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Read the title of the text and look at the pictures.What do you think it is about?

Ray Bradbury's explorations of science and space revolutionized science-fiction literature.

Read the text and answer.

a. Were your assumptions correct?

b.What kind of text is this? What is the purpose of the text? c. What is Mrs. Bellowes's opinion on the trip to Mars? d. Do you think these kinds of trips will be possible in the far future?

A Little Journey

By Ray Bradbury (Adaptation)

"Round trip," Mrs. Bellowes had thought."But who would come back after seeing Him?"

And so she had bought a ticket and flown off to Mars and spent seven days at Mr. Thirkell's Restorium. She had spent the week bathing in clean waters and relaxing, and now she was moving,ready to be loaded into Mr. Thirkell's own special private rocket,like a bullet, to be fired out into space beyond Jupiter and Saturn and Pluto.

"Here I am,"said Mrs. Bellowes, "an ancient unstable elevator,ready to go up the tunnel. God need only press the button.'

"For one thing,"she said aloud to no one,"things are not so perfect here on Mars. My room is like a cell; the swimming pool is really quite inadequate, and, besides, how many widows want to swim? And, finally, the whole Restorium smells of boiled cabbage and tennis shoes!"

Adapted from: Bradbury, R. A litle Journey. (Released date 2016, February 10). Retrieved from: https://bit.ly/3AGmeOP

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