Pre-reading

Question: What made Robinson wake up from his dream?

Intensive Reading

“What did you say?” said the horrible man. “Our gunpowder isn’t good for you? This is the reason why we are here. We travelled from London. You have to buy our gunpowder.”

“你说什么？”那个可怕的男人说。“我们的火药对你不好？这就是我们来这里的原因。我们从伦敦来的。你必须买我们的火药。”

I said, “Thank you. I don’t want your gunpowder.”

我说，“谢谢。我不想要你们的火药。”

The man was really angry. Our conversation wasn’t good. He said some horrible things about me. I said some horrible things about him.

The conversation got to a point when he wanted to kill me. He took his gun. I started to run away. He shot at me. Then I woke up.

这个男人真的很生气。我们的对话不太好。他对我说了一些不友好的话。我对他说了一些不友好的话。对话到达了一个他想杀死我的地步。他拿起他的枪。我开始跑开。他朝我开了枪。然后我醒了。

One week later, I felt better. But I still needed to relax. I needed to sleep a lot. In August I was OK again. I still felt a little weak. I knew that I needed to do some physical exercise. The next ten days I walked around the island. This exercise made me feel better.

一周后，我感觉好点了。但我仍需要放松。我需要睡很多觉。八月我又好了。我感觉还是有点虚弱。我知道我需要进行一些体育锻炼。接下来的十天中，我绕着岛行走。这项运动令我感觉好一些了。

Notes:

1. conversation: （非正式的）对话，谈话。

2. horrible: 可怕的，这里指的是“不友好的，糟糕的”。

3. shoot at: 对准……射击。

4. physical exercise: 体育锻炼，也可以用workout表示。

Exercise:

Why did Robinson start walking around the island in August?