新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
; j+ a; m0 P& G( [; p191. 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.
        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.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
% V9 Q; F2 z2 I# t* A/ p4 Z2 Y        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
. x$ |- h2 x7 }3 z$ E195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
+ C% [- i  r% J# i196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
( @: ~$ T2 Z, E6 }, L        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
$ y* p& w# @8 \# u7 z4 `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。
8 _7 Y( B4 P1 \- R. @4 v198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
. z% ~! ^* l! Q/ k2 C  ^/ }2 [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。
7 Q8 o  v4 ?3 K. z/ L: t200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
; b3 ?- ]9 p1 g- t2 ^$ P* [        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.
0 F# u" e! w/ Y# t' P/ F        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
1 g$ n) u4 k8 @; ]8 b4 D$ M202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
0 ?4 L$ f# i9 X1 T; D        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.
        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
: I3 q" J) Q" v7 t  y, t206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
  Q6 b3 l  M0 N; n/ X+ p207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
& i8 J$ v& L1 f% c3 E+ f: `        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'.
        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”。
- d: u6 M+ }6 @" X7 k+ v( U6 M3 t209. 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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