2级-《鲁滨孙漂流记》-第8课

前情提要 

鲁宾孙在小山一侧的小洞穴安顿下来。出于安全考虑，他决定建一个坚固的栅栏。

故事原文

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe L8

鲁宾孙漂流记 L8

I still needed a lot of things. 'Well,' I said, 'I'm going to have to make them.' So, every day, I worked.

我仍需要很多东西。“好吧，”我说，“我以后不得不自己做了。”于是，我每天都工作着。

First of all, I wanted to make my cave bigger. I carried out(1) stone from the cave, and after many days' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill. Then I needed a table and a chair, and that was my next job. I had to work on them for a long time. I also wanted to make places to put all my food, and all my tools and guns. But every time I wanted a piece of wood, I had to cut down a tree(2). It was long, slow, difficult work, and during the next months I learnt to be very clever with my tools. There was no hurry. I had all the time in the world.

首先，我把我的山洞扩大。我从洞里运出石头，经过许多天的艰苦劳动，我在小山的一侧开了个大的山洞。然后，我需要一张桌子和一把椅子，这便是我接下来的工作。为此，我不得不长时间地干。我还想要一些地方存放我的食物，以及我全部的工具和枪支。每一次我需要一块木板时都不得不砍倒一棵树。这是一项漫长艰苦的工作，在随后的几个月里我学会熟练地使用工具了。无须焦急，我拥有整个世界的全部时间。

I also went out every day, and I always had my gun with me. Sometimes I killed a wild animal, and then I had meat to eat.

我依然每天出去，而且总是随身带枪。有时我杀死一只野兽，然后，就可以有肉吃了。

But when it got dark, I had to go to bed because I had no light. I couldn't read or write because I couldn't see. For a long time, I didn't know what to do. But in the end, I learnt how to use the fat(3) of dead animals to make a light.

但每到天黑，因为没有灯，我就只好睡觉。由于看不见我不能读书也没法写字，好长一段时间我不知道该怎么做。但最终我学会了如何使用死兽的脂肪来点灯。

The weather on my island was usually very hot, and there were often storms and heavy rain. The next June, it rained all the time, and I couldn't go out very often. I was also ill for some weeks, but slowly, I got better. When I was stronger, I began to go out again. The first time I killed a wild animal, and the second time I caught a big turtle.

岛上的天气通常很热，经常有暴风雨。第二年的六月一直在下雨，我不能经常外出。我也病了几个星期，但慢慢地我好转了。当我强壮起来时，我又开始外出。第一次我杀了一只野兽，第二回我捕获了一只大海龟。

I was on the island for ten months before I visited other parts of it. During those months I worked hard on my cave and my house and my fence. Now I was ready to find out more about the rest of the island(4).

当我去参观岛的其他地方时，我在岛上已有10个月了，在这期间，我为我的洞穴、房子和篱笆忙活，现在我可以进一步了解该岛其他地方的情况了。

First, I walked along(5) the side of a little river. There, I found open ground without trees. Later, I came to more trees with many different fruits. I decided to take a lot of the fruit, and to put it to dry in the sun for a time. Then I could keep it for many months.

首先，我沿着一条小河岸前行。在那，我发现一片没有树木的开阔地。随后，我到达了一片结着各种水果的树林。我决定多摘些果子把它们在太阳下放一阵晒干，这样就可以保存很多个月了。

That night I went to sleep in a tree for the second time, and the next day I went on with my journey. Soon I came to an opening in the hills. In front of me, everything was green, and there were flowers everywhere. There were also a lot of different birds and animals. I saw that my house was on the worst side of the island. But I didn't want to move from there. It was my home now. I stayed away for three days, and then I came home. But I often went back to the other, greener side of the island.

那个晚上，我第二次睡在了树上，第二天又继续我的旅行。不久，我到了这个小山的开阔地。在我面前，一片郁郁葱葱，鲜花遍野。还有很多各种各样的鸟类和动物。我明白了我的房子是在这个岛的最糟的一侧。但我并不打算从那儿移走，那是我的家。我在外呆了三天，然后回了家。但我经常回到岛上这边绿色的一侧。

And so my life went on. Every month I learnt to do or to make something new. But I had troubles and accidents too.

我的生活继续着。每个月我都学会做点新的东西。但也有麻烦和灾祸。

Once there was a terrible storm with very heavy rain. The roof of my cave fell in, and nearly killed me! I had to build it up again with many pieces of wood.

一次一场夹着大雨的风暴来临，我的山洞的顶层塌了下来，差点要了我的命！我不得不用很多木头把它重新建好。

（原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点

1. carry out 搬出，运出；实施，实行 

例： 

carry out a plan 

实施一项计划 

I begin to carry out my new study plan at school. 

我准备开始执行我在学校的新的学习计划。 

2. cut down a tree 砍倒一棵树 

3. fat adj. 肥胖的；n. 脂肪 

4. the rest of … 余下的……（时间或空间） 

例： 

the rest of the day 这一天剩余的时间 

the rest of the world 世界其他的地方 

5. walk along 沿着……往前走 

例句： 

I walked along the river bank every day. 

每天我都会沿着小河边散步。