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鲁宾逊漂流记-4 A new life on an island
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  • When day came,the sea was quiet again. I looked for our ship and,to my surprise,it was still there and still in one piece. ‘I think I can swim to it,’I said to myself. So I walked down to the sea and before long,I was at the ship and was swimming round it. But how could I get on to it?In the end,I got in through a hole in the side,but it wasn't easy.

    There was a lot of water in the ship,but the sand under the sea was still holding the ship in one place. The back of the ship was high out of the water,and I was very tnankful for this be-cause all the ship's food was there. I was very hungry so I be-gan to eat something at once. Then I decided1 to take some of it back to the shore2 with me. But how could I get it there?

    I looked around the ship,and after a few minutes,I found some long pieces of wood. I tied them together with rope. Then I got the things that I wanted from the ship. There was a big box of food—rice,and salted meat,and hard ship's bread. I al-so took many strong knives and other tools,the ship's sails3 and ropes,paper,pens,books,and seven guns. Now I needed a little sail4 from the ship,and then I was ready. Slowly and carefully,I went back to the shore. It was difficult to stop my things from falling into the sea,but in the end I got everything on to the shore.

    Now I needed somewhere to keep my things.

    There were some hills around me,so I decided to build my-self a little house on one of them. I walked to the top of the highest hill and looked down,I was very unhappy,because I saw then that I was on an island. There were two smaller is-lands a few miles away,and after that,only the sea. Just the sea,for mile after mile after mile.

    After a time,I found a little cave5 in the side of a hill. In front of it,there was a good place to make a home. So,I used6 the ship's sails,rope,and pieces of wood,and after a lot of hard work I had a very fine tent. The cave at the back of my tent was a good place to keep my food,and so I called it my ‘kitchen’. That night,I went to sleep in my new home.

    The next day I thought about the possible dangers on the is-land. Were there wild animals,and perhaps wild people too,on my island?I didn't know,but I was very afraid. So I decided to build a very strong fence7. I cut down young trees and put them in the ground,in a halfcircle around the front of my tent. I used many of the ship's ropes too,and in the end my fence was as strong as a stone wall. Nobody could get over it,through it,or round it.

    Making tents and building fences8 is hard work. I needed many tools to help me. So I decided to go back to the ship again,and get some more things.

    I went back twelve times,but soon after my twelfth visit there was another terrible storm. The next morning,when I looked out to sea,there was no ship.

    When I saw that,I was very unhappy. ‘Why am I alive,and why are all my friends dead?’I asked myself. ‘What will hap-pen to me now,alone on this island without friends?How can I ever escape9 from it?’

    Then I told myself that I was lucky—lucky to be alive,lucky to have food and tools,lucky to be young and strong. But I knew that my island was somewhere off the coast10 of South America. Ships did not often come down this coast,and I said to myself,‘I'm going to be on this island for a long time. ’So,on a long piece of wood,I cut these words:

    I CAME HERE ON 30TH SEPTEMBER 1659

    After that,I decided to make a cut for each day.

     单词标签: decided  shore  sails  sail  cave  used  fence  fences  escape  coast 


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    1 decided [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] lvqzZd   第7级
    adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
    参考例句:
    • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents. 这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
    • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting. 英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
    2 shore [ʃɔ:(r)] kT0z6   第3级
    n.海岸,海滨,斜撑柱;vt.支撑,支持
    参考例句:
    • It was a mile by water, four miles round the shore. 由水路去只有一英里,沿岸绕行要四英里。
    • The ship's cinema was empty because everyone was on shore. 船上电影院空无一人,因为大家都上岸去了。
    3 sails [seilz] dbc2c089d24bc13f42f08a23af8dd005   第3级
    n.船( sail的名词复数 );帆;航程;航行游览v.驾驶( sail的第三人称单数 );起航;坐船旅行;掠
    参考例句:
    • The dinghy gathered speed as the wind filled her sails. 风鼓起了帆,小帆船加快了速度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • A mackerel sky and mares' tails make lofty ships carry low sails. 鱼鳞天,马尾云,大船降帆莫航行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    4 sail [seɪl] sY4xg   第3级
    n.帆,乘船航行;vt.乘船航行,浮游,启航;vi.驾船航行
    参考例句:
    • Ships can sail round the world. 轮船能做环球航行。
    • Ships can sail on the sea. 轮船能在海上航行。
    5 cave [keɪv] eUDyu   第3级
    n.洞穴;窑洞
    参考例句:
    • Where's the entrance to the cave? 这个洞穴的入口在哪里?
    • A great cave opened out before them. 一个大洞穴展现在他们面前。
    6 used [ju:st] ajBwV   第3级
    adj.用旧了的,旧的;习惯于…;过去惯/经常;v. 用;习惯(use的过去式)
    参考例句:
    • I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day. 我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
    • He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour. 他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。
    7 fence [fens] ykexe   第4级
    n.围墙,剑术;v.用篱笆围住,练习剑术,防护;[计算机]栅栏
    参考例句:
    • They put a fence around the garden. 他们在园子的周围建起了篱笆。
    • The thief jumped himself over a fence and escaped. 贼纵身跃过篱笆逃走了。
    8 fences [fensiz] 8bc89cf72d33a5e53cc1ffda4b14d3c7   第4级
    n.栅栏( fence的名词复数 );(障碍赛马中的)障碍物;买卖赃物者;击剑(术)v.围以栅栏( fence的第三人称单数 );搪塞;支吾;回避
    参考例句:
    • It's a pity we didn't mend our fences with the colonel. 可惜我们还没有和上校先生调整好关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He fences well, as she had noticed before. 正如她以前观察到的一样,他善于周旋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    9 escape [ɪˈskeɪp] Uijzi   第3级
    vi.逃跑,逃避;逃过..的注意;逸出;n.逃跑
    参考例句:
    • We had to break the door out to escape from the fire. 我们不得不把门砸开以逃避火灾。
    • He didn't allow any word to escape his lips. 他守口如瓶。
    10 coast [kəʊst] EXKzJ   第3级
    n.海岸,海滨,滑坡;vt.沿海岸而行;vi.下滑
    参考例句:
    • They're holidaying on the west coast. 他们正在西海岸度假。
    • There are thousands of villages on the coast. 在沿海有上千座村庄。

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