Pre-reading

Question: What might Friday talk to the gun?

Intensive Reading

Two days later, I shot a young goat. Friday was scared of the gun. He didn’t understand how such a small thing could kill a goat. He didn’t want to touch the gun.

两天后，我打死了一支年轻的山羊。星期五害怕枪。他不理解为什么这么小的东西能杀死一只山羊。他不想碰那把枪。

Later I saw how he talked to the gun. He probably asked the gun not to kill him. We took the goat. We made a nice soup. Before the soup was finished, Friday went to the forest and he brought some herbs. He put the herbs into the soup. The herbs were similar to pepper. The soup smelled fantastic and it tasted fantastic too.

后来我看见他和枪说话。他可能是让枪不要杀死他。我们带走了山羊。我们做了好喝的汤。汤还没喝完，星期五起身去了森林，带回了一些香草。他把香草放进汤里。香草跟胡椒有点像。汤闻起来香极了，尝起来也极其鲜美。

We cooked some of the goat meat the next day with sauce. Again, Friday brought some herbs and also plants. The herbs made the sauce taste great. They made a big difference. And we made a nice salad from the plants.

第二天我们用酱料做了一些羊肉。星期五又带回了一些香草和植物。香草让酱料尝起来味道很棒。它们发挥了很大的作用。然后我们用这些植物做了好吃的沙拉。

I taught Friday how to prepare corn and bake bread. He could do it as well as me a few days later.

我教星期五如何准备玉米和烤面包。几天后他就能做得跟我一样好了。

Then we started expanding my garden to have more corn. In all activities, Friday helped me a lot. He was also very good at catching fish. Our cooperation was simply great. We were a good team.

然后我们开始扩展我的花园，种更多的玉米。在所有的事情中，星期五给了我很多帮助。他也很会捉鱼。我们的合作简直太棒了。我们是一个很好的团队。

Notes:

1. Herb: (调味或药用的) 香草

2. Fantastic: 极好的，相当于great，brilliant；它还有“异想天开的，奇异的”意思。

3. make a difference: 带来改变，创造不同，指产生了重要影响。

4. cooperation: 合作，“与某人合作”即cooperation with sb.，“A和B之间的合作”即cooperation between A and B。

Exercise:

Why did Friday go the forest before the soup was finished?