tailieunhanh - LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH -JULES VERNE- CHAPTER 5

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 5 FAMINE, THEN VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY DISMAY Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nang cao. Nhằm giúp các em và các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 5 FAMINE THEN VICTORY FOLLOWED BY DISMAY I had only just time to replace the unfortunate document upon thetable. Professor Liedenbrock seemed to be greatly abstracted. The ruling thought gave him no rest. Evidently he had gone deeplyinto the matter analytically and with profound scrutiny. He hadbrought all the resources of his mind to bear upon it during hiswalk and he had come back to apply some new combination. He sat in his armchair and pen in hand he began what looked verymuch like algebraic formula I followed with my eyes his tremblinghands I took count of every movement. Might not some unhoped-forresult come of it I trembled too very unnecessarily since thetrue key was in my hands and no other would open the secret. For three long hours my uncle worked on without a word withoutlifting his head rubbing out beginning again then rubbing outagain and so on a hundred times. I knew very well that if he succeeded in setting down these lettersin every possible relative position the sentence would come out. ButI knew also that twenty letters alone could form two quintillions four hundred and thirty-two quadrillions nine hundred and twotrillions eight billions a hundred and seventy-six millions sixhundred and forty thousand combinations. Now here were a hundred andthirty-two letters in this sentence and these hundred and thirty-twoletters would give a number of different sentences each made up ofat least a hundred and thirty-three figures a number which passedfar beyond all calculation or conception. So I felt reassured as far as regarded this heroic method of solvingthe difficulty. But time was passing away night came on the street noises ceased my uncle bending over his task noticed nothing not even Marthahalf opening the door he heard not a sound not even that excellentwoman saying Will not monsieur take any supper to-night And poor Martha had to go away unanswered. As for me after longresistance I was overcome