新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
- O+ l: K" D; E1 A191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
& n* P5 |9 |" v        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
2 D: `2 O/ p1 ?; t192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
  \' X$ }7 i1 I* A6 G) b; Y        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
  t9 P7 S/ z" f: X4 \193. Life there is simple and good.
7 K3 A# o, Y5 n        在那里，生活简单又美好。
0 a9 Y& a  J  I& v  h. o# 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。
195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
5 }1 Q3 R3 z5 y0 b- @& A" a196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
/ ~1 h/ R. ~9 j5 z& G8 Q& S        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.
5 _0 _+ v9 v% B. V0 y' E        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
" g& N; e3 M2 k' v) W' W5 P198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
" B; @$ D. L# h# H  Y        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
9 G9 z( N% `# m3 W- g199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
: w6 Z1 B8 J+ z5 K9 f7 Z9 J. t' {        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.
! P# l& K% c+ p+ G" \$ D3 y, b* A+ z        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
5 n1 q- H6 Z  h3 X- ]0 e2 g& M' `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。
204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
+ S# ?# A6 N7 g" N, L        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
0 Q  R; \3 d# z5 f* a205. 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。
: T. I2 d" L; i2 ]# M206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
. ~+ Z+ {3 O7 V3 U$ M208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
+ `7 K+ a% R0 C; e  L0 |        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”。
6 g3 o, s+ a. M5 w$ U209. 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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