Pre-reading

Question: Did Robinson want to go to Africa with his friends?

Intensive Reading

One day, three of my friends came to our house.

一天，我的三个朋友来到我们家。

They told me that they wanted to go to Africa. They asked me if I wanted to go with them. I said, “Yes, I want to go with you.” We started to prepare all the necessary things for the journey. Soon we were ready to go. I said goodbye to my wife. Then we started our journey. Our plan was to be back in two months.

他们告诉我他们想去非洲。他们问我是否想和他们一起去。我说：“是的，我想和你们一起去。”我们开始为这次旅程准备一切所需物品。很快我们就准备好要出发了。我和我的妻子道别。然后我们开始了我们的旅程。我们计划两个月后回来。

We left Brazil on the first of September sixteen fifty-five. Our ship was very big. But we were only seventeen men. The ship was full of things for business. We had cups, glass, mirrors, knives and other products.

我们于1655年9月1日离开巴西。我们的船很大。但我们只有17个人。船上装满了做生意用的东西。我们有杯子、玻璃、镜子、刀等产品。

The weather was good but very hot at the beginning of our journey.

我们的旅程开始时天气很好，但非常热。

A hurricane came one week later. The hurricane was extremely strong. Our ship was in danger.

一周后，一场飓风来了。飓风非常猛烈。我们的船处于危险之中。

Notes:

1.be ready to do sth.: 准备好做某事，也可以用be ready for sth.。

2.at the beginning of: 在……开始时，“从头到尾”可以用from beginning to end。

3.in danger: 处于危险之中，“脱离危险”可以用out of danger 。

Exercise:

Robinson and his friends planned to be back in _____ .