初中英语教学：RobinsonCrusoe.docx

RobinsonCrusoe

《鲁滨逊漂流记》是英国作家丹尼尔·笛福（DanielDefoe）出版于1719年4月25日的一部长篇小说。该小说主要讲述了出生于一个中产阶级家庭的主人公鲁滨逊·克鲁索，一生志在遨游四海。一次在去非洲航海的途中他遇到风暴，只身漂流到一个无人的荒岛上，开始了一段与世隔绝的生活。他凭着强韧的意志与不懈的努力，在荒岛上顽强地生存下来，经过28年2个月19天后得以返回故乡。在节选部分，鲁滨逊描述一些关于家人的情况以及他对航海的热爱。

Iwasbornintheyear1632,inthecityofYork,ofagoodfamily,thoughnotofthatcountry,myfatherbeingaforeignerofBremen,whosettledfirstatHull.Hegotagoodfortunebymerchandise(货物),andleavingoffhistrade,livedafterwardsatYork,fromwhencehehadmarriedmymother,whoserelationswerenamedRobinson,averygoodfamilyinthatcountry,andfromwhomIwascalledRobinsonKreutznaer;but,bytheusualcorruptionofwordsinEngland,wearenowcalled—naywecallourselvesandwriteourname—Crusoe;andsomyfriendsalwayscalledme.

Ihadtwoelderbrothers,oneofwhomwaslieutenant-coloneltoanEnglishregimentoffootinFlanders,formerlycommandedbythefamousColonelLockhart,andwaskilledatthebattlenearDunkirkagainsttheSpaniards.WhatbecameofmysecondbrotherIneverknew,anymorethanmyfatherormotherknewwhatbecameofme.

Beingthethirdsonofthefamilyandnottrainedforanytrade,myheadbegantobefilledveryearlywithramblingthoughts.Myfather,whowasveryancient,hadgivenmeacompetentshareoflearning,asfarashouse-educationandacountryfreeschoolgenerallygo,anddesignedmeforthelaw;butIwouldbesatisfiedwithnothingbutgoingtosea;andmyloveforthisledmesostronglyagainstthewill,nay,thecommandsofmyfather,andagainstalltheentreaties(恳求)andpersuasionsofmymotherandotherfriends,thatthereseemedtobesomethingfatalinthatpropensityofnature,tendingdirectlytothelifeofmiserywhichwastobefallme.