Pre-reading

Question: How many goats did Robinson have after three years?

Intensive Reading

It took me three months to build this fence, but the area was very nice. There was a lot of grass and water for them.

我花了三个月修好了栅栏，但是这里非常好。有很多草和水给它们。

After some time, the young goats were very calm. Soon, they ate out of my hand. In two years, I had twelve goats inside my fence. And in three years I had more than twenty goats.

一段时间之后，年轻的山羊变得很平静。很快，它们从我们手上吃东西了。两年之中，我的栅栏里有了十二只山羊。三年里，我有了二十多只山羊。

I had a lot of milk and meat thanks to this. I experimented a few times, and I was able to make cheese and butter. My table was full now and I had a lot of animals around me. I had my old dog, goats and Poll, my parrot. The only thing which I still missed was somebody for a conversation.

因为这件事，我有很多奶和肉。我尝试了好几次，然后我能够做出奶酪和黄油了。我的桌子现在满了，而且我有很多动物围绕着我。我有我的年老的狗、山羊和波尔，我的鹦鹉。我唯一仍然想念的是交谈的伙伴。

One day, I went to the part of the sea where the strong current was. On the way there, I thought about how strange I looked. I had a big hat, a short jacket and short trousers.

有一天，我去到了水流迅猛的那侧海那里。在去那儿的路上，我想到了我看上去是多么奇怪。我戴了一顶大帽子，穿着短夹克和短裤。

Notes:

1. calm: 平静的，镇定的，“镇定下来”可以说calm down。

2. thanks to: 多亏，由于，相当于because of。

3. experiment: 实验，尝试，既可作名词，又可作动词。

Exercise:

What did Robinson still miss?