新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
4 N. X/ p2 m; e+ o+ F191. 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。
& G! ?, e7 S! b9 H, {: y192. 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。
' O) j8 n! R7 Q3 F3 w0 H193. Life there is simple and good.
2 A3 C4 G) Y5 s        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。
+ s- M4 o4 K. A) _. |2 I195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
5 R+ l$ o2 h5 R) R: j3 v6 N, y4 P196. 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.
6 Y7 u5 ~5 i1 i+ c( c) m% m9 E- f        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
- O) `3 s0 D2 U7 ^. |$ U3 X: |        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
4 i8 ]" J3 L- u& t199. 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.
, p1 e+ ?: Z& G/ o6 K2 G! W$ Y2 h        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.
        途中，船开始下沉，
8 Q/ h+ }9 q/ D) h1 G) p7 ~& Y203. 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。
  U' P% t0 g7 K! v# C5 {4 g% @" _204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
, m9 J2 T% d* m1 e. y  u        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
3 e' R1 S/ ?8 v* I0 U205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
1 [  |$ I) p) ]& F+ N: p        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
% v) a: `3 ]0 `206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
% y0 p% p) O0 u1 S2 s" L; G        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'.
% W6 s! k! \/ 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”。
+ x* B. ^0 x) Q; D$ ~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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