从前，有一个人叫鲁滨孙，是个英国人。
Once upon a time, there was a British man named Robinson Crusoe.
他喜欢航海和冒险，
Sea voyages and adventures were his penchant.
到过世界上的很多地方，碰到过许多危险，
He had traveled to many places in the world and run into many dangers.
但他一点儿也不畏惧，希望走遍天涯海角。
Yet he was not a bit afraid and hoped to set foot in every corner of the world
The famous story of Robinson Crusoe can be divided into three parts: Robinson’s youth and the time up to his shipwreck; his twenty-eight years on an uninhabited island; his lie and adventures after being rescued from the island. Published in 1719, Defoe places his story in the 17th century in England, north Africa, Brazil, an island off the coast of Venezuela and back to Europe.
The first part of the novel relates that, against the advice of his father, Robinson wishes to pursue his livelihood by going to sea. He does so and after a false start has some success but a third voyage ends in slavery. He eventually escapes and is helped to Brazil where he becomes a successful plantation owner. He embarks on a slave gathering expedition to West Africa but is shipwrecked off the coast of Venezuela in a terrible storm.
