Passage 4

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Passage 4
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From a Sinking Ferry to a Lonely Island
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1. oil lamps, flashlights, matches
2. coatsjackets, sleeping bags, tents, blankets
3. mineral water, PEPSI, whisky,beer
4. fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, dry fruits, dry
   vegetables
5. first-aid-kit, knives, gunbullets, fishing pole
6. water purification, flour, sugar, salt

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Our Tasks Today
Idea of the text Key structures Summary Assignment
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Who? What? Adventures?
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Lawyer? Oh, no. I like sea voyage.
Hello, everyone. Im Robinson Crusoe.
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
ill luck
Ignoring fathers cautions, he runs away and
slight misfortune happens in a row. He always
gets through by his readiness and ingenuity.
smartness
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I am sailing. I am sailing
Years later, he goes on a voyage as the master of
the trade group again.
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Oh, my god. Where am I?
Soon a terrible shipwreck occurs after which
Robinson Crusoe found himself cast by the waves
upon the shore of an island, alone.
thrown
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Maybe this would be a nice place to live.
After sleeping in a tree for a night he decided
to stay on the island and manage his livelihood
for himself.
living
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Ive got quite a few.
bullets
tools
sunk
He swam back to the foundered ship and after
several trips got out of it quite a few things,
including the small stores of food and clothing
and utensils as well as guns and ammunition,
which he saved up for his own use.
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ready for use
rescue
And then, out of the available resources salvaged
from the ship and with what he could get from the
desert island, he managed with his
industriousness and knack to create an
environment for himself
diligence
a clever way of doing sth.
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to provide protection for
first sheltered himself against the wind and
rain, defended himself against the possible
attacks of wild animals,
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train
then built a house, grew barley and rice,
domesticated goats ,
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fought against cannibal savages coming from
neighboring islands,
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later rescued one savage named Friday from death
and made him his servant,
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built a boat, and lived not uncomfortably on the
lonely island for 28 years,
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Spanish people
then saved from death Fridays father and a
Spaniard and became the leader or master of the
whole group,
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betrayer
and finally saved the captain of an English ship
from the mutineers and returned to England on
that ship.
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an area under cultivation
After he departed from the desert island, he
sailed to Lisbon to find out about his plantation
in Brazil.
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Robinson, this is the money from the land.
Oh, really? Im a rich man now?
gain
Having found his old captain, he received the
profit accruing from that plantation and then
sold the plantation to his partner.
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Then he traveled back to England with all his
wealth via Spain and France.
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He experienced strange and exciting adventures
against wolves and a bear in the mountains
between Spain and France.
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After he returned to England, he got married and
long before his wife died.
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Finally, he sailed again to his desert island
and to Brazil and sent women and supplies from
Brazil to the island to establish a regular
colony there.
build
an area settled
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Ignoring fathers cautions, he runs away and
slight misfortune happens in a row.
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Soon a terrible shipwreck occurs after which
Robinson Crusoe found himself cast by the waves
upon the shore of an island, alone.
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He swam back to the foundered ship and after
several trips got out of it quite a few things,
including the small stores of food and clothing
and utensils as well as guns and ammunition,
which he saved up for his own use.
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Out of the available resources salvaged from the
ship and with what he could get from the desert
island, he managed with his industriousness and
knack to create an environment for himself.
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Summary

• 1. Narration
• who, where, when, what, why
• time sequence
• main plot

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Summary

• 2. Exposition and Argumentation
• a clear statement
• a summary of supporting facts

accurate, concise, logical
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Assignment
Please prepare for a brief introduction
(3-minute) to a novel (either English or Chinese)
you have ever read and report it to the class
next time.
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