Pre-reading

Question: What did Robinson do during the day?

Intensive Reading

After some time my days on the island started to be similar. But they were never boring. I had always something to do.

过了一段时间，我在岛上的一天天开始变得差不多。但是它们从不无聊。我总是有一些事情可做。

Every morning, I walked for a few hours. Then I worked until noon. I had lunch.

每天早上，我散步几小时。然后我工作到中午。我吃午餐。

Then I slept after lunch for two hours. Then I continued my work until the evening. I made my cave bigger with the tools which I had. I wanted to have a big cave.

然后午餐后我睡两小时。接着继续工作到傍晚。我用已有的工具把洞穴修得更大了。我想有一个大洞穴。

The cave was my kitchen, living room, cellar and sometimes a bedroom all in one. When the cave was almost done, a lot of earth fell down from one side. I wasn’t in the cave when it happened. I was lucky. If a lot of earth fell on me, I could die. First, I had to clean the cave. Then I decided to put long boards on the sides and also on the ceiling. I didn’t want the accident to happen again. This work took about one week.

洞穴是我的厨房、起居室、地窖，有时还是多合一的卧室。当洞穴快建好时，很多土从一侧落下来。事情发生时我不在洞穴里。我是幸运的。如果很多土落在我身上，我可能会死。首先。我需要清理洞穴。然后我决定在两侧和顶上放上长木板。我不希望这种事故再发生。这项工作用了大约一周时间。

Notes:

1. cellar: 地下室，地窖

2. all in one: 多合一，一个物体有多个功能，一般放在名词后面来修饰。

3. ceiling: 天花板，吊顶。

Exercise:

What did Robinson do to prevent the earth from falling?