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1、《ROBINSONCRUSOE》IwasbornintheYear1632,intheCityofYork,ofagoodFamily,tho'notofthatCountry,myFatherbeingaForeignerofBremen,whosettledfirstatHull:HegotagoodEstatebyMerchandise,andleavingoffhisTrade,livedafterwardatYork,fromwhencehehadmarriedmyMother,RelationswerenamedRobinson,averygoodFamilyatCount
2、ry,andfromwhomIwascalledRobinsonKeutznaer;butbytheusualCorruptionofWordsinEngland,wearenowcalled,naywecallourSelves,andwriterNameCrusoe,andsomyCompanionsalwayscall'dme.IhadtwoelderBrothers,oneofwhichwasLieutenantColloneltoanEnglishRegimentofFootinFlanders,formerlycommandedbythefamousColl.Lockhar
3、t,andwaskilledattheBattlenearDunkirkagainsttheSpaniards:WhatbecameofmysecondBrotherIneverknewanymorethanFatherorMotherdidknowwhatwasbecomeofme.BeingthethirdSonoftheFamily,andnotbredtoanyTrade,myHeadbegantobefill'dveryearlywithramblingThoughts:MyFather,whowasveryancient,hadgivenmecompetentShareof
4、Learning,asfarasHouse-Education,andaCountryFree-Schoolgenerallygoes,anddesign'dfortheLaw;butIwouldbesatisfiedwithnothingbutgotoSea,andmyinclinationtothisledmesostronglyagainsttheWill,naytheCommandsofmyFather,andagainstalltheEntreatiesandPerswasionsofmyMotherandotherFriends,thatthereseem'dtobesom
5、ethingfatalinPropensionofNaturetendingdirectlytotheLifeofMiserywhichwastobefalme.MyFather,awiseandgraveMan,gavemeseriousexcellentCounselagainstwhatheforesawwasmyDesign.Hecall'dmeoneMorningintohisChamber,whereheconfinedbytheGout,andexpostulatedverywarmlymeuponthisSubject:Heask'dmewhatReasonsmorea
6、meerwandringinclinationIhadforleavingmyFatherHouseandmynativeCountry,whereImightbewellintroduced,andhadaProspectofraisingmyFortunesApplicationandIndustry,withaLifeofEaseandPleasureHetoldmeitwasforMenofdesperateFortunesononeHand,orofaspiring,SuperiorFortunesontheother,whowentabroaduponAdventures,
7、torisebyEnterprize,andmakethemselvesfamousinUndertakingsofaNatureoutofthecommonRoad;thatthesethingswerealleithertoofaraboveme,ortoofarbelowme;thatminewasthemiddleState,orwhatmightbecalledtheupperStationofLowLife,whichhehadfo
