Robinson Crusoe《鲁滨逊漂流记》

在一个荒芜人烟的孤岛上，只有一丁点食物、枪支弹药和其他并无多大用处的东西，你能单独在上面生活二十六年之久吗？你能凭借一个人的智慧克服重重困难，最终再回到文明社会吗？这一切，都发生在了故事主人公的身上。

Robinson Crusoe is one of the world's most popular adventure novels. Daniel Defoe based his story on an uninhabited（荒无人烟的）island, which is based on a true story.

Crusoe leaves England, setting sail on a sea voyage in September 1651, against the wishes of his parents, who want him to stay home and become a businessman. This journey ends in disaster as the ship is taken over by pirates（海盗）, and Crusoe becomes the slave of a Moor. He manages to escape in a boat. With the help of a ship captain, Crusoe becomes owner of a plantation in Brazil.

Years later, he joins an expedition（远征队）to bring slaves from Africa, but is caught in a storm about forty miles out to sea on an island. His companions all die. Having overcome his despair, he takes arms, tools, and other supplies from the ship before it breaks apart and sinks. He starts to build a house near a cave. He keeps a calendar by making marks in a wooden cross, hunts, grows corn, raises goats, etc., using tools created from stone and wood which he harvests on the island, and even adopts a small parrot.

After a few years, he discovers native cannibals（食人动物）who visit the island to kill and eat prisoners at times. When a prisoner manages to escape, Crusoe helps him and keeps him as his sevent. He names his new companion "Friday" after the day of the week he appeared. Crusoe then teaches him English and other skills.

Sevaral months later, an English ship appears. Crusoe and the ship's captain strike a deal, in which he helps the captain retake the ship from the mutineers（反叛者）. They leaves the worst of the mutineers on the island. Crusoe leaves the island on December 19th, 1686, and arrives back in England on June 11th, 1687.

Answer the following questions according to the passage:

1.       What do Crusoe parents intend him to be?

2.       Where does Crusoe live after he escape in a boat from the Moor?

3.  Why does Crusoe name his new companion "Friday"?  

Keys:

1.       They intend him to be a businessman.

2.       He lives in Brazil.