Pre-reading

Question: Did Robinson enjoy building the house?

Intensive Reading

I didn’t move to the fruit valley, but I decided to build another house there.

我没有搬到水果山谷，但我决定在那儿再建一所房子。

I started to visit the valley more often. Step by step I was building a house there. The house was small. There was a double fence around it. The house was protected like a castle.

我开始更频繁地去那个山谷。一步步地，我开始在那里修建房子了。房子很小。那里周围有双层栅栏。房子被保护得像一座城堡。

Again, I used a ladder to go in and out. But I had also stairs on the inside of the fence. I used stairs on the inside and I used ladder on the outside.

我再次用梯子进出。但我在栅栏内也有台阶。我在栅栏内用台阶，在栅栏外用梯子。

This activity took me the whole of August and the beginning of September. But I enjoyed it a lot.

这项活动占据我的整个八月，还占据了九月初。但我很享受它。

The fruit valley gave me so much energy. I felt so healthy and strong there. Sometimes when I was in the valley at night, I watched the moon and the stars. I thought about my wife. I thought about my family in England. I knew that they could see the same moon. They could see the same stars.

水果山谷给了我如此多的能量。在那儿我感到如此健康和强壮。有时，当我夜晚在山谷时，我瞭望月亮和星星。我想到我的妻子。我想到我在英格兰的家人。我知道他们能看到同一轮月亮。他们能看到同样的星星。

Notes:

1. step by step: 一步步地，逐步地，也可用gradually，表示“逐渐地”。

2. protect: 保护，通常搭配from，protect sth. from (doing) sth.是“保护……不受……（伤害）”的意思。

3. think about: 它有两个含义，一个是“认真思考”，一个是“想起”，文中是第二个意思。

Exercise:

How did Robinson go in and out of the fence?