Pre-reading

Question: What did Robinson expect?

Intensive Reading

The next day in the morning, I saw the ship. The ship stopped far from the beach. The ship looked empty. I didn’t understand it. I expected the people who fired the gun yesterday. I really wanted to communicate to somebody. I missed communication with real people very much.

第二天早上，我看见了那艘船。船在离海滩很远的地方停下了。船看上去是空的。我不理解。我以为能看到昨天开枪的人们。我真的很想和人交流。我很想念和真正的人之间的交流。

I took my canoe and I decided to go to the ship. I wanted to see if somebody survived. The ship looked Spanish, and it was completely destroyed. When I got closer, I saw a dog. He was very happy to see me. I gave him bread and I gave him water. He was hungry and extremely thirsty. I found nobody on the ship. “What happened to the men from the ship?” I thought. It was very strange. I didn’t have an answer to this question. It was a mystery.

我撑起我的独木舟，我决定到船那边去。我想看看是否有人幸存。船看上去是西班牙的，而且被彻底摧毁了。当我靠近一点后，我看见一只狗。他很高兴看见我。我给了他面包，我给了他水。他饿了，而且非常渴。我在船上没看见人。“船上的人们发生了什么？”我想。太奇怪了。我对这个问题没有答案。这是一个谜。

There were many boxes with different things on the ship. Some boxes were small, some boxes were big. Many big boxes were full of bottles with alcohol. But these boxes were too heavy. I couldn’t take the boxes on the canoe. I found guns and gunpowder. I took them to the canoe. I also found some other useful things.

船上有很多盒子，装着不同的东西。有些盒子小，有些盒子大。很多大盒子里都装着酒。但这些盒子太重了。我无法把这些盒子带到独木舟上。我找到了枪和火药。我把它们带到独木舟上。我还找到一些其他有用的东西。

Notes:

1. expect: 期待，预计。

2. extremely：极度地，非常，extreme可以作形容词“极度的”，也可作名词“极端”。

3. mystery：神秘的事物，谜，注意它是一个名词，形容词拼作mysterious。

4. alcohol：酒；酒精。

Exercise:

What did Robinson find on the ship?