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.
" q$ g2 F8 b3 R& D' @        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.
( W$ y3 X' Z. d/ l! {7 D        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
; Q8 a* E2 x( j# L1 W3 d  z193. Life there is simple and good.
9 O* {9 e* _3 E+ M& O! S        在那里，生活简单又美好。
/ r  n6 v& E- t, i2 z194. 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。
- Z4 C) T0 h8 H195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
$ ?/ }! _- |2 C* t( u  x2 h196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
( X5 s/ u" I1 a. i7 d$ X        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
1 u9 S3 l4 w1 I3 o5 I197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
" w9 R9 h1 X! \$ g) O        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,
4 ~" ~- s0 l* Q8 y% U4 |4 P% i        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
7 g4 G+ H- K0 L6 \5 d6 r199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
  A. v! a8 e0 |! I$ P) f& [% {        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
% _# O4 \7 E$ [3 P/ g+ L200. 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。
$ A' N/ j8 B6 Q; H5 V: d. w& K201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
, H% H8 X% b) d3 w  @        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，
) x7 o4 o- w  c203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
; h0 L/ J+ {. t/ x        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
9 m# c& a( ^8 |7 R6 N$ a204. 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。
2 ]# V7 b5 t/ K% k206. 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.
6 j9 y7 a. @) M1 D' a; ]2 {: G  Q        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
* J! K) B# \3 `  y3 Y: G4 k  O1 M208. 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”。
* P; H& r9 l+ p1 R209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
1 I% r% c- [. c1 l' y3 w4 g        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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