Pre-reading

Why did Friday laugh?

Intensive Reading

The next day, we went on a small trip around the island. First we went to the cross where I wanted to mark another day. “What is it?” asked Friday when we came to the cross. I explained that we have seven days in a week. These days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday and Sunday are also called weekend.

第二天，我们在岛上进行了一次短途旅行。一开始我们来到我给下一天做记号的十字架那里。当我们来到十字架那里，星期五问：“这是什么？”我解释道，每周有七天。它们是星期一、星期二、星期三、星期四、星期五、星期六和星期天。星期六和星期天也叫周末。

When Friday heard the word Friday, he laughed. I explained to him that I saved him on Friday. That’s why I called him Friday. Now, he fully understood the meaning of his name.

当星期五听到“星期五”这个词时，他笑了。我向他解释说我是在星期五这天救了他。这就是我叫他星期五的原因。现在，他完全理解了他名字的含义。

During the walk Friday told me, “If we built a canoe and go to my island, I will tell my people how you saved my life.”

在步行时，星期五告诉我，“如果我们建一艘独木舟，到我的岛上去，我会告诉我的族人你是如何救了我的命。”

I took Friday to the other side of the island. I showed him my canoe there. But he said, “This canoe is too small for two people. We have to make a bigger canoe.”

我把星期五带到了岛的另一侧。我向他展示了我放在那儿的独木舟。但他说，“这个独木舟两个人坐太小了。我们得建一艘更大的独木舟。”

So, we started making a bigger canoe. We had to cut a big tree and I showed him how to cut the inside and form a canoe. It took us a month to do this and two days to move it to the beach. The canoe was ready and we were ready too.

所以，我们开始建一艘更大的独木舟。我们必须砍一颗大树，我向他展示如何砍掉里面来做独木舟。这件事花了我们一个月，搬去海滩又花了两天。独木舟准备好了，我们也准备好了。

Notes:

1. mark：做标记，做记号，“用A给B做记号”即mark B with A或mark A on B。

2. weekend：周末，由week（周，星期）和end（末尾）两个词组成，周一到周五可以称为weekday，即“工作日”。

3. take sb. ... to do sth.：某人做某事花了（时间或金钱），如：It took me 2 days/50 dollars to fix the fence.修理栅栏花了我2天时间/50美元。

Exercise:

How long did it take them to build and move the canoe?