Pre-reading

Question: What did Robinson bring back from the ship?

Intensive Reading

I returned to the island in the evening with several small boxes on my canoe. I had some new shirts and also gold, silver and a lot of gunpowder.

晚上我在独木舟里装了几个小盒子回到岛上。我有了一些新衣服和一些金子、银子以及很多火药。

The gunpowder was important for me. On the island, gunpowder was more useful than money or gold.

火药对我来说很重要。在岛上，火药比钱或金子有用得多。

There was something else which I needed very much. I needed shoes. I found two pairs of shoes on board the ship. I took the shoes with me.

还有一些东西我非常需要。我需要鞋子。我在船上找到了两双鞋。我把鞋子带走了。

I put all my new things in the cave. I made five trips to the ship. I took everything useful for me. Then I hid the canoe. Everything went back to normal.

我把我所有的新东西放在洞穴里。我到船上去了五趟。我拿走了一切对我有用的东西。然后我把独木舟藏了起来。一切又恢复原样。

Time went quickly. I often thought about the men from the ship and the cannibals on the beach.

时间过得很快。我常常想起船上的人和海滩上的食人族。

It was one night in March when I dreamed that 2 canoes with cannibals landed on the beach. One of their prisoners ran away. He came to my house. I saved him. Then he became my friend. He helped me go through the dangerous waters around the island.

3月里有一天晚上，我梦见食人族坐着两艘独木舟登陆了海滩。他们其中一个俘虏逃跑了。他来到我的房子。我救了他。然后他成为我的朋友。他帮助我穿过岛周围的危险水域。

I woke up, but the dream stayed in my mind. I realized that with someone’s help, it could be possible to escape from the island. Maybe I could save one of the prisoners of the cannibals.

我醒了，但梦仍然留在我的脑海中。我意识到，在有人帮助的情况下，我有可能逃离这座岛。也许我能救出食人族的一个俘虏。

Notes:

1. go back to normal：恢复原样，恢复正常

2. land on：（船）登陆，（飞机）降落，如land on the Moon，登陆月球。

3. realize：意识到，认识到，后面可以接sth.或从句。

Exercise:

What did Robinson dream?