Quickly, Hans’ says the professor. follow Arne Saknussemm,’ says ‘Let’s sail to those rocks over there.’ Professor Lidenbrock. ‘It’s no good,’ says the professor. “We can’t go through the tunnel. This rock is stopping us.” \\ Just then, he remembers the gunpowder in the luggage. ‘Let's blow up the rock,’ he says. “Then we can follow Saknussemm.’ They take the lamp and go into the new tunnel. Soon they come to a very big rock. It’s in the centre of the tunnel. Bunpowder powder that explodes blow up to break into small pieces noisilyHans goes back to the raft and brings the gunpowder. He puts lots of it near the rock. He takes the lamp and lights the gunpowder. Then Lidenbrock, Hans and Axel get on the raft quickly and sail away from the tunnel. Three... two... one! A few minutes later the rock explodes. light to give fire to something 32Suddenly the sea water runs Down ... down... . down. The raft through a big hole in the cave wall goes down with Lidenbrock, Hans and the raft goes with it. and Axel on it. Minutes later the raft is moving Then the raft goes over a waterfall. very fast through a big tunnel. When they arrive at the bottom, Lidenbrock lights the lamp, and water from the waterfall falls on top Axel can now see the luggage. of them. “We haven't got much food there,’ Everything is dark, and very quiet he thinks. there. ‘Am I dead?’ thinks Axel. waterfall where water falls far down z 2. over rocks 33‘Look! We're going up now’ says Lidenbrock, excitedly. ‘Up?’ asks Axel. ‘Where's this tunnel going? Can we get out of it alive?’ ‘I don’t know, Axel. But let's eat,’ It’s hotter and hotter in the tunnel says the professor. ‘I'm hungry.’ now. And the raft is going up the hot They eat, but soon there is no tunnel very quickly. more food. c _ Axel looks at the water under the raft. But there isn’t any water now. The raft is moving on lava. lava the hot liquid that comes out when a volcano erupts 34Axel is worried. ‘What's happening?’ he asks. “We're going back to the upper world,’ says the ‘But where is this professor. ‘We're in a volcano and it’s erupting!’ volcano?’ thinks Axel. Suddenly the raft comes up out of the tunnel and into the sky. Tt is moving very fast now. A few minutes later it comes back down and hits the ground near a mountain. world where we all live; people live in lots of different countries in the world 3536 ‘Are we back in Iceland?’ asks Axel. ‘No. This isn’t Iceland,’ says the professor. ‘Everything’s green here.’ ‘What's the name of this volcano?” Lidenbrock asks the boy in a number of different languages. Finally the boy understands when the professor speaks in Italian. ‘Etna,’ he answers, language people say or write things with this Soon they see a small boy under a tree. “Come on,’ says the professor. “This lava's very hot. Let's walk away from the mountain.” Lidenbrock, Axel and Hans get off the raft and begin to walk quickly away from the volcano. ‘So, we're on Etna in S in the south of Italy,’ says the professor. “That's 5,000 kilometres from Sneefells.” Hans smiles for the first time on their long journey.After that they take a boat back to Germany. When they arrive at the professor's house in Hamburg, Gréuben is waiting. ‘Now you're a hero, x \ ) Axel!’ she says. ‘Please ¥f don’t leave me again.’ Professor Lidenbrock writes a book about his journey to the centre of the Earth. After that he’s a hero for scientists across the world. And Axel is the happiest man on Earth ... when he marries Gréuben. hero a person who does something important or good 37READING CHECK Choose the correct pictures. a Hans puts gunpowder near the b The raft goes down fast and goes over Ais. M8 c The raft begins to move up, and it's . .. in the tunnel a d The raft comes out of a volcano in 1 Bo e Professor Lidenbrock writes a... about the journey. Ss ArWORD WORK Find the words in the crystals and complete the sentences. a It's coldin here -let’s .....!90%..... a fire b There's a very big ...... between Canada and the USA at Niagara © Whena volcano erupts, hot comes out of the mountain d_ How many countries are there in the a? e Professor Lidenbrock can speak three different .................. — German, Icelandic and Italian. f Hansisa when he goes back to Iceland. Everybody loves him there after his journey to the centre of the Earth. GUESS WHAT What happens after the end of the story? Choose from these ideas or add your own. a (| Axel lives happily with Grauben and he never leaves Hamburg again. b () Axel is a professor when he is older and he studies volcanoes. c (| Professor Lidenbrock goes back underground to study the people there. d [| Hans is a guide for scientists from different countries when they visit Iceland. e (J Grduben wants to go on a journey across ‘the world.40 aes Underground maze 1 xv Look at the map on page 41 from the underground maze game ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’. Follow the directions below. What do you find? Climb down the crater on the west side of Snaefells Go west and climb down the first tunnel on your left. At the bottom of the tunnel you find some gunpowder, Take the gunpowder and go east. Go down the next tunnel on your right. You stop because there are some rocks Blow up the rocks and go down the first tunnel on your right. There's a monster in a cave. Fight the monster. You hear a waterfall. Walk towards it. Don't turn right, but keep straight on. At the waterfall, drink some water and then follow the stream down to the smm ono oe underground sea There's a raft on the sea. Get on it and sail east. When the sea stops, look to your left, and you can find Arne Saknussemm’s sign, a and his Complete the directions to find Arne Saknussemm’s compass in the maze. bottom cave climb crater don't’ drink east first monster turn stream up waterfall a Climb down the onthe ...... side of Sneefells, near the volcano b Go west and down the first tunnel on your left. c Atthe . . go east and climb vo... the tunnel d Climb down into a There's a beautiful and a hungry monster. e Fight the and some water. It's warm! f Follow the ......... of warm water, and go down the tunnel out of the cave. g When you walk across a tunnel on your right and left, stop — .. follow the stream down.Poo hh Go east, away from the tunnel with rocks in, and climb down the tunnel on your right i Halfway down the tunnel ........... left. You can find Arne Saknussemm’s compass. Choose the crystals or the books in the maze. Write directions to find them. Put Arne Saknussemm’s pen in your maze. Write directions to find it. Work with a partner. Read your partner’s directions. Where is Saknussemm’s pen in his or her maze? 442 iH Famous caves 1 You can find all these things in caves, Read the definitions a-f and match them with the pictures 1-6. b c d e f 2 Read the text on page 43 about three caves in Malay: Bat: this little animal sleeps head down in caves in the day and leaves at night to find food. Painting: early people put these pictures on the walls of caves River: a large stream. Stalactite: this long rock comes down from the top of a cave. Stalagmite: this tall rock goes up from the ground in a cave. Deer: this animal goes into caves at night to sleep. Then complete the table. Where are they? Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia Name of cave How long is it? How high is it? Special things to see Visitors: Yes / No / Only with guide How can you get there?Deer Cave is one of the largest caves in the world; it is two kilometres long and 120 metres high. You can enter and walk through the cave without a guide. After a rain storm you can see beautiful waterfalls here. Nearly one million bats live in the cave, and when they leave the cave in the evening they look like a black cloud. falta lcm clad Good Luck Cave has the largest underground room in the world. The room is called the Sarawak Chamber. It is 700 metres long an metres high. Visitors cannot go into this cave. Clearwater Cave is one of the longest caves in the world. It is 107 kilometres long. There is an underwater river and there are wonderful stalactites and stalagmites here. You can visit this cave only with a guide. You can travel to Mulu National Park by plane or boat. It takes about 40 minutes from Miri, Sarawak, by small plane. By boat it takes nine hours to travel from Miri to Mulu.3. Use the information in the table to write about another famous cave. Name of cave Altamira Cave How long is it? 270 metres How high is it? 6 metres Special things to see cave paintings of deer, horses and bison Visitors: Yes / No / Only with guide only with guide How can you get there? near town of Santillana del Mar; | hour by car from Santander, northern Spain Altamira Cave is in Cantabria, northern Spain. The cave is near the town of Santillana del Mar. Ln this cave there are some amazing paintings of different animals Penn anne a bh’, 4 Think about a cave in your country, or choose another famous cave, and find out more about it. Use the table in Activity 5 to help you make notes and then write about your cave. PRI THE BLUE GROTTO, CA Waitomo Cave, New Zealand CARSLSBAD CAVERNS, USA 44GRAMMAR CHECK Prepositions of place We use prepositions of place to say where things are. inf@) on _@_ over @ under e behind |p infront of | @® 1 Complete the sentences about the picture with the correct prepositions. Arne Saknussemm is ...1'... an old room. a b There is a crystal Arne Saknussemm’s hand. c There's a fire ve: a Saknussemm d There are bottles and a book the fire, e There's a table... «.. Saknussemm. f There is a book .. the table. & There's a wall the book. h There is a white pen ‘the book. i There are letters 3 .. the book. j There's a lamp ... ... the table. k There is some paper Saknussemm’s hand46 GRAMMAR CHECK Present Simple: questions and short answers We use do/does + infinitive to make Present Simple questions with most verbs. Do you like Journey to the Centre of the Earth? Does the story finish happily? With the verbs be, can, and have got we make questions by changing the word order. It’s interesting. Is it interesting? You can remember it. Can you remember it? It’s got six chapters. How many chapters has it got? A short answer matches the verb and pronoun in the question. Does Axel like eating? Yes, he does. Is Axel’s home in Berlin? No, it isn't. y Write Present Simple questions with these words. Axel/be/Lidenbrock’s brother/? ... Ls. Axe! Lidenbrock’s. brother? Axel/can/read/old Icelandic/? he/be/young/? he/have got/a fiancée/? he/have got/children/? .. he/be/worried/about/the journey/? he/feel/ill/on ships/? Axel's eyes/be/dark/? Axel's legs/be/long/? Axel and Lidenbrock/visit/Iceland/? Axel/lose/Hans and Lidenbrock/in/a tunnel/? “sme noc ‘Axel, Hans and Lidenbrock/come/out of/Vesuvius/? m Axel/can/marry/Grauben/? 3. Look back at the story and answer the questions in 2 with short answers. Ls Axel, Lidenbrock’s brother? No, he. isn’t...- GRAMMAR CHECK Present Continuous We use the Present Continuous to talk about things happening now. They're visiting Iceland. He's falling down. We don’t usually use the Present Continuous with be, have got, see, feel. He's afraid. He feels happy. He's got yellow hair. He sees the mountain. Complete the text about the picture with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Professor Lidenbrock and Axel a) Ae standing (stand) near the Danish ship. They b) (arrive) in Reykjavik. They c) (look) at Snzefells. The professor d) (smile). Hee)... . . (be) very excited. He f) (talk) to Axel, and Axel g)..... - m (listen) to him. Axel h) (not smile) and he i) (not be) excited. He j) 7 . . (feel) worried and afraid. Axel k) (have got) a bag in his hand. He |) (wear) a green suit. All ‘their things for the journey m)....... .... (be) in front of them. There Nn)... ...... (be) some houses not far away. 4748 a GRAMMAR CHECK Linkers: and, but, so, and because and links two parts of a sentence with the same idea. Axel is Lidenbrock’s nephew and he lives with him. but links two parts of a sentence with different ideas. The professor is excited by the journey, but Axel is worried by it. so links two parts of a sentence talking about the result of something. They want to find the centre of the Earth so they go to Iceland. (result of first part of sentence) because links two parts of a sentence talking about the reason for something. They learn about Arne Saknussemm’s journey because they read his secret message. (reason for first part of sentence) Complete the sentences with and, but, so, or because. a Lidenbrock can read old Icelandic . Dut.. Axel can't understand it b Axel feels hot he moves the old paper in front of his face. c He's afraid of his uncle ........ .... he's afraid of Saknussemm's message, too. d Axel isn’t happy about the journey .. I he must leave Grauben. e Axel and Lidenbrock go to Denmark then they go to Iceland. f They talk with Mr Fridrikssen 5 they don’t tell him about their secret plan. € Hans Bjelke knows all about Sneefells he’s a good guide for Axel and the professor. h Hans isn't a scientist .... . he wants to visit the centre of the Earth. i Hans, Axel and the professor go down one of the holes in the crater the shadow of Scartaris falls on it.