Pre-reading

Question: why didn’t Robinson make a raft the second day?

Intensive Reading

I went to the ship the next day again. I brought back many useful tools and other objects. For example, I found a lot of candles. I needed candles on the island. I also found two big boxes of tea. I made a lot of visits to the ship.

第二天我又来到船上。我带回了很多有用的工具和其他物品。例如，我找到了很多蜡烛。在岛上我需要蜡烛。我还找到了两大盒茶叶。我去了很多次船上。

One day, I discovered a box which was closed. I found a key under the box. When I opened the box, I saw some coins from Europe and Brazil. Money wasn’t useful on the island. But I still took the money with me.

有一天，我发现了一个关上的盒子。我在盒子下面发现了一把钥匙。当我打开盒子，我看见了一些来自欧洲和巴西的硬币。钱在岛上并没有用。但我还是把钱拿着了。

I also found playing cards with pictures. They were pictures of the king, the queen and other people. I could play some games. I could have some fun with the cards.

我还发现了上面有图画的扑克牌。上面的图画是国王、王后和其他人。我可以玩一些游戏了。我可以打牌来消遣一下。

The next day, big dark clouds were in the sky. They were bigger and bigger. The wind was stronger and stronger. I visited the ship. But I didn’t make a raft on that day because a storm was close. A raft could break easily in a storm. I swam back to the beach. The wind was really strong that night. Fortunately, I was safe inside my little tent.

第二天，乌云笼罩天空。乌云越来越大。风越吹越猛。我来到船上。但是那天我没有做木筏，因为风暴即将来临。木筏在风暴中很容易折断。我游回海滩。那晚风真的很猛。幸好，我在我的小帐篷里很安全。

Notes:

1. discover: 发现

2. playing cards: 扑克牌

3. have fun: 玩得开心，“做某事很开心”可以说have fun with sth.或have fun doing sth.。

4. fortunately: 幸好，幸运地，反义词是unfortunately，不幸地。

Exercise:

What did Robinson found on the ship?