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目录 一、鲁滨逊漂流记 二、苏格兰玛丽女王 三、象人 一鲁滨逊漂流记 1 Myfirstseajourney BeforeIbeginmystory，Iwouldliketotellyou alittle aboutmyself. Iwasbornin theyear1632，in thecityofYorkinthenorthofEngland.MyfatherwasGerman， but he came to live and work in England. Soon after that，he married my mother，who was English.HerfamilynamewasRobinson，so，whenIwasborn，theycalledmeRobinson，afterher. My father did well in his business and I went to a good school. He wanted me to get a good job andlive aquiet，com-fortablelife. ButIdidnt wantthat.Iwantedadventureandanexcitinglife. ‘I want to be a sailor and go to sea，’I told my mother and father.Theywere very unhappyabout this. ‘Please dont go，’my father said. ‘You wont be happy，you know. Sailors have a difficult and dangerouslife.’Andbe－causeIlovedhim，andhewasunhappy，Itriedtoforgetaboutthesea. ButIcouldntforget，andaboutayearlater，Isawafriendintown.Hisfatherhadaship，andmy friendsaidtome，‘We’resailingtoLondontomorrow.Whydontyoucomewith us？’ Andso，onSeptember1st，1651，IwenttoHull，andthenextdaywesailedforLondon. But，afewdayslater，therewasastrongwind.Theseawasroughanddangerous，andtheshipwent upanddown，upanddown.Iwasveryill，andveryafraid. ‘Oh，Idontwanttodie！’Icried.‘Iwanttolive！IfIlive，Ill gohomeandnevergotoseaagain！’ Thenextdaythewinddropped，andtheseawasquietandbeautifulagain. ‘Well，Bob，’myfriendlaughed.‘Howdoyoufeelnow？Thewindwasnttoobad.’ ‘What！’Icried.‘Itwasaterriblestorm.’ ‘Oh，that wasnt a storm，’my friendanswered.‘Just a lit－tle wind.Forget it.Comeandhavea drink.’ After a few drinks with my friend，I felt better. I forgot about the dangerand decided not to go home.Ididnt wantmyfriendsandfamilytolaughatme！ I stayedin Londonforsome time，but I still wantedto go to sea.So，whenthecaptainof a ship askedmetogowith himtoGuineainAfrica，Iagreed.AndsoIwenttoseaforthesecondtime. Itwasagoodshipandeverything wentwellatfirst，butIwasveryillagain.Then，whenwewere near