Pre-reading

Question: Was the lion dead?

Intensive Reading

I didn’t know where exactly we were. I only knew that we went around the coast of Africa. I hoped that we met an English ship when we went around the coast. I thought that we were in a land where nobody lived. We didn’t see any people on the land. We only heard wild animals sometimes.

我不知道我们到底在哪里。我只知道我们绕着非洲海岸走了一圈。我希望我们绕着海岸走的时候能遇到一艘英国船。我以为我们是在一片无人居住的陆地上。我们在那片陆地上没有看到任何人。我们只是偶尔会听到野兽的叫声。

One morning, when we went for fresh water, we saw a lion on the beach. He was very big. He was only 20 metres from us. The boy was scared. When the lion saw us, he started to run to us. We didn’t have much time. I had to shoot at him. I had three guns. The first bullet hit its leg. The second bullet hit its head. He was seriously injured. The third bullet finished the animal.

一天早上，当我们去取淡水时，我们在海滩上看到一头狮子。它非常高大。它离我们只有20米远。那个男孩很害怕。当那头狮子看到我们时，它开始向我们跑来。我们时间不多。我不得不向它开枪。我开了三枪。第一颗子弹击中了它的腿。第二颗子弹击中了它的头部。它受了重伤。第三颗子弹打死了这只动物。

We couldn’t eat the meat because it wasn’t good. But I wanted to take the skin. We put the skin on top of the boat. The skin was dry soon.

我们不能吃狮子的肉，因为它不好吃。但我想把它的皮剥下来。我们把狮子皮放在船顶上。狮子皮很快就干了。

Notes:

1.go for sth.: 去取回某物，“着手做；开始做”可以用go about sth.。

2.injured: 受伤的，“伤者”可以用the injured。

3.on top of: 在……上面，“彻底”可以用from top to bottom。

Exercise:

The second bullet hit ______ of the lion.