新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
* |& J& t( x* s( J* u191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
6 j' @, a. J# K2 p192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
( ^5 _( F/ T# o+ }: [  {& D: |, d194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
( l$ ~5 X- G6 O( @$ Q, H$ j195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
( S# l! J, A# R# t" Q3 P, a% P        另一种想法恰恰相反，
; T" T- S; E+ z196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
( h6 m* S& u7 V$ r        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
1 ^' h2 p6 Z; k: ~; Z, X5 ^" m# o        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
2 @$ z8 }; Q; ]& X$ d; O+ I- `4 [: ~9 l4 i        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
        最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。
201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
& D: V; L3 }; \2 b! j202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
6 [" K4 U5 M  S. b% O        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
8 e) c; A* l; J1 Y- I$ c$ w2 R1 R204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
1 m( _5 \0 I) _0 A$ H  u  G207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
( l- m2 {5 T5 H$ u1 Q; J) R        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
5 W4 i8 Y: n" C, |208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
5 D& J- `: V2 ]+ a. a+ S        他们天天捕捉龙虾和鱼，正如其中一位所说，吃得“像国王一样好”。
/ d/ ^( r  P+ [$ b209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
3 Y0 B0 {) C5 ~, E' A" G        5天后，一条油轮从那儿路过，搭救了他们。这二位不得不离开那个荒岛时，还真的感

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