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赫伯特·威尔斯: 现代科幻小说之父(2)

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Bertie loved Huxley's biology and zoology lessons.

伯蒂喜欢赫胥黎的生物学和动物学课程。

The influence of which would be found in his latter works.

这种影响可以在他后期的作品中找到。

But after his favorite professor fell ill, Bertie realized that the rest of the faculty was not up to scratch.

但是在他最喜欢的教授生病后,伯蒂意识到其他教员都没有达到标准。

After a brilliant first year, the young Wells gradually neglected his studies, plunging into extracurricular activities.

在度过了辉煌的第一年之后,年轻的威尔斯渐渐忽视了他的学习,投入到课外活动中。

He dedicated most of his time to literature and politics, preaching socialism at student, debating societies and attracting a circle of open-minded rebellious students.

他把大部分时间花在文学和政治上,在学生中宣扬社会主义,参加辩论社团,吸引了一群思想开明的叛逆学生。

With the help, he founded the Science Schools Journal which became a vehicle for his first efforts at scientific romance, the genre that we now call science fiction.

在他的帮助下,他创办了《科学学校期刊》,这本杂志成为他第一次尝试科学浪漫小说的媒介,也就是我们现在所说的科幻小说。

One of these was The Chronic Argonauts, the first incarnation of what would later become The Time Machine.

其中之一就是《顽固的亚尔古英雄》,即后来的《时间机器》。

With all that going on, who had the time to study? or not Bertie?

有这么多事,谁还有时间学习? 伯蒂?

In the summer of 1887, he failed his final geology exam and left the Normal School of Science without a degree.

1887年夏天,他的地质学期末考试不及格,没有拿到学位就离开了理科师范学校。

Luckily, Wells landed on his feet and secured a teaching post at Holt Academy in Wales.

幸运的是,韦尔斯站稳了脚跟,在威尔士的霍尔特学院找到了一份教职。

During his brief time, there, he enjoyed the occasional game of football or soccer with his pupils.

在那里短暂的时间里,他偶尔喜欢和学生们踢足球或踢足球。

But during one of these matches, a people tackled Wells so badly that he suffered from a crushed kidney and a lung hemorrhage.

但在其中一场比赛中,一名队员将威尔斯阻截了,他摔得太厉害了,导致他的肾脏被压碎,肺部出血。

To top it all off, the young teacher was also diagnosed with tuberculosis and had to leave his job.

更糟糕的是,这位年轻的老师也被诊断出患有肺结核,不得不离职。

Wells joined his mother at the upper residence to recuperate and was once again fit for work in autumn of 1888.

威尔斯和他的母亲一起在上层住宅休养,并在1888年秋天再次适合工作。

This is when his teaching career properly took off.

这是他的教学事业真正开始的时候。

Wells taught science at the Henley House School in London.

威尔斯在伦敦的亨利中学教科学。

This small institution had only 13 pupils, one of which was A. A. Milne, the future creator of Winnie-the-Pooh.

这所小学校只有13名学生,其中一个是米尔恩,他后来创造了小熊维尼。

Wells also resumed his university studies, earning his bachelor in sciences in 1890, was the first class in zoology and a second in geology.

威尔斯也恢复了他的大学学习,1890年获得了科学学士学位,该学科第一分类为动物学,第二分类为地质学。

But the big event of this period was that Wells had fallen in love and she loved him back.

但这一时期的大事是威尔斯爱上了一位女孩,她也爱他。

Her name was Isabelle Mary Wells.

她叫伊莎贝尔·玛丽·威尔斯。

Apparently, it wasn't only royals and aristocrats who married amongst cousins.

显然,表亲之间结婚的不只是皇室和贵族。

Bertie and Isabelle married on October 30th, 1891 and moved to the London, Borough of Wandsworth.

伯蒂和伊莎贝尔于1891年10月30日结婚,并搬到伦敦的旺兹沃斯区。

In addition to teaching, he took on additional writing jobs, mainly for scientific and educational publications.

除了教学,他还承担了额外的写作工作,主要是为科学和教育出版物撰稿。

Wells's textbook of biology published in 1893, remained in use for the next 30 years.

威尔斯的生物学教科书于1893年出版,在此后的30年里一直在使用。

In 1891, Wells health deteriorated again, most likely due to another bout of tuberculosis.

1891年,威尔斯的健康状况再次恶化,很可能是由于另一场结核病。

He had to give up teaching again, relying entirely on freelance writing to support Isabella and himself.

他不得不再次放弃教学,完全依靠自由撰稿来养活伊莎贝拉和他自己。

Luckily, Welles had struck gold with a winning formula.

幸运的是,威尔斯发现了一个成功的公式。

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