Pre-reading

Question: What did Robinson put on the raft?

Intensive Reading

I had to carry the food, rum and the dog to the beach. But I didn’t have a small boat on the ship. I had to make a raft. I found some wood. I made a raft from the wood.

我必须带着食物、朗姆酒和小狗去海滩。但我的船上没有小舟。我需要做一只木筏。我找到一些木头。我用木头做了一只木筏。

I also needed some clothes. I started to look for the clothes. I found some.

我还需要一些衣服。我开始寻找衣服。我找到一些。

When I looked for clothes, I found a box with some tools. I found a nice carpet next to the box. I also found four guns and dry gunpowder. I put everything on my raft. The sea was calm. The wind went to the land. This was all good.

当我寻找衣服时，我找到了一箱工具。我在箱子旁边找到了一条不错的毯子。我还找到了四把枪和干的火药。我把所有的东西放到我的木筏上。海很平静。风朝陆地吹。这都非常好。

Soon I was on the beach. I started to look for a place where I could stay.

很快我到了海滩。我开始寻找落脚的地方。

I saw a hill. I thought that from the hill I could see where I was. I took a gun and I started to walk to the hill. I got to the top. I saw sea around the whole place. I was on an island.

我看到了一座山。我想从山上我能看到我在哪。我拿上一把枪，开始朝山上走。我到了山顶。我看到整个地方被水包围。我在一座岛上。

I saw two small islands near. One was to the north. One was to the west. I also saw a big land to the south. It was about 100 kilometres far. I saw nothing to the east. I saw only the ocean.

我看到附近有两座小岛。一座在北边，一座在西边。我还看到南边有一座较大的岛。大约100千米远。我看到东边什么也没有。我只看到海洋。

I didn’t see any sign of people on the island. I saw only wild animals.

我没看到岛上有任何人的迹象。我只看到野生动物。

Notes:

1. raft: 木筏，竹筏，橡皮艇。

2. make ... from: 制造，用……制作，被动语态be made from，某物是由……制成的。

3. gunpowder: 火药。

4. to the north: 在北边，指的是在这座小岛北边的另一座小岛，如果用in the north则指的是这座小岛上北边的一个地方。

Exercise:

What did Robinson do after he returned to the island?