书名：Journey to the Centre of the Earth 地心游记/地心历险记
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数1000L
作者：Jules Verne儒勒·凡尔纳
出版社名称：William Collins
出版时间：2010
语种：英文
ISBN：9780007372379
商品尺寸：11.4 x 1.9 x 17.8 cm
包装：简装
页数：288 （以实物为准）

Journey to the Centre of the Earth《地心游记》发表于1864年，是“科幻小说之父”凡尔纳的早期作品，也是一部世界科幻小说永恒经典。整部小说不仅情节波澜起伏，文笔幽默流畅，而且有着浪漫且合乎科学的非凡想象力，把读者带进了一个超越时空的幻想世界。1986年，法国《读书》杂志将《地心游记》列入“个人理想藏书”书目。

推荐理由：
1.现代科学幻想小说之父儒勒·凡尔纳早期著名科幻小说；
2.柯林斯经典系列，含历史背景及作者介绍（Life & Times），后附英语词汇注释（Glossary of Classic Literature），生词表采用《柯林斯英语词典》的解释，有助于读者学习理解；
3.轻型环保纸印刷，小巧轻便，方便随身携带阅读。
“From that hour we had no further occasion for the exercise of reason, or judgment, or skill, or contrivance. We were henceforth to be hurled along, the playthings of the fierce elements of the deep.”
In Verne’s science-fiction classic, Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to solve the mysterious coded message that lies within it. Eventually he deciphers the story – that of an Icelandic explorer who travels to the centre of the earth, finding his way there via a volcano.
Inspired by the manuscript,the Professor is determined to follow in the explorer’s footsteps and builds a crew of men which includes his nervous nephew Axel. Together they begin their journey to the centre of the earth, facing fearsome danger and adventure at every turn.
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth《地心游记》
德国科学家李登布洛克教授在一本古老的书籍里偶然得到一张羊皮纸，并从前人阿尔纳·萨科努塞姆的得到了启发，偕同侄子阿克塞尔和向导汉斯，进行了一次穿越地心的探险旅行。他们从冰岛的斯奈菲尔火山口下降，在地心经历三个月的艰辛跋涉，一路克服缺水、迷路、暴风雨等艰难险阻，从西西里岛的火山口返回地面。
From that hour we had no further occasion for the exercise of reason, or judgment, or skill, or contrivance. We were henceforth to be hurled along, the playthings of the fierce elements of the deep.
In Verne’s science-fiction classic, Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to solve the mysterious coded message that lies within it. Eventually he deciphers the story—that of an Icelandic explorer who travels to the centre of the earth, finding his way there via a volcano. Inspired by the manuscript, The Professor is determined to follow in the explorer’s footsteps and builds a crew of men which includes his nervous nephew Axel. Together they begin their journey to the centre of the earth, facing fearsome danger and adventure at every turn.

儒勒·凡尔纳（Jules Verne），19世纪法国有名的科幻小说和冒险小说作家，被誉为“科学幻想小说之父”。凡尔纳一生著述颇丰，创作的长篇小说和短篇小说集共计六十六部，以及《法国地理》一卷，《伟大的旅行家和伟大的旅行史》六卷。代表作品有《八十天环游地球》《海底两万里》《格兰特船长和他的儿女》《神秘岛》《气球上的五星期》《地心游记》等。
French writerJules Verne(February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905) pioneered the science fiction literary genre. He published many plays, essays, short stories, and poems during his lifetime, but is best known for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, and A Journey to the Center of the Earth. Today, he is one of the most translated authors in the world.

Looking back to all that has occurred to me since that eventful day, I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of my adventures. They were truly so wonderful that even now I am bewildered when I think of them. My uncle was a German, having married my mother's sister, an Englishwoman. Being very much attached to his fatherless nephew, he invited me to study under him in his home in the fatherland. This home was in a large town, and my uncle a professor of philosophy, chemistry, geology, mineralogy, and many other ologies. One day, after passing some hours in the laboratory—my uncle being absent at the time—I suddenly felt the necessity of renovating the tissues—i.e., I was hungry, and was about to rouse up our old French cook, when my uncle, Professor Von Hardwigg, suddenly opened the street door, and came rushing upstairs. Now Professor Hardwigg, my worthy uncle, is by no means a bad sort of man; he is, however, choleric and original. To bear with him means to obey; and scarcely had his heavy feet resounded within our joint domicile than he shouted for me to attend upon him. “Harry—Harry—Harry—” I hastened to obey, but before I could reach his room, jumping three steps at a time, he was stamping his right foot upon the landing. “Harry!” he cried, in a frantic tone, “are you coming up?” Now to tell the truth, at that moment I was far more interested in the question as to what was to constitute our dinner than in any problem of science; to me soup was more interesting than soda, an omelette more tempting than arithmetic, and an artichoke of ten times more value than any amount of asbestos. But my uncle was not a man to be kept waiting; so adjourning therefore all minor questions, I presented myself before him.