Pre-reading

Question: What did Robinson use to make the basket?

Intensive Reading

I started to make longer and longer trips around the island. Soon, I realized that I needed a basket for these trips. With a basket I could carry more food when I made my trips around the island. I could also carry more fruit from the fruit valley. I cut branches from the same tree which I used for my fences. I dried these branches. I used the branches to make the basket.

我开始在岛上进行越来越长的旅行。很快，我意识到我的旅行需要一个篮子。有篮子我在岛上旅行的时候就可以装更多食物。我还可以从水果山谷拿更多的水果。我从做栅栏用的同一棵树上砍了一些树枝。我把这些树枝晒干。我用这些树枝做篮子。

When I finished the basket, I decided to make a longer trip around the island. I went through the valley with my second house. After the valley I found some grass fields. They were very flat. They had a lot of flowers. They smelled so good.

当我做好这个篮子时，我决定在岛上进行一次更长途的旅行。我穿过有我第二座房子的山谷。在山谷后面我发现了一些草地。它们很平坦。有很多花。很好闻。

A lot of insects were flying around these flowers. I saw some big butterflies. Their wings were ten centimetres wide.

很多昆虫围绕着花飞舞。我看见一些大的蝴蝶。它们的翅膀有十厘米宽。

There were small trees around these fields. I found nuts on these trees. These nuts were different from nuts in England. They had a different shape. They were also sweeter than nuts in England.

这些草地周围有一些小树。我在这些树上找到了坚果。这些坚果和英格兰的不同。它们有不同的形状。它们也比英格兰的坚果更甜。

Notes:

1. branch：树枝，这个词可以表示各种“分支”，比如河流的“支流”，机构的“分支”，品牌的“分店”等。

2. dry：这里作动词，是“把……变干”的意思。

3. decide：决定，决定做某事，一般搭配为decide to do sth.或接从句decide that...。

Exercise:

What did Robinson find after the valley?