Pre-reading

Question: Did Robinson save the young girl?

Intensive Reading

At that moment, we saw two animals. They came from the forest. The animals started to run to the people. The people were scared. One animal attacked a young girl. I shot at the animal. I killed the animal. The second animal was scared. It ran away.

在那一刻，我们看到了两只动物。它们从森林中来。那两只动物开始向那些人跑去。那些人很害怕。一只动物袭击了一个小女孩。我朝那只动物开枪。我杀死了那只动物。第二只动物害怕了。它跑了。

The people were shocked when they heard the gun. They were also shocked when they saw that the animal was dead. They were happy that the girl was alive. They thanked us. They brought us more food and water. We had a lot of food and water on the boat. We didn’t stop for ten days. We saw some islands the next day. I thought that we could visit the islands. But at that moment the boy started to shout. He started to shout because he saw a ship.

那些人听到枪声都惊呆了。当他们看到那只动物已经死了时，他们也感到震惊。他们很高兴那个女孩还活着。他们感谢我们。他们给我们带来了更多的食物和水。我们船上有很多食物和水。我们连续十天没停船。第二天我们看到了一些岛屿。我想我们可以去参观那些岛屿。但就在那时，那个男孩开始大喊起来。因为他看到了一艘船，所以他开始大喊。

The boy was really scared. He thought that it was a pirate ship. But I looked at the ship. I saw that it was Portuguese. But nobody on the ship saw us. So I fired a gun. They heard the gun. They saw us. Soon we were on the Portuguese ship.

那个男孩很害怕。他以为那是一艘海盗船。但我看了看那艘船。我看到那是一搜葡萄牙人的船。但那艘船上没人看到我们。所以我开了一枪。他们听到了枪声。他们看到我们了。很快我们就上了那艘葡萄牙船。

Notes:

1.run away: 逃跑，“偶然遇到（某人）”可以用run across sb.。

2.look at: 看，“小心”可以用look out。

3.fire: 开（枪），“开枪射击”可以用fire sth. off。

Exercise:

When Robinson and the boy saw the Portuguese ship, Robinson fired a gun in order to ____ .