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。
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。
4 H# [: r( t' m; g193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
: l; N: _- n7 u2 x- V% X194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
, R6 p, B8 G+ e7 Y) {7 c        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，
197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
, Y! C: M  p9 R: A& Z$ q        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
: E# {% s( _1 W7 x, Q+ t1 z198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
0 _  p( y9 s4 p5 }0 d8 F* k$ l/ n199. 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.
4 a  ?( ^0 B" S        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。
' l1 K6 p' Y- B- e' o9 J2 M* b8 r201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
; d& a; ^+ `  s/ T/ c+ Z        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
/ A" n/ p; R" y# C' b- ^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.
+ M# w& J0 f+ G9 t# n/ D8 l        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
+ @$ R: \4 Q9 e* d( E205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
: W+ q$ k4 T3 K' j& z# f        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。
- l, f* U# b$ J  [! D& e207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
+ b  q! w: S4 u# a2 z' r% u) m! X        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
/ H0 m( ~2 O# J! G! X3 C) ^9 L9 n/ x208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
. A: h6 O( D/ ?        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.
        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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