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.
# e1 P( ^# S3 h. o* [        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.
8 w: F* i" b4 Z$ i: y# e& l; \1 b# N        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
/ Z. @" Z5 ~$ X6 A8 S193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
% r* U3 s/ W. O$ s6 v* R: g6 o# e194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
# @+ x& G% U% o/ B. A! q' E* Y+ b        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.
8 P' {" d6 r3 s: W( T        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
7 q/ z. S( x2 c7 R: x" K# I197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
5 e# B6 S4 |% [2 u# @7 b        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,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
" R# X  c2 h0 f) u, }  x199. 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。
6 ^9 V, c  s; C& ^, y. n7 }8 {200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
        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。
  M, y/ D7 {7 m9 r9 V- N201. 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。
2 z; I8 `0 |+ D0 l. k3 H# W& ?- q202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
6 }  r7 f  u4 {7 R; K# }203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
# G# Q2 n* F3 ^9 o5 @9 C        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
+ N0 S! _% K8 s& e5 C204. 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。
9 i8 g7 g3 m1 I& L205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
& ?9 Q4 x) W. `) x        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.
* k' \7 V- s- {% t; H, S        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
3 b, @1 ~: |6 m. K% j207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
7 t5 f( C; q5 e( p3 M9 a        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”。
% t1 c' I9 W9 z* [5 d$ |. i& P209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
* x" M: f6 d  @$ |# z) U1 i        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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