新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
, V- Q+ N  h8 z$ A( m) U& v191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
( ?' i9 M- l6 Y2 ^- t2 y        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
; B* q0 m8 Y, f1 f# J3 i1 v$ m192. 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.
4 ], \5 |3 \# A- }( A! \7 G" O        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
" O0 q$ U: B* g: a# z+ w9 [+ j        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
) M5 X$ {# Y! x# D* ~& R8 n195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
  L: W3 C/ z/ k: J. }" X" b# Q        另一种想法恰恰相反，
$ {) N8 e) k, J; W7 L: s  m7 j* ?196. 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.
$ J7 p4 B$ s2 q1 m' j        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
6 l  G) C3 w' l7 ?4 @198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
& e0 i$ }* K" `5 L" r        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
* z! y  ~, C6 r0 s( {5 G199. 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。
" I( R& {: W* M* m! K" P0 P200. 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.
% g' }! l+ r- g" i* |9 }        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
: D* l0 |3 q" w  m; P5 F202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
9 p) U) S6 M$ i0 O$ i4 {203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
1 y3 e* }) l) I1 i& q( [4 A        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.
        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.
: C/ s5 y. d1 L        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
/ o% ]* I$ U/ ?# f206. 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。
208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
4 b/ h( b& c4 E        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”。
- O2 T+ B$ d, h3 ]) w  q7 i209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
& a0 X# Z0 g1 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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