\s\up2(30(30)upwards/'ʌpwədz/adv.向上，向高处

\s\up2(31(31)sunlight/'sʌnlaIt/n.阳光，日光

※现在分词短语pushing them out into the sunlight作结果状语，表示自然而然的结果。

\s\up2(32(32)adventure n.冒险，冒险经历

\s\up2(33(33)be about to do sth即将做某事

The Time Machine

by H.G.Wells

Here is my Time Machine.This is where you sit，and with these two white handles①，you can travel into the future or the past.

I finished the machine just last week，and decided to use it to see the future.As I pulled one handle，the world around me became foggy②.Days and nights zipped③by and everything changed before my eyes.Buildings and cities appeared and disappeared in a flash④.Finally，I heard a loud thunder，and everything stopped.There was a city in front of me that appeared very old and worn⑤.

I was now in the year AD 802，701，and mankind⑥had evolved⑦into two races，the Eloi and the Morlocks.The Eloi were small and like children.They lived above the ground and spent all of their time at play.Unlike the Eloi，the Morlocks looked like white beasts⑧.They lived underground，where they kept machines running⑨so that the Eloi would be happy and well fed.

At first，I thought that the Eloi had forced the Morlocks to do all of the work so that the Eloi could play.However，later I came to see⑩that I had the wrong impression⑪：the Morlocks were the real masters⑫.They took care of⑬the Eloi because they lived by killing and eating them.The Morlocks even tried to catch and kill me，but luckily I was able to use the Time Machine to escape.

I then travelled 30 million years into the future.I was now on a beach with an ocean in front of me，but there was neither wind nor⑭waves，and there seemed to be little life.I went still further into⑮the future，and the sun grew larger，redder and darker，and the