新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
6 F# ^- _2 E4 h0 h' I0 L/ _191. 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。
" l  {1 X/ i: S/ C" B: O192. 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。
; R: p- H& L& j4 j194. 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.
: Q5 {0 `0 t% d2 B        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
4 w1 f: _- B- P% X+ C197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
# |! I' Z# N% L: S# Y        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
6 e" i  S, U  E: D- F198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
5 \$ c. c  T  D5 }. R/ B        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
. P; Y/ `: h) e# Y1 t- [199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
, c1 y# @! T+ s- S        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.
1 l, n0 Y$ s, |. p; S        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.
! Y. C6 p7 S) w# V        途中，船开始下沉，
  D, b' a. ?5 k% }$ O$ Z& f$ K203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
- c4 H9 j+ [) r        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.
- i% _& R: b4 E! J7 D0 u        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
8 {6 w+ k1 x4 j" k- e3 y: ^. Q205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
8 {) E' w) g* K$ f        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。
! m5 @; d2 m  g- ^6 C) X207. 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。
208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
( r! g  n. m8 I, o! }6 N        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”。
5 O8 R' B; B0 u209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
; G+ C6 N, e- w6 n8 r6 x        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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