Pre-reading

Why was Friday scared?

Intensive Reading

The day before we wanted to go, Friday went to the beach. He came back very quickly. He looked very scared. Before I asked him what happened, he said that there were three canoes on the beach.

我们打算出发的前一天，星期五来到海滩。他很快回来了。他看上去吓坏了。我还没问他发生了什么，他就告诉我海滩上有三艘独木舟。

He was scared because he thought the cannibals came to find him. He said, “There is a war between two groups of local people. We are neighbours but we don’t like each other. We had many conflicts in the past. There was never peace. We kill each other whenever we can. When they see me, they will kill me.”

他害怕是因为他以为食人族回来找他了。他说，“当地两个族群的人之间发生了战争。我们是邻居，但我们不喜欢彼此。过去我们有很多冲突。从来没有和平过。只要可以我们就杀掉对方。当他们看见我，他们就会杀死我。”

I told him, “Don’t worry. We are strong. And maybe they didn’t come for you today. We will see.”

我告诉他，“别担心。我们很强。而且也许他们今天不是为了你来的。我们看看会发生什么吧。”

We took 15 guns. We went on top of a hill. We saw 14 cannibals, 2 prisoners and 3 canoes on the beach. They stopped close to the place where the forest was near the beach. Thanks to this it was easier to attack the cannibals and save the prisoners.

我们拿了15把枪。我们来到一座山的山顶。我们看见海滩上有14个食人族，2个俘虏和3艘独木舟。他们在森林离海滩比较近的地方附近停了下来。幸好如此，袭击食人族救出俘虏更容易了。

We went to them quietly through the forest. I thought about my right to kill the cannibals. I had no reason to shoot so many people who did nothing wrong to me. After some thinking I decided only to watch and attack the cannibals only if it was necessary.

我们从森林静悄悄地走向他们。我思考了我杀死这些食人族的权利。我没有理由开枪去打这么多没有对我做任何错事的人。思考了一下之后，我决定只围观，仅仅在需要的时候袭击这些食人族。

Notes:

1. each other：彼此，两个人之间用，如果是三个人之间可以用one another。

2. conflict：冲突，矛盾，争执。

3. whenever：无论何时，在任何的情况下，注意读的时候n和ever连读。

4. we will see：走着瞧，等着看。

Exercise:

Why didn’t Robinson kill the cannibals?