新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
+ A6 c6 w1 @9 c& z191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
4 @& C. [/ ^, f! a2 q        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
" D! B, G4 D  t. P, P; w192. 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。
5 C9 u7 a0 T- S% ~+ n3 R5 f193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
& y$ u5 l' X* \/ R        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，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
: {9 E2 m  e! ^) X        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
' b" O& x/ q7 D6 p8 w197. 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。
8 }* ~0 T+ Q# D' t! Z198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
- Y1 S$ }$ P6 O/ Q' R        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
* R1 q" @+ d* w" Q, y199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
# h, G4 H" x% j! {9 w6 \: C* V) z/ x        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。
; T  u- {8 {/ S* O/ I: I201. 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。
  e9 z, x$ t( ?; E, M6 k9 e) X202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
7 Z  e% z+ B, _6 V5 U4 @5 Q203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
0 Y: n6 M) P, A6 P$ ]4 X( l2 _3 `        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.
" {/ ?0 `# p/ W  E2 A+ ?        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
4 V# n! q5 P; R3 k( h8 {1 b205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
7 p7 u+ R* P5 z        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.
0 v( @4 h7 G6 ~3 l" L9 |        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
7 g6 G8 l- X! }/ ~' N207. 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。
' P, F' I7 ^- N1 M! |208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
1 R) q8 {( R! [9 V8 T& P. w        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”。
9 d* V9 b+ h  q2 i9 p7 [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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