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。
# D+ t9 M, Y# a192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
/ c1 b8 T) D  W2 ^: f2 `        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
$ G) _; Q; }! F193. Life there is simple and good.
% B5 I2 I8 }" @        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
+ m8 }  z' S6 Z: H' N8 J7 d; w& d. m        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，
" d9 O& ], q1 n/ f5 _. V196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
9 d! d. S7 ]7 f4 N* i; d* r* l        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
: \( O9 Y& t1 S3 c- l; E6 S197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
! J3 v, t8 p$ b- [, W7 k. }        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。
199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
/ B! Y$ Q4 f1 {$ x        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
1 F  t7 d' S- [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。
$ ^( s6 A: b/ f201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
$ ?0 _$ c8 B0 h3 I        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
9 B3 m( |3 g+ Z: Z202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
7 s  {9 M) k! ]) E/ Y203. 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.
        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
! O& }7 I) v6 H6 s205. 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.
        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.
" L( t, y' f2 q  a; s" S2 H" H        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'.
: ^( V9 v2 W: r        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 o: ]" |, c; ]; R2 S' v        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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