新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
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。
* i! Z4 E, S5 Q/ z2 e2 m& Z5 a! H192. 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$ K  }( b5 I" K! v! i8 a193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
( t8 W2 s1 ], M6 m# X194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
) g' p( ?5 O5 P' a. l: J        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，
; c0 P  ~4 n, {# ~1 g# Q: N8 T( ~196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
8 M  I- W3 _" ?: n: v  r3 z) i        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.
        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
6 z6 N  a6 t$ E+ S* d198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        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.
4 n; [  q- M- [9 B1 ?# A4 D        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
# R7 ?8 E1 Y. }4 b200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
9 l$ q5 f2 E/ J6 s- G& l; h3 k        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.
6 |6 a" n; ~4 W  f2 @. h        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.
0 Y9 D' F# P1 z, t+ Z9 |        途中，船开始下沉，
8 {4 z' B7 O" l9 X( U203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
- a. Q, x* e5 A% B; `4 r9 b/ g9 G        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.
, d) y2 K/ }# w        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
  j  _* A) g$ F3 K205. 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。
: @: _3 ?: w' N4 {206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
9 i3 l& X; J) e+ v1 Z# V9 M8 O6 m        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
4 ~, z8 j" q* c2 K6 [5 ^- n3 U207. 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。
4 l2 }% f) `0 u6 c208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
" o  K% n" w7 G$ [0 k- u1 J        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”。
0 v+ X* s% E7 c8 i/ r3 p5 i& i# x) Y209. 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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