Text B Time Travel（第3页）

“Iureorthepast—Idon’t，for，knowwhich。”

&ervalthePsychologisthadaninspiration。“Itmusthavegohepastifithasgoneanywhere，”hesaid。

“Why?”saidtheTimeTraveller。

“BecauseIpresumethatithasnotmovedinspadifittravellediureitwouldstillbehereallthistime，sihavetravelledthroughthistime。”

“But，”Isaid，“Ifittravellediwouldhavebeenvisiblewheintothisroom;andlastThursdayerehere;ahursdaybeforethat;andsoforth!”

“SeriousobjearkedtheProvincialMayor，artiality，turningtowardstheTimeTraveller。

“Notabit，”saidtheTimeTraveller，and，tothePsychologist:“Youthink。Youexplainthat。It’spresehreshold，youknow，dilutedpresentation。”

“Ofcourse，”saidthePsychologist，andreassuredus。“That’sasimplepointofpsychology。Ishouldhavethoughtofit。It’splainenough，aheparadoxdelightfully。Weotseeit，norreciatethismaymorethahespokeofawheelspinning，orabulletflyingthroughtheair。Ifitistravellingthroughtimefiftytimesorahuerthagetsthroughamihroughased，theimpressioeswillofcoursebeohorohofwhatitwouldmakeifitwereni’splainenough。”Hepassedhishandthroughthespawhichthemaehadbeen。“Yousee?”hesaid，laughing。

&ahevattableforamiheravelleraskeduswhatwethoughtofitall。

“Itsoundsplausibleenoughto-night，”saidtheMedi;“butwaituntilto-morrow。Waitfortheohem。”

“WouldyouliketoseetheTimeMaeitself?”askedtheTimeTraveller。Aakingthelampinhishahewaydownthelhtycorridortohislaboratory。Iremembervividlythefliglight，hisqueer，broadheadihedaheshadoeallfollowedhim，puzzledbutincredulous，ahelaboratorywebeheldalargereditiolemeismwhichwehadseenvanishfrombeforeoureyes。Partswereofsofivory，partshadlybeenfiledorsawnoutofrockcrystal。Thethinglete，butthetwistedebarslayuhebenchbesidesomesheetss，andItookoneupforabetterlookatit。Quartzitseemedtobe。

“Lookhere，”saidtheMedi，“areyouperfectlyserious?Oristhisatrick—likethatghostyoushoweduslastChristmas?”

“Uponthatmae，”saidtheTimeTraveller，holdingthelampaloft，“Iiime。Isthatplain?Iwasnevermoreseriousinmylife。”

Noneofusquitekotakeit。

IcaughtFilby’seyeovertheshoulderoftheMedi，andhewimesolemnly。

1。pletethesummaryoftheselewithproperwordsandnames。

&imeMaebeginsinthe1）’shomeatadiendedbyvariousfriendsandagthe2）Psychologist，theVeryYoungMan，theProvincialMayor，3），ahe4）。AstheTimeTravellerdeseisthe5）Dimensiosarguewithhim，gthatitotbeadimensionbecausepeoplehitastheythroughspace。TheTimeTravellerexcuseshimselfaha6），which，afterthe7）pushesitssmall8），disappears，allegedlyihDimeravellerthenshowsthegroupa9）versioimeMadanotravelthrough10）。

2。Ahefollowiions。

1）Where，specifically，isthefirstchapterofthestoryset?

2）WhatistheFourthDimension?

3）HowistheFourthDimensioheotherthree，agtotheMedi?

4）Whichcharaargumentativeredhead?

5）HewasthefirstTimeMae?

6）eimeMae?

3。Fillintheblankswiththeprivenbelow。

&ly　adroitly　incredulous　plausible　solemnly

1）Iamwholly_____ofthetruthofhisstory。

2）Hevowedquite_____thathewouldcarryouthispromise。

3）Severaldaysafterthesurgery，hecouldstillfeelthepain_____。

&orysouly_____butIstilldoubtit。

&edwithhisbusiners_____asusual。