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。
. N! ^, S, N8 E) [4 J  \+ j0 N192. 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。
  S: z5 E% Q' W. p193. Life there is simple and good.
4 K$ [; I- b/ s- ~. j; q        在那里，生活简单又美好。
0 M8 p+ G6 w( x+ `: n0 W$ J; _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。
) U4 s2 M) H* o7 S6 O  r195. 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.
4 U3 ?- J; D9 B! x  R; U5 q: }# J        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
- x) c! p& t' Q5 ?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。
198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
9 e4 M2 H$ @( r; p  U        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
7 [& G7 y, k- D199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
" ^. L" J+ B9 U) z0 p* S5 L' w4 K        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.
  H7 W) |' d  }- z, G6 N        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。
202. 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
        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.
9 T7 O9 I8 F$ w+ G+ i% I1 z        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.
: K8 ]3 L+ S- k( D        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.
, ]. v$ `; q* \& Z& }1 J0 E9 {6 L5 R        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.
, k* I% l5 k/ y1 o/ o1 f# S        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”。
5 `$ G8 V/ b' v) |; T/ R! V209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
( V6 X& W/ S; W( L3 g$ Q6 v/ W3 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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