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。
8 |0 ?5 w1 o; g4 u9 Q192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
2 t2 h% p9 R$ t        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
7 ]: Q2 B, E& x& Q, ?193. Life there is simple and good.
/ Q1 _/ \9 [( S$ h        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。
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.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
' m1 L5 B$ [* P197. 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。
198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
) a& \; d: V% ?: i: @3 C        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
4 ]/ F% C- e$ E. R5 \; }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。
200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
) x6 g# A8 p0 q4 H* w; Y        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。
5 M- O# S+ Y5 e( x+ j& x+ V201. 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。
# D! d+ k  k" A; r% o8 {* |+ _202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
' s2 H6 g' l0 L! Y4 Z) A        途中，船开始下沉，
203. 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。
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.
# I+ v, N! w) O* v        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
$ b- G! W5 j/ F& B206. 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 g& K6 A+ Y4 ]4 q        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”。
209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
0 Q) `' \  @1 w3 l/ u        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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