魯濱遜漂流記：純愛英文館（簡體書）

作者：（英國）笛福（Daniel Defore）

《魯濱遜漂流記》是一本由丹尼爾·笛福59歲時所著的第一部小說，首次出版于1719年4月25日。這本小說被認為是第一本用英文以日記形式寫成的小說，享有英國第一部現實主義長篇小說的頭銜。《魯濱遜漂流記》也可作為廣大英語學習者的參考資料。

The merchant in London vesting this hundred poundsin English goods, such as the captain had writ for, sentthem directly to him at Lisbon, and he brought them allsafe to me to the Brazils; among wluch, without my direction (for I was too young in my business to think ofthem) , he had taken care to have all sorts of tools, ironwork, and utensils necessary for my plantation, andwhich were of great use to me.
When this cargo arrived, I thought my fortune made,for I was surprised with joy of it; and my good steward,the captain, had laid out the five pounds, which myfriend had sent him for a present for himself, to purchaseand bring me over a servant under bond for six years'service, and would not accept of any consideration, except a little tobacco, which I would have him accept, being of my own produce.
Neither was this all; but my goods being all Englishmanufactures, such as cloth, stuffs, baize, and thingspafflcularly valuable and desirable in the country, I foundmeans to sell them to a very great advantage; so that Imay say I had more than four times the value of my firstcargo, and was now infinitely beyond my poor neighbour, I mean in the advancement of my plantation; forthe first thing I did, I bought me a negro slave, and anEuropean servant also; I mean another besides that whichthe captain brought me from Lisbon.
But as abused prosperity is oftentimes made the verymeans of our greatest adversity, so was it with me. I wenton the next year with great success in my plantation.