Pre-reading

Question: How many people did Robinson see on the beach one day?

Intensive Reading

I decided to watch the beach more. I went every day around the beach for the next two years. I hoped to see the canoes.

我决定多观察海滩。后面两年中，我每天去海滩转悠。我希望能看见独木舟。

My wish became reality one afternoon. I saw canoes with more than thirty men on the beach. I couldn’t attack so many men. I had to wait. I watched the visitors with my telescope.

有天下午，我的愿望成真了。我看见海滩上有30多个人在独木舟中。我攻击不了这么多人。我必须等。我用望远镜观察这些来访者。

The visitors made a fire and they started to dance around it. I also saw two other men. They were tied. They were prisoners.

这些来访者点燃了火，然后他们开始围着火跳舞。我还看见另外两个人。他们被捆着。他们是俘虏。

The two tied men were taken to the fire after a while. One was beaten and killed. The cannibals painted their bodies with his blood. It was like a theatre. But this wasn’t a theatre. It was real. It was horrible. But I couldn’t do anything. There were too many cannibals.

过了一会，这两个俘虏被带到了火中。一个人被打死了。这些食人族用他的血在他们身上画画。这像一个戏剧表演。但它是真的。这太可怕了。但我做不了什么。食人族太多了。

The second man waited on the side. When the cannibals didn’t look, the second man jumped up and he started to run away. He was running in my direction. I ran to the beach and I hid behind a tree.

第二个人在旁边等着。当那些食人族没在看的时候，第二个人跳了起来，他开始逃跑。他朝我的方向跑了过来。我跑到海滩那，躲在一棵树后面。

I saw that he was followed only by two cannibals. This was the right moment to save the prisoner.

我看见他后面只跟着两个食人族。这正是救出这个俘虏的好机会。

The man ran as fast as possible but the cannibals were closer and closer to him. Their speed was faster than his.

这个人以最快的速度在跑，但食人族离他越来越近。他们的速度比他快。

Notes:

1. tie: （用线、绳等）系，拴，注意tied和tired（累的）的拼写差别。

2. while: 这里指的“一会儿，一段时间”。

3. theatre: 这里指的是“戏剧”。

Exercise:

What did Robinson probably do to the second man?