新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
% U$ h, J7 A' l4 Q* r( {191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
4 |3 R8 o9 c0 p        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
; W, w& b( O2 i- ?192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
% M! H$ U/ w/ @4 A; z# ?        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
) i+ u( x2 a5 G  ~/ `4 W) A193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. 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。
6 [" P: o8 U% Y0 S1 @195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
6 l! \+ q0 X6 m. J# P0 F- Q196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
9 ]! I9 q5 t$ q        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
' L8 q9 g0 Q. w% G/ a6 U) z197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
+ h- T! J. U, c, a1 p        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
- f, `5 A, V' ?0 ]4 m0 V198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
- E1 ?$ G# h, L6 L$ 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.
        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.
/ V7 y! g: [1 P8 H- o  e        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
+ D0 T% c; j0 H  m3 J2 L202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
& ?( n2 z3 U6 d7 a        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。
. T% h. M& \+ A8 F. m2 D204. 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。
. }8 y  _; j9 ^$ W! |+ x205. 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。
3 m3 W& A  V, x1 w" e1 d206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
$ b2 B2 y+ d6 U207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
3 Z; }- A" x- N# G, a        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
+ y( s! W" Y9 K2 @) @208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
6 g$ U! ^- L# ]* I3 ?0 F        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”。
209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
        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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