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or twelve days, the strong winds carried us in different
For twelve days, the strong winds carried us in different
or twelve days, the strong winds carried us in different
A Discuss.
directions, and we expected the ship to sink. Then one of
Have you read Daniel
the men shouted, ‘Land!’ The wind was still blowing hard,
Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe? but we all ran out to see.
If so, did you like it?
At that moment, the ship ran into sand. We couldn’t get
B On the right there is an back out to deep waters, and it was dangerous to stay
extract from an adapted because the waves were hitting the ship hard. We decided
version of the novel to take the small boat and get to shore.
Robinson Crusoe. First, look We were almost there when a large wave, taller than a
at the picture and guess the
mountain, turned our boat over. Suddenly we were all in
answers to the questions
below. Then listen, read and the sea. I just saw the shore and swam towards it. I swam
check your answers. until I felt sand under my feet. When I reached land,
I found I was all alone. All my friends were lost forever.
Where is the main character
But where was I? Were there any wild animals around?
(Robinson Crusoe) at the
beginning of the extract? I had no clothes, no water, no food. How could I survive?
Where is he at the end of My situation was difficult. Night came; I climbed into a tall
tree to hide, and I fell asleep - tired, sad and confused.
the extract?
The next morning was sunny, and the sea lay calm and
blue before me. To my surprise, the ship was now close
to the shore. ‘Perhaps,’ I thought, ‘I can find some things
on it to help me.’
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