Haveyoueverbeenaloneforalongtime?Canyoustayonasolitaryislandforalmost30years?Doyouknowhowtomakeclotheswithanimals’fursandbuildahousebyyourself?Theanswerstothesequestionsareobvious—No,wecan’t,atleastmostofuscan’t.Butonepersoncandothosethings.Whoishe?HeisRobinsonCrusoe.Actually,RobinsonCrusoeisnotapersoninreality.HeisjustamancreatedbyDanielDefoe,aprestigiouswriterinEnglandwhousedtobeaspyandareporter.

RobinsonwasayoungmanwhohatedthemonotonouslifeinEnglandandwantedtobecomeasailor.Despiteofthepreventionofhisfather,hedecidedtotravelaroundtheworldbyship.Robisonisabraveexplorer,wonderfulsailor,andacleverman.Withhisstrong(tenacious)willpoweranddetermination,hisdreambecametrue.Hehadthecouragetofightwiththebadenvironment,andworkedhard.Robisonchallengedhimselftoadversityanddidsomethingspecial.

Robinsonwascalledabraveexplorer,becausehehadalotofamazingexperiences,andneverwasafraidofthewildanimalsandpeople.Robinsonwasalsoawonderfulsailorforhewastheonlyonewhosurvived.

Simultaneously，hewasalsoacleverman:Hemadeahousewithastrongfencejustusingtheship’ssails,ropes,andpiecesofwood.Intheevening,therewasnolight.ButRobinsonwasamanfullofideas;hefoundoutthatthefatofdeadanimalscanbeusedtomakelight.Fromthenon,theislandwasinlight.Sometimelater,maybeabout23yearslater,Robisonsavedawildman,themanwassogratefultohim.Robisoncalledtheman“manFriday”andtheywentbacktoEnglandtogether.Thepsychologistsaid“Thedesiretosufferandconquerdangerishumannature”,butwhatsupportedRobinsontoliveinthesolitaryislandfor27years?Well,asIseeit,itismainlyduetohiscourage.

Thisbooktellsmethatonlyifweperseveredunremittingly,andwerenotafraidofanyproblem,couldweovercomeallthedifficultiesandbeasuccessfulmanwholaughstotheend.
AndrightafterIhadfinishedreading,thisbookinfluencedmealot.IstillrememberthefirsttimewhenItookpartin“NewconceptEnglishrecitingcompetition”.

Iusedtobelievethatallthecontestantsareelite,andtheyallarethebrighteststudents.IjustthinkIamsonegligiblethatnoonewillnoticeme.Timepassedquickly,thedayofquarterfinalcame.Ihadhesitatedforalongtime.ShouldIenterthecompetition?Or,shouldIwaitforanotherchance?JustasIwasshilly-shally,Icameacrossabookbychance.AndIalsocameacrossacommentaboutthebookThelifeandStrangeSurprisingAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe,whichinfluencedmealotinmylaterstudyandlife.IlikethisstoryverymuchandlikeRobinson’sbravery,cleverness,especiallyhisgreatcourage,soIreadthecommentonthebookcarefully,thinkentirelyandcriticallyandreallylearnalotfromthisbookanditshero.Uptonow,Istillcouldremembersomeofthefamouswords.AndIdorealizethatIshouldbeapersonlikeRobinson-amanwhohastenaciouswillpowerandcourage,whoisbraveenoughtochallengeeverything.

Well,Ithinkyouallknowtheresultwithoutmytellingyou.Ienteredthecontest,andwonthethirdprize.Thefactproveseverything.Youjustshouldneedtobebrave,justlikeme,especiallylikeRobinson,andIthinkthenitisjustyounotothersthatwillbethelastwinner.Trustme!Robinsonandhisgreatcourageandbraverywillalwaysbewithus.

Comeon,guys!Beyourselfandadvancebravely.Successisnotfarawaywithyou!
(682words)
学而思教育版权所有，未经许可请勿转载。