80 Days Around the World Intro (if you are over 30, please watch this video!!)

By Bruna Iglesias (Básico 2).

This is an adventure book by Jules Verne. The rmain characters are Phileas Fogg, a rich English gentleman; Jean Passepartout, his French servant; and Fix, a Scotland Yard detective.

The places of the story are London, Egypt, India (Bombay and Calcutta), Japan and America (San Francisco and New York).

The book is about a journey round the world in eighty days.

Phileas Fogg bets 20,000 pounds he will go round the world in eighty days, so he and his servant start a journey, but there is another person: detective Fix. He follows them because he thinks that Phileas Fogg if the thief of the Bank of England and he wants to catch him.

By Miriam Gómez (Básico 2).

The book is about Phileas Fogg, a rich man. He makes a bet with his freinds: he has to go around the world in eighty days.

His servant's name is Passepartout and he travels with him.

In this trip, Phileas fog will meet his future wife and they have a lot of adventures.

This is the song for you to sing along (if you are over 30 you will shed a tear!!):


FOG, I'M THE ONE WHO MADE THE BET
AND I KNOW WE'LL BE EXACTLY RIGHT ON TIME
FOG IS MY NAME AND I COULD PLAY WITH MY LIFE IN MANY WAYS
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY

HERE I AM - A RIGADON
I'M A TICO - D'MASCOTA
IT'S MY TURN - THE GENTLE TOUCH
A ROMY THEY LOVE ME SO MUCH

HEY NOW THEY STORY MUST GO ON
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIME HAS GONE
WE MUST BE READY
TO GO AWAY

80 DAYS AROUND THE WORLD
WE'LL FIND A POT OF GOLD
JUST SITTING WHERE THE RAINBOW'S ENDING
TIME - WE'LL FIGHT AGAINST THE TIME
AND WE'LL FLY ON THE WHITE WINGS OF THE WIND

80 DAYS AROUND THE WORLD
NO WE WON'T SAY A WORD
BEFORE THE SHIP IS REALLY BACK
ROUND, ROUND, ALL AROUND THE WORLD
ROUND, ALL AROUND THE WORLD
ROUND, ALL AROUND THE WORLD
ROUND, ALL AROUND THE WORLD