In this reading, there are three primary objectives:
1—You will develop your awareness of the use of articles.
2You will increase your reading comprehension.
3You will expand your working vocabulary.

These objectives are facilitated by the following activities:
1—Reading the following part of the radio broadcast script.
2Seeing photographs from the movie that illustrate the story.
3Noticing required articles by interactively revealing articles after the "mouseover" of highlighted spaces.
4Accessing short vocabulary definitions of selected words and phrases (those underlined in blue).
5Getting vocabulary definitions from the internet for words you choose.
6Checking your reading comprehension by doing the interactive quiz at the end (self-testing).

And, I hope you have some fun too!   —Skip Reske

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The Time Machine

End of last part:

DAVID: Did you just?. . .There it was again!

GEORGE: What?

DAVID: Something was on my face. It felt cold and dirty! On my face and in my hair! It's cold! It's death! George!

GEORGE: You're right, there's something in here with us! And it smells like death! What was it?

DAVID: I don't know! But look at them! Look atthelittle people!

GEORGE: They look so afraid! Something has scared all of them! Let's get out of here! Let's go outside. I want some fresh air.


Part 3

DAVID: We went quickly fromthehall, and outside, away fromthelittle people.Themoon was full, just over head, and it was close to dawn. There wasafaint sound close behind us. And we turned, nervous and tense, but it was only Weena, coming swiftly to join us.

Weena joins George and David

WEENA: George, I'm afraid! Dark!

DAVID: Then there IS something.

GEORGE: What do you mean, Weena? Dark, what. . .

WEENA: Dark things! Dark place! Dark!

DAVID: Why should they be afraid ofthenight, George?

GEORGE: It's notthenight. Dark place, that's our clue.

DAVID: Perhaps it's something underground!


[DAVID DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENEDTHENEXT DAY]

DAVID: It was another day. We had walked intoalovely, wooded place, aboutamile fromthecommunity. Suddenly Weena screamed.

We stopped immediately.Apair of angry eyes were staring at us. As we stood there, too afraid to move,thething,asmall animal that looked likealittle bit likeanape, moved quickly past us and disappeared in theclearing about thirty yards away.


WEENA: David!

DAVID: What was it?

GEORGE: I couldn't see it too well. It seemed to be some kind of animal with white hair on its head and on it's back.

DAVID: It looked likeasmall ape!

GEORGE: It was running on all fours - both arms and legs - with its arms held very low.

DAVID: Weena, Weena what was it?

WEENA: Morlock!AMorlock!

GEORGE: Who aretheMorlock? What are they? Weena tell me!

WEENA: No, no!

GEORGE: Let's go over and see where it disappeared. Come along, David.


[DAVID DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED NEXT]

DAVID: In theclearing we foundaround opening intheground.

Round opening

George and I leaned over and looked downashaft,adark tunnel going straight down.Asmall white creature was going downaladder. It moved likeahuman spider, its large, white eyes watching me as it went swiftly down. Then it disappeared in the dark.


GEORGE: David, did you see it? It looks likeanape!

DAVID: Yes, but also likeaman.

GEORGE: So there are two species of human-like animals in this world!

DAVID: Yes.

GEORGE:Thelittle people abovetheground, and this ugly thing, this white monster, below.

DAVID: That white look . . . it's common in animals that live in thedark. Like huge rats. Like worms that are cold tothetouch. I know, because they've touched me . . .

GEORGE: David, you can feeltheair being pulled down intotheshaft?

DAVID: Yes.

GEORGE:Theearth must have many tunnels here under our feet. These monsters must live in thetunnels.

DAVID: I think we know now who stole our time machine!

GEORGE: Yes,theMorlock! So, then . . .

DAVID: Then we'll go down and havealook.

WEENA: No! No! Don't go!

GEORGE: Why not, Weena?

Weena warns against going down

WEENA: Morlock! You will never come back!

DAVID: We must have our machine, my dear. You wait for us here.

WEENA: No! No!


[DAVID DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED NEXT]

DAVID: And so we went down. Downtheladder meant for creatures so much smaller than us. Down we climbed.

Climbing down

Down. . . down. . . intothedarkness. Almost, it seemed, intothecenter oftheearth. . . Intothecore oftheworld. . .


DAVID: How much longer?

GEORGE: We won't know until we reachthebottom. Can't be much further. Do you hear that? Like machinery. We're almost there.

DAVID: Thank heaven for that.

GEORGE: Alright David, I'm on thebottom. Come along, justafew more steps. Now, give me your hand, David. Good. We're here.

DAVID: Yes, in theland oftheMorlock.

GEORGE: Do you haveamatch you can light?

DAVID: Yes, here.

[DAVID LIGHTSAMATCH]

GEORGE: There seems to bealarge room at theend of this passage .

DAVID: What do you suppose they'll do if they catch us?

GEORGE: I have no idea. Better take care not to be caught. Ah, another match.

[DAVID LIGHTS ANOTHER MATCH]

DAVID: What is that noise?

GEORGE: Probably their ventilating system, pumpingtheair fromtheoutside down to here.

Ventilation system

There must be thousands upon thousands of these Morlock living undertheearth.

DAVID: We haven't seen any yet, except for our friend who came down ahead of us. Why do you suppose they wanted our time machine?

GEORGE: I think they wanted us — notthetime machine.

DAVID: And we've come to them.

GEORGE: We must! It's our only chance — our only chance to findthetime machine and return to our own world. But, David, if that noise does come from air pumps . . .

DAVID: Yes,

GEORGE: . . . then why is it so stuffy here?

DAVID: George, what's that stench?

GEORGE: I think . . . I think it smells like blood. Light another match.

[DAVID LIGHTS ANOTHER MATCH]

DAVID: George, look straight ahead. On thetable.

Eloi bones

GEORGE: Now we know what they feed on , these Morlock!

DAVID: They're cannibals!

GEORGE: Another match, David!

DAVID: Yes, of course. Uh . . . George, I have no more. I've used our last match.

GEORGE: Alright we'll have to go back. We knowthesecret now, anyway. Morlock, living here, underground, aretherulers of this world. And our friends up above are like cattle. Fed bytheMorlock. Given clothes and supplied with food and housing untiltheday when they're taken and brought underground as food. This isthefuture you're looking at . This is what people will become.

DAVID: GEORGE!

GEORGE: What is it!

DAVID: I felt hands! Cold hands!

GEORGE: Take one of these ladders

DAVID: Yes, give it to me.

GEORGE: Use it asaweapon! Hitthething with it!

Worlock

[SCREAMS FROM MORLOCK ARE HEARD]

GEORGE: David they're here beside me!

GEORGE: Usetheladder, man, usetheladder!

DAVID: They're all around us!

GEORGE: This way! Follow me this way, back this way.


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