Robison Crusoe 鲁宾逊漂流记 Chapter 5-BUILDS A HOUSE

SEPTEMBER 30, 1659. -I, poor miserable ¹ Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked during a dreadful storm in the offing, came on shore on this dismal ³, unfortunate island, which I called "The Island of Despair"; all the rest of the ship's company being drowned, and myself almost dead., ,All the rest of the day I spent in afflicting ⁴ myself at the dismal circumstances I was brought to-viz. I had neither food, house, clothes, weapon, nor place to fly to; and in despair of any relief, saw nothing but death before me-either that I should be devoured ⁵ by wild beasts, murdered by savages ⁶, or starved to death for want of food. At the approach of night I slept in a tree, for fear of wild creatures; but slept soundly, though it rained all night., ,OCTOBER 1. -In the morning I saw, to my great surprise, the ship had floated with the high tide, and was driven on shore again much nearer the island; which, as it was some comfort, on one hand- for, seeing her set upright, and not broken to pieces, I hoped, if the wind abated ⁸, I might get on board, and get some food and necessaries out of her for my relief-so, on the other hand, it renewed my grief at the loss of my comrades, who, I imagined, if we had all stayed on board, might have saved the ship, or, at least, that they would not have been all drowned as they were; and that, had the men been saved, we might perhaps have built us a boat out of the ruins of the ship to have carried us to some other part of the world. I spent great part of this day in perplexing myself on these things; but at length, seeing the ship almost dry, I went upon the sand as near as I could, and then swam on board. This day also it continued raining, though with no wind at all., , ,OCT. 20. -I overset my raft, and all the goods I had got upon it; but, being in shoal water, and the things being chiefly heavy, I recovered many of them when the tide was out., ,OCT. 25. -It rained all night and all day, with some gusts ¹¹ of wind; during which time the ship broke in pieces, the wind blowing a little harder than before, and was no more to be seen, except the wreck ² of her, and that only at low water. I spent this day in covering and securing the goods which I had saved, that the rain might not spoil them., ,Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦 。,Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一
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