Pre-reading

Question: Did Robinson help to pump the water out?

Intensive Reading

Many men went down. They pumped the water out. I was so scared. I couldn’t move. But then one man came to me. He told me, “Go down and help.” So I went down. We pumped the water out. Then I heard a gun. It was a signal from our captain. It was a signal that we had a big problem. I thought that we had no chance. Our ship was very broken. I thought that it was our last day.

许多人下去了。他们把水抽出去。我吓坏了。我动不了了。但后来有一个人来找我。他告诉我，“下去帮忙吧。”所以我就下去了。我们把水抽了出去。然后我听到一声枪响。这是我们船长发出的信号。这个信号表明我们遇到了一个大问题。我以为我们没有希望了。我们的船坏得很厉害。我以为这是我们的最后一天了。

We worked very hard. We tried to pump out the water. But the hole was very big. More and more water was inside the ship.

我们非常努力地抽水。我们试图把水抽出去。但是这个洞非常大。船内的水越来越多。

Notes:

1.go down: 下去，“升高；上升”可以用go up。

2.pump sth. out: 用泵抽出（某物中的）液体，“投入（大量资金）”可以用pump sth. into sth.。

3.signal: 信号，“危险信号”可以用danger signal。

Exercise:

Why did the captain fire the gun ?