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Read the title of the text. What do you think it is about?

Read the text and say if you have ever read a novel, poem or tale about an invention.

TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

by Jules Verne

(extract)

Chapter xi - all by electricity

"Sir," said Captain Nemo, showing me the instruments hanging on the walls of his room,"here are the mechanisms required for the navigation of the Nautilus. Here, as in the drawing-room, I have them always under my eyes, and they indicate my position and exact direction in the middle of the ocean. Some are known to you,such as the thermometer, which gives the internal temperature of the Nautilus; the barometer, which indicates the weight of the air and predicts the changes of the weather."

Jules Verne is a well-known science fiction author. Have you ever read any of his books?Did you like them? Why?

"These are the usual nautical instruments," I replied, "and I know the use of them. But what about these other instruments, the use of which I cannot guess?"

"Here, Professor, I must give you some explanations. Will you be kind enough to listen to me?"

He was silent for a few moments, then he said:

"There is a powerful agent on board my vessel Everything is possible because of it. It lights,warms it, and is the soul of my mechanical apparatus. This agent is electricity.'

"Electricity?" I cried in surprise.

"Yes, sir."

Adapted from: Thompson, L., Bianchi, F., & Verne, J. (2010). Twenty Thousand Leagues under the sea. Oxford University Press.

Creating your ★4own nautilus

Go around the classroom or school and collect recycled materials. Use them to create your own model of a submarine, made with your own hands.

Present your submarine to the rest of the class and explain its special features.

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