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1、RobinsonCrusoeDanielDefoeChapter4FIRSTWEEKSONTHEISLANDWHENIwakeditwasbroadday,theweatherclear,andthestormabated,sothattheseadidnotrageandswellasbefore.Butthatwhichsurprisedmemostwas,thattheshipwasliftedoffinthenightfromthesandwhereshelaybytheswellingofthetide,andwas
2、drivenupalmostasfarastherockwhichIatfirstmentioned,whereIhadbeensobruisedbythewavedashingmeagainstit.ThisbeingwithinaboutamilefromtheshorewhereIwas,andtheshipseemingtostanduprightstill,Iwishedmyselfonboard,thatatleastImightsavesomenecessarythingsformyuse.WhenIcamedo
3、wnfrommyapartmentinthetree,Ilookedaboutmeagain,andthefirstthingIfoundwastheboat,whichlay,asthewindandtheseahadtossedherup,upontheland,abouttwomilesonmyrighthand.IwalkedasfarasIcouldupontheshoretohavegottoher;butfoundaneckorinletofwaterbetweenmeandtheboatwhichwasabou
4、thalfamilebroad;soIcamebackforthepresent,beingmoreintentupongettingattheship,whereIhopedtofindsomethingformypresentsubsistence.AlittleafternoonIfoundtheseaverycalm,andthetideebbedsofaroutthatIcouldcomewithinaquarterofamileoftheship.AndhereIfoundafreshrenewingofmygri
5、ef;forIsawevidentlythatifwehadkeptonboardwehadbeenallsafe-thatistosay,wehadallgotsafeonshore,andIhadnotbeensomiserableastobeleftentiretydestituteofallcomfortandcompanyasInowwas.Thisforcedtearstomyeyesagain;butastherewaslittlereliefinthat,Iresolved,ifpossible,togetto
6、theship;soIpulledoffmyclothes-fortheweatherwashottoextremity-andtookthewater.ButwhenIcametotheshipmydifficultywasstillgreatertoknowhowtogetonboard;for,asshelayaground,andhighoutofthewater,therewasnothingwithinmyreachtolayholdof.Iswamroundhertwice,andthesecondtimeIsp
7、iedasmallpieceofrope,whichIwonderedIdidnotseeatfirst,hungdownbythefore-chainssolow,asthatwithgreatdifficultyIgotholdofit,andbythehelpofthatropeIgotupintotheforecastleoftheship.HereIfoundthattheshipwasbulged,andhadagreatdealofwaterinherhold,butthatshelaysoonthesideof
8、abankofhardsand,or,ratherearth,thathersternlayliftedupuponthebank,andherheadlow,almosttothewater.Bythismeansallherquarterwasfree,andalltha