Pre-reading

Question: Were the things Robinson bought expensive in England?

Intensive Reading

They gave us some money. We could go to London or Hull. I went to London. I travelled to London by land. When I was in London, I met a captain. He was very kind. He offered me to travel with him. The captain wanted to go to Africa. I thought that I could make some money there. The captain told me about the business in Africa. He told me what to buy in England. He told me what people in Africa needed. I bought things which were popular in Africa. They were cheap in England. But they were expensive in Africa. They were expensive because nobody made them in Africa. But people needed them there. Then we started the journey. The journey to Africa was successful. I returned to England with some money. I was happy.

他们给了我们一些钱。我们可以去伦敦或赫尔。我去了伦敦。我走陆路去了伦敦。当我在伦敦的时候，我遇到了一位船长。他很友善。他主动提出让我和他一起旅行。船长想去非洲。我想我可以在那里赚点钱。船长给我讲了非洲的生意。他告诉我在英国买什么。他告诉我非洲人需要什么。我买了在非洲很受欢迎的东西。它们在英国很便宜。但它们在非洲很贵。它们之所以很贵，是因为在非洲没有人生产它们。但那里的人们需要它们。然后我们开始了旅程。非洲之旅很成功。我带着一些钱回到了英国。我很开心。

Notes:

1.make money: 赚钱，“存钱”可以用save money。

2.expensive: 昂贵的，反义词“便宜的”可以用cheap。

3.return to: 返回，也可以用go/get back。

Exercise:

Why were the things expensive in Africa?