Section Ⅰ Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary课前自学导引汽船 后半夜来了一场暴风雨,大雨倾盆而下
我们躲进了自己搭起来的避风棚,让木筏顺流而下
突然间,借着闪电的光亮,我们看到河中间有东西
一开始它看上去像座房子,但后来我们意识到那是艘蒸汽船,它触礁了,一半沉在水里,一半露在水面上
我们的木筏正朝着它驶去
“ 看起来它快沉了,”过了一会儿,吉姆说
“我们去看看怎么回事儿
“我可不想上一条要沉的船
”吉姆不同意
但当我提出我们可能在上面找到些有用的东西时,他还是同意了
于是我们划了过去,蹑手蹑脚地,像老鼠一样悄无声息地爬上了汽船
令我们大吃一惊的是,有间船舱里还亮着一盏灯
接着我们听到人的嚎叫声,“哦,哥们儿,别杀我
我跟谁也不会说的
”A man's angry voice answered, “You're lying
You said that last time
We're going to kill you
”When he heard these words, Jim panicked and ran to the raft
But although I was frightened, I also felt very curious, so I put my head round the door
It was quite dark, but I could see a man lying on the floor, tied up with rope
There were two men standing over him
One was short, with a beard
The other was tall and had something i