Pre-reading

Question: Where did Robinson settle?

Intensive Reading

The ship was gone the next morning. I knew that I could stay on the island for a long time. I wanted to make a nice place for me to live. I also needed to be safe. I could look for a cave. Or I could make a bigger tent. Maybe I could do both. I needed a place which was close to fresh water. The place had to be in the shadow. The place also needed to be easy to protect. I also needed a view of the sea. I wanted to be able to see ships.

第二天船不见了。我知道我要在岛上待很长一段时间了。我想让自己在这里住得舒服些。我还需要让自己安全。我可以找一个洞穴。或者我可以搭一个大帐篷。也许我可以两件事都做。我需要一个离淡水近的地方。这个地方要在阴凉处。这个地方还需要容易保护。我还需要能看见海。我想要能看见船只。

I found a nice place next to a big hill. I decided to put my tent there. The hill protected me from one side. I built a fence on all the other sides. There was no door in the fence. I used a ladder when I wanted to go over the fence.

我在一座大山丘旁找到一个好地方。我决定把我的帐篷放在那儿。山丘从一侧保护了我。我在其他侧建起了栅栏。栅栏没有门。当我想要翻过围栏时我就用梯子。

I took all my things inside. I had more plans in my head. I made two tents. One tent was big. The second tent was small. The smaller tent was inside the bigger tent.

我把我所有的东西拿到里面。我脑中还有更多计划。我搭了两个帐篷。一个是大的。第二个是小的。小帐篷在大帐篷里面。

Notes:

1. shadow: 影子，背阴处，阴凉处，“在……投下阴影”常用cast a shadow on sth.。

2. view: 视野，in view即“在视野中，能看到”。

3. fence: 栅栏，篱笆，围栏。

4. go over: 越过，翻过，也有“复习，检查”的意思。

Exercise:

How did Robinson go over the fence?