Pre-reading

Question: What did Robinson do after his dog died?

Intensive Reading

I divided the animals into two groups. I built a smaller fence in another part of the island. I put one group of the goats there. It took me a lot of time, but my animals were safe.

我把动物分成两批。我在岛的另一个部分建了一个小一些的栅栏。我把一批山羊放在那儿。这花了我很多时间，但是我的动物安全了。

It was the sixteenth year of my life on the island when something very sad happened. My dog died. I was crying for three days. I went to my goats and I told them how sad I was. They didn’t understand my words but I felt that they understood me. They felt my emotions. They were unusually calm and quiet.

我在岛上的第16年发生了一件很悲伤的事。我的狗死了。我哭了三天。我去找我的山羊，告诉它们我有多悲伤。它们不理解我的话，但我感觉它们理解我。它们能感觉到我的情绪。它们异常镇定和安静。

It was now two years after the foot in the sand on the beach. One day, when I was walking on the beach, I thought that I saw a canoe far in the sea. I wasn’t sure, so I just continued my walk.

现在距离我在沙滩上看到脚印过去了两年。有一天，当我在沙滩上行走时，我觉得在海上远远看到一艘独木舟。我不确定，所以我还是继续行走。

Then I saw a thing which shocked me. The beach was full of parts of human bodies. Heads, hands, feet, fingers and teeth were everywhere. There was a black place after a fire.

然后我看到一件让我震惊的事。沙滩上到处是人类的尸体。头、手、脚、手指和牙齿到处都是。那里有一场大火之后的黑色的地方。

Notes:

1. divide: 分开，分割，分成，常用divide (sth.) into，“把……分成……”。

2. emotion: 情绪，情感。

3. shock: 震惊，“对某事感到震惊”可以用be shocked at sth.。

4. body: 这里指的是“尸体”。

Exercise:

What did Robinson see on the beach?