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。
* @. ~! K, Z: Y6 Y; h$ v2 J, \192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
# [; ]5 C  p8 q5 p' f4 x        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
/ N' T- G5 \, O8 p( r6 n; ~; c/ F; O193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
: H# q+ o0 F) m  s! I5 i" T194. 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。
& C) P" ?# }4 N' @1 x, H2 N! t0 J195. 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.
$ P# }0 a, Y% w% D4 r        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.
        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
! u+ [6 T1 N2 B; A& w! r198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
3 ]/ g. q. d' d& J        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
$ w: _7 a) K% f# }8 y' T% w199. 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.
/ Q7 ]7 V8 M3 T        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.
" x* Y/ j# ~7 I1 a        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
; Y* K5 B3 T( F9 v2 j        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
8 y+ o* d( f$ l8 _( Z204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
' |8 Q. _: e: E0 x& ^  b7 C        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
3 ]) A: u$ }7 h: w: T; ?/ Z205. 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。
* t& ]; J* e% |* P7 K8 W206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
% @3 ^" ^" S2 k0 S& }207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
# D+ m8 O# b# b* ^9 |' R# Z" P# E208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
$ x; a* U" e1 }. 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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