新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
. q* l; t8 M$ x7 u  ~191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
/ ]( ?% F6 y; H2 ]        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.
3 K' [# g; N3 n7 Q7 ^        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.
+ S3 D. n" m  L; v9 G  O# P        在那里，生活简单又美好。
3 T3 |$ a% S# M8 ~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。
* F' R* S/ z- N4 g7 F8 ]# l& \, t195. 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，
' d7 Y' ]. t# f1 Q' j197. 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。
& }" q" h( c6 G198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
, K! `5 Y) ?% S3 o2 y# A        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
+ u4 @7 x! d# l) n2 c4 ?4 f* ]199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
% y+ Z8 A8 ]) ^; W2 \2 q7 H$ `        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
$ B9 S9 o4 _% r: F) N7 Y200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
* W9 f4 d) d/ X8 x; h# 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。
2 Q5 _0 t# l5 @201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
+ j; ^  }0 Q) m- x2 S        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
( H! c5 V  Q1 A" i% p202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
1 P  s) i& `# r        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
) w7 w4 h3 n+ {7 ~- K* H% A  r        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。
206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
4 e( x8 r- t. ^2 @' s& M        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
0 x) M0 W6 K6 R2 q207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
8 y! M9 K, d/ B% m* I9 o7 N        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'.
3 ]+ E* {& B3 K1 K" K- `$ f& 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”。
5 J# r) i- P  s, j209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
/ Z: {0 U) Q4 ^! b4 n        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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