Pre-reading

Question: Did Robinson’s ship sink?

Intensive Reading

The weather was better. But the ship was full of water. We needed help. We saw another ship in front of us. They sent a small boat for us. The men on the boat risked their lives for us. We all went on the boat. It wasn’t possible to go back to their ship. It was already very far.

天气好多了。但是船上满是水。我们需要帮助。我们看到另一艘船在我们前面。他们派了一艘小船来接我们。小船上的人冒着生命危险来救我们。我们都上了船。回到他们的船上是不可能了。它已经走很远了。

Fifteen minutes later, our big ship went under water. We were safe on the small boat. But I was still very scared. We saw a land. We tried to go to it. We were closer and closer. Soon we saw people on the beach. They were from a near village. They waited for us. They were really nice to us. They helped us.

15分钟后，我们的大船沉入水中。我们在小船上很安全。但我还是很害怕。我们看到了一片陆地。我们试图去那里。我们离那里越来越近。很快，我们看到了海滩上的人。他们来自附近的一个村庄。他们在等我们。他们对我们很好。他们帮助了我们。

Notes:

1.be full of: 满是……的，也可以用be filled with。

2.in front of: 在……前面，强调在某一物体外部的前面，in the front of强调在某一物体内部的前部。

3.go under: 沉没，表示“（电灯）熄灭；（电）中断”可以用go off。

4.wait for sb.: 等某人，表示“等不及……”可以用“can't wait till…”。

Exercise:

Who gave Robinson a hand?