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。
2 f! F/ F! h; L2 X+ @- F193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
4 {( ~* m( N  h7 d: u194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
; N$ ?8 U: D1 ~3 V7 P; ]        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.
* J( K+ ?. O* }& m. a/ _' V        另一种想法恰恰相反，
. R! X7 ^- X3 p196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
2 I2 r# R# G5 G1 V0 T, ^        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.
  Y8 w* c- u* i$ J3 b5 G' i' G8 S        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,
" Z0 f3 O& x$ V' M1 C        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
; }1 f# @( F& r2 E" {: g3 b) a. D        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
4 ]3 W2 V" h- N. v* ~; D" y200. 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。
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.
8 C6 y- x5 g1 C5 F+ x; \( d        途中，船开始下沉，
- Y# W$ \* J" y3 l1 H203. 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.
+ Z$ ]% y/ u( g! ?4 \5 H        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
+ j! c4 K2 g5 X0 T205. 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。
206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
* o: |* p8 t6 v  d5 N# [        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.
  I0 B9 o1 r5 v        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'.
  e3 q! a6 J0 _2 F/ f+ U) v        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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