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江苏省响水中学高中英语美文阅读RobinsonCrusoe

1Myfirstseajourney

BeforeIbeginmystory，Iwouldliketotellyoualittleaboutmyself.

Iwasbornintheyear1632，inthecityofYorkinthenorthofEngland.MyfatherwasGerman，buthecametoliveandworkinEngland.Soonafterthat，hemarriedmymother，whowasEnglish.HerfamilynamewasRobinson，so，whenIwasborn，theycalledmeRobinson，afterher.

MyfatherdidwellinhisbusinessandIwenttoagoodschool.Hewantedmetogetagoodjobandliveaquiet，comfortablelife.ButIdidn'twantthat.Iwantedadventureandanexcitinglife.

'Iwanttobeasailorandgotosea，'Itoldmymotherandfather.Theywereveryunhappyaboutthis.

'Pleasedon'tgo，'myfathersaid.'Youwon'tbehappy，youknow.Sailorshaveadifficultanddangerouslife.'Andbe－causeIlovedhim，andhewasunhappy，Itriedtoforgetaboutthesea.

ButIcouldn'tforget，andaboutayearlater，Isawafriendintown.Hisfatherhadaship，andmyfriendsaidtome，'We'resailingtoLondontomorrow.Whydon'tyoucomewithus？

'

Andso，onSeptember1st，1651，IwenttoHull，andthenextdaywesailedforLondon.

But，afewdayslater，therewasastrongwind.Theseawasroughanddangerous，andtheshipwentupanddown，upanddown.Iwasveryill，andveryafraid.

'Oh，Idon'twanttodie！

'Icried.'Iwanttolive！

IfIlive，I'llgohomeandnevergotoseaagain！

'

Thenextdaythewinddropped，andtheseawasquietandbeautifulagain.

'Well，Bob，'myfriendlaughed.'Howdoyoufeelnow？

Thewindwasn'ttoobad.'

'What！

'Icried.'Itwasaterriblestorm.'

'Oh，thatwasn'tastorm，'myfriendanswered.'Justalittlewind.Forgetit.Comeandhaveadrink.'

Afterafewdrinkswithmyfriend，Ifeltbetter.Iforgotaboutthedangeranddecidednottogohome.Ididn'twantmyfriendsandfamilytolaughatme！

IstayedinLondonforsometime，butIstillwantedtogotosea.So，whenthecaptainofashipaskedmetogowithhimtoGuineainAfrica，Iagreed.AndsoIwenttoseaforthesecondtime.

Itwasagoodshipandeverythingwentwellatfirst，butIwasveryillagain.Then，whenwewereneartheCanaryIs-lands，aTurkishpirateshipcameafterus.Theywerefamousthievesoftheseaatthattime.Therewasalong，hardfight，butwhenitfinished，weandtheshipwereprisoners.

TheTurkishcaptainandhismentookustoSalleeinMorocco.Theywantedtosellusasslavesinthemarketsthere.ButintheendtheTurkishcaptaindecidedtokeepmeforhimself，andtookmehomewithhim.Thiswasasuddenandterriblechangeinmylife.IwasnowaslaveandthisTurkishcaptainwasmymaster.

2DownthecoastofAfrica

FortwolongyearsIlivedthelifeofaslave.Iworkedinescape，b

utitwasneverpossible.Ithoughtaboutitdayandnight.Mymasterlikedtogofishinginalittleboat，andheal-waystookmewithhim.AmancalledMoely，andayoungboyalsowentwithus.

Onedaymymastersaidtous，'Someofmyfriendswanttogofishingtomorrow.Gettheboatready.'

Soweputalotoffoodanddrinkontheboat，andthenextmorning，wewaitedformymasterandhisfriends.Butwhenmymasterarrived，hewasalone.

'Myfriendsdon'twanttogofishingtoday，'hesaidtome.'ButyougowithMoelyandtheboy，andcatchsomefishforoursuppertonight.'

'Yes，master，'Iansweredquietly，butinsideIwasexcited.'PerhapsnowIcanescape，'Isaidtomyself.

Mymasterwentbacktohisfriendsandwetooktheboatouttosea.Foratimewefishedquietly，andthenImovedcarefullybehindMoelyandknockedhimintothewater.'Swim！

'Icried.'Swimtotheshore！

'

Mymasterlikedtoshootseabirdsandsothereweregunsontheboat.Quickly，Itookoneoftheseguns.Moelywasswim－mingaftertheboatandIshoutedtohim：

Gobacktotheshore！

Youcanswimthere—it'snottoofar.Iwon'thurtyou，butifyoucomeneartheboat，I'llshootyouthroughthehead！

'SoMoelyturned，andswambacktotheshoreasquicklyashecould.

ThenIsaidtothe

boy，'Xury，ifyouhelpme，I'llbeagoodfriendtoyou.Ifyoudon'thelpme，I'llpushyouintotheseatoo.'

ButXurywashappytohelpme.'I'llgoallovertheworldwithyou，'hecried.

IwantedtosailtotheCanaryIslands，butIwasafraidtogotoofarfromtheshore.Itwasonlyasmallboat.Andsowesailedonsouthforsomedays.Wehadverylittlewater，anditwasdangerouscountryhere，withmanywildanimals.Wewereafraid，butweoftenhadtogoonshoretogetmorewater.OnceIusedaguntoshootawildanimal.Idon'tknowwhatanimalitwas，butitmadeagoodmeal.

Forabouttenortwelvedayswesailedonsouth，downthecoastofAfrica.Thenonedaywesawsomepeopleontheshore—strange，wildpeople，whodidnotlookfriendly.Bynowwehadverylittlefood，andWereallyneededhelp.wewereafraid，butwehadtogoonshore.

Atfirst，theywereafraidofus，too.Perhapswhitepeoplenevervisitedthiscoast.Wedidnotspeaktheirlanguage，ofcourse，soweusedourhandsandfacestoshowthatwewerehungry.Theycamewithfoodforus，butthentheymovedawayquickly.Wecarriedthefoodtoourboat，andtheywatchedus.Itriedtothankthem，butIhadnothingtogivethem.

Justthentwobigwildcatscamedowntotheshorefromthemountains.Ithinktheywereleopards.Thepeoplewereafraidofthesewildcats，andthewomencriedout.Quickly，Itookagun，andshotoneoftheanimals.Thesecondwildcatranbackupintothemountains.

GunswerenewtotheseAfricanpeople，andtheywereafraidoftheloudnoiseandthesmoke.Buttheywerehappyaboutthedeadwildcat.Igavethemthemeatofthedeadanimal，andtheygaveusmorefoodandwater.

Wenowhadalotoffoodandwater，andwesailedon.ElevendayslaterwecameneartheCapeVerdeIslands.Wecouldseethem，butwecouldn'tgetnearbecausetherewasnowind.Wewaited.

SuddenlyXurycalledtome，'Look，aship！

'

Hewasright！

Wecalledandshoutedandsailedourlittleboatasfastaswecould.Buttheshipdidnotseeus.ThenIrememberedthegunswhichmadealotofsmoke.Afewminuteslatertheshipsawusandturned.

Whenwewereontheship，thePortuguesecaptainlistenedtomystory.HewasgoingtoBrazilandagreedtohelpme，buthewantednothingforhishelp.'No，'hesaid，whenItriedtopayhim.'Perhaps，oneday，someonewillhelpmewhenIneedit.'

Buthegavememoneyformyboat，andforXury，too.Atfirst，IdidnotwanttosellXuryasaslave，afterallourdangerousadventurestogether.ButXurywashappytogotothecap-tain，andthecaptainwasagoodman.'Intenyears'time，'hesaid，'Xurycangofree.'

WhenwearrivedinBrazilthreeweekslater，IsaidgoodbyetothecaptainandXury，lefttheship，andwenttobeginanewlife.

3Thestormandtheshipwreck

IstayedinBrazilandworkedhardforsomeyears.BythenIwasrich…butalsobored.Onedaysomefriendscameto

meandsaid，'We'regoingtoAfricatodobusiness.Whydon'tyoucomewithus？

We'llallberichafterthisjourney！

'

HowstupidIwas！

Ihadaneasy，comfortablelifeinBrazil，but，ofcourse，Iagreed.Andso，in1659，Iwenttoseaagain.

Atfirst，allwentwell，butthentherewasaterriblestorm.Fortwelvedaysthewindandtheraindidn'tstop.Welostthreemeninthesea，andsoontheshiphadholesinitssides.'We'reallgoingtodiethistime，'Isaidtomyself.Thenonemorningoneofthesailorssawland，butthenextminuteourshiphitsomesandjustunderthesea.Theshipcouldnotmoveandwewerereallyindangernow.Theseawastryingtobreaktheshipintopieces，andwehadverylittletime.Quickly，weputaboatintotheseaandgotofftheship.Buttheseawasveryroughandourlittleboatcouldnotliveforlonginthatwildwater.

Halfanhourlatertheangryseaturnedourboatoverandwewereallinthewater.Ilookedroundformyfriends，butIcouldseenobody.Iwasalone.

ThatdayIwaslucky，andtheseacarriedmetotheshore.Icouldnotseetheland，onlymountainsofwaterallaroundme.Then，suddenly，Ifeltthegroundundermyfeet.Anothermountainofwatercame，pushedmeupthebeach，andIfellonthewetsand.

AtfirstIwasverythankfultobealive.Slowly，Igottomyfeetandwenthigheruptheshore.Fromthere，Ilookedouttosea.Icouldseeourship，butitwaswreckedandtherewasno－bodynearit.Therewasnobodyinthewater.Allmyfriendsweredead.Iwasalive，butinastrangewildcountry，withnofood，nowater，andnogun.

ItwasdarknowandIwastired.Iwasafraidtosleepontheshore.Perhapstherewerewildanimalsthere.SoIwentupintoatreeandIstayedthereallnight.

4Anewlifeonanisland

Whendaycame，theseawasquietagain.Ilookedforourshipand，tomysurprise，itwasstillthereandstillinonepiece.'IthinkIcanswimtoit，'Isaidtomyself.SoIwalkeddowntotheseaandbeforelong，Iwasattheshipandwasswimmingroundit.ButhowcouldIgetontoit？

Intheend，Igotinthroughaholeintheside，butitwasn'teasy.

Therewasalotofwaterintheship，butthesandundertheseawasstillholdingtheshipinoneplace.Thebackoftheshipwashighoutofthewater，andIwasverythankfulforthisbe-causealltheship'sfoodwasthere.IwasveryhungrysoIbegantoeatsomethingatonce.ThenIdecidedtotakesomeofitbacktotheshorewithme.ButhowcouldIgetitthere？

Ilookedaroundtheship，andafterafewminutes，Ifoundsomelongpiecesofwood.Itiedthemtogetherwithrope.ThenIgotthethingsthatIwantedfromtheship.Therewasabigboxoffood—rice，andsaltedmeat，andhardship'sbread.Ialsotookmanystrongknivesandothertools，theship'ssailsandropes，paper，pens，books，andsevenguns.NowIneededalittlesailfromtheship，a