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The first shot I made among these creatures, I killed a she-goat, which had a little kid by her, which she gave suck to, which grieved me heartily;[qh]
我第一次开枪，打死了一只正在哺小羊的母羊，使我心里非常难过。[qh]
for when the old one fell, the kid stood stock still by her, till I came and took her up;[qh]
母羊倒下后，小羊呆呆地站在它身旁；[qh]
and not only so, but when I carried the old one with me, upon my shoulders, the kid followed me quite to my enclosure;[qh]
当我背起母羊往回走时，那小羊也跟着我一直走到围墙外面。[qh]
upon which I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms, and carried it over my pale, in hopes to have bred it up tame;[qh]
于是我放下母羊，抱起小羊，进入木栅，一心想把它驯养大。[qh]
but it would not eat; so I was forced to kill it and eat it myself.[qh]
可是小山羊就是不肯吃东西，没有办法，我只好把它也杀了吃了。[qh]
These two supplied me with flesh a great while, for I ate sparingly, and saved my provisions,[qh]
这两只一大一小的山羊肉，供我吃了好长一段时间，[qh]
my bread especially, as much as possibly I could.[qh]
因为我吃得很剩我要尽量节省粮食，尤其是面包。[qh]
Having now fixed my habitation, I found it absolutely necessary to provide a place to make a fire in, and fuel to burn:[qh]
住所建造好了，我就想到必须要有一个生火的地方，还得准备些柴来烧。[qh]
and what I did for that, and also how I enlarged my cave, and what conveniences I made, I shall give a full account of in its place;[qh]
至于我怎样做这件事，怎样扩大石洞，又怎样创造其他一些生活条件，我想以后在适当的时候再详谈。[qh]
but I must now give some little account of myself, and of my thoughts about living,[qh]
现在想先略微谈谈自己，谈谈自己对生活的看法。[qh]
which, it may well be supposed, were not a few.[qh]
在这些方面，你们可以想像，确实有不少感触可以谈的。[qh]
I had a dismal prospect of my condition;[qh]
我感到自己前景暗淡。[qh]
for as I was not cast away upon that island without being driven,[qh]
因为，我被凶猛的风暴刮到这荒岛上，[qh]
as is said, by a violent storm, quite out of the course of our intended voyage, and a great way, viz. some hundreds of leagues,[qh]
远离原定的航线，远离人类正常的贸易航线有数百海里之遥。[qh]
out of the ordinary course of the trade of mankind, I had great reason to consider it as a determination of Heaven,[qh]
我想，这完全是出于天意，[qh]
that in this desolate place, and in this desolate manner, I should end my life.[qh]
让我孤苦伶仃，在凄凉中了却余生了。[qh]
The tears would run plentifully down my face when I made these reflections;[qh]
想到这些，我眼泪不禁夺眶而出。[qh]
and sometimes I would expostulate with myself why Providence should thus completely ruin His creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable;[qh]
有时我不禁犯疑，苍天为什么要这样作践自己所创造的生灵，害得他如此不幸，[qh]
so without help, abandoned, so entirely depressed, that it could hardly be rational to be thankful for such a life.[qh]
如此孤立无援，又如此沮丧寂寞呢！在这样的环境中，有什么理由要我们认为生活于我们是一种恩赐呢？[qh]
