新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
& G- p. u0 h* O; [2 f2 y- W191. 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。
192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
) P) x' a# n3 f* P5 A        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.
! i/ d0 o3 q+ i; x2 l        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
, N9 }( ^+ `" ]/ E0 n1 J3 n        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.
- t# u9 J  b( g4 X7 }8 w  m/ m        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，
! T  n1 n# ?' a! |197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
5 @$ {6 J) u; n$ }' U7 R198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
' g, n' l7 `9 }" `; K% c+ i        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。
2 R6 X! [# d1 Z1 T; V2 Z0 M200. 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。
202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
3 G" c! c7 S; N. m% S, Q  M        途中，船开始下沉，
2 V  \5 s" x$ R# ^; I203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
, d# R. q2 W/ r  Q, R        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
* V/ q9 C7 W2 B1 J* d; u8 ?6 F204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
: d  ^; i) e1 f        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
/ F0 D) G! V  i2 i. w1 G- j205. 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.
3 z/ ]1 m* j/ q! S, g1 C$ o. H% \        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
5 j1 q3 o5 W- l7 Z, h8 F207. 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。
& G3 }5 ~$ ]" @2 c" x/ g208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
        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”。
: @8 e  E1 c' K2 _8 v/ w209. 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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