新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
; R4 t+ J. Y' ]! u: F1 A- I  u191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
/ j! K- `, o( ]+ L        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。
3 v: W8 Y; E' M6 i193. Life there is simple and good.
' ~: w9 E) a* j* N9 \9 z& @        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
5 l; ~& [8 m  ~, ]2 K3 _        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
/ C8 I0 `5 k0 u. n  H195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
% t' B9 o+ a7 o1 \! [        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
7 ~6 J/ V4 W$ q" o& Z        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
6 x& C$ W0 ^) {2 |3 L197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
* T0 X  W. U7 D6 k) M& B        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
8 u: ]2 x6 Z% V& v& b198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
. v- J6 c  @  r        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
6 D. K! B7 N6 L, f! S199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
: }, B. H0 O" n3 {6 B) }        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.
7 v( p6 N- L: d, R% M1 A        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。
* s2 L  {' x3 \, V5 y" l+ r, j202. 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
; T1 H0 u% d6 d4 i- y        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.
5 I3 ?- h8 {2 J+ V4 q) K" o        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
* U) m! z, m4 {6 v5 e' E; X205. 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。
206. 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.
7 I$ ]0 F) N+ g- ?+ D        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
$ t7 D$ _1 J" b' {& K. G1 T2 j) y" G208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
' j5 Q: ~0 Q8 `/ @+ D; j! _5 S        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”。
; a6 h1 L/ R8 O. C8 z$ h( \' k/ H209. 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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