Phileas Fogg’s classic adventure. Adapted for English language learners (lower intermediate level: A2-B1)
“I pledge to return London on Saturday, the 21st of December. If I do not return, I will pay you gentlemen twenty thousand pounds.”
Phileas Fogg
Before Listening
Jules Verne’s classic travel adventure Around the World in 80 Days (1873) begins with a card game in a London club. English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, pledges to travel around the world in record time.
Listen
Quick Check: True or False?
- Fogg has a bet with members of his club.
- He will stay in the club building for eighty days.
- Fogg wants to postpone the card game.
Complete this reading worksheet on an adapted version of Chapter 4