Pre-reading

Question: Where did Robinson hide when he tried to catch the goats?

Intensive Reading

When the goats were between me and my dog, I hid behind a tree. Then I shouted at my dog, “Come here.” He started to run to me and the goats too. I stayed in my position behind the tree. When one of the goats was close to me, I jumped and I caught its leg. But then the goat kicked me with its second leg in my nose.

当山羊在我和我的狗中间的时候，我就躲到一棵树后面。然后我对着我的狗喊道：“过来。”他开始跑到我这边，也跑到山羊这边。我待在树后我的位置不动。当一只山羊靠近我时，我跳起来抓住它的腿。但之后这只山羊用它的第二条腿踢了我的鼻子。

It hurt a lot. I let the goat go and the goat was soon gone.

很疼。我放开了这只山羊，它很快走开了。

We weren’t successful. This wasn’t a good way to catch a goat. We had to do it differently. I told my dog, “Let’s go home. I need some rest.”

我们并不成功。这不是抓山羊的好方法。我们需要用另一种方式来做。我告诉我的狗，“我们回家吧。我需要休息一下。”

I worked on my fence from January to March. It took me a long time because I wanted to make it very strong. During this time, I found pigeons on the island.

从1月到3月，我都在修理我的栅栏。我花了很长时间，因为我想把它修得很牢固。在这段时间里，我在岛上发现了鸽子。

Notes:

1. shout at: 对着……喊，训斥。

2. kick: 踢，说踢到的具体部位，可以用in，如上文中kick sb. in the nose。

3. successful: 成功的，名词形式是success，动词形式为succeed。

Exercise:

How long did Robinson work on the fence?