Pre-reading

What was the captain’s reaction after he saw Robinson’s house?

Intensive Reading

We hid our six prisoners in the forest. Then I and the captain had finally time to talk to each other. I told him my story and he was shocked. He also thanked me a lot for my help.

我们把六名俘虏藏在森林里。我和船长终于有时间交谈了。我告诉他我的故事，他很震惊。他也非常感谢我的帮助。

He and his two friends were hungry, so we went to my house. I showed them what I built during my years on the island. They were surprised by all things which I had.

他和他的两个朋友饿了，所以我们去了我的房子。我向他们展示了我在岛上的这些年所建造的一切。他们对我所拥有的一切感到惊讶。

However, we didn’t have much time to explore my home. We had to plan how to get back the ship. There were sixteen people on board and we were only five.

然而，我们没有太多的时间来探索我的家。我们必须计划如何夺回船。船上有十六个人，而我们只有五个人。

First, we decided to take everything out of the boat. We thought that the sailors could send another boat to the island if the men from the first boat didn’t come back with the next high tide.

首先，我们决定把所有东西都从船上拿出来。我们想，如果第一艘船上的人没有在下一次涨潮时回来，水手们可以再派一艘船到岛上去。

In the morning we heard the ship fire a gun as a signal for the boat to return. After a while, the ship fired a few times again. There was no response. Then we noticed that the sailors took another boat and went to the beach.

早上我们听到那艘船鸣枪，作为让小船返回的信号。过了一会儿，船上又鸣了几次枪。没有回应。然后我们注意到水手们乘了另一条船去了海滩。

Notes:

1. thank sb. for sth.：为某事感谢某人。

2. explore：探索，它的名词形式是exploration。

3. response：回应，“回应某事”为in response to sth.，动词形式为respond。

Exercise:

What did Robinson decide to do?