新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
) i0 F; W; o8 N% P/ C191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
' K7 b1 u# U5 ^) l0 W7 _- A        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。
% h0 Y% b* p7 ]; T/ L193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
: H4 V# m0 k* u. y! z) K* g6 ^1 L& |4 e194. 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。
195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
+ V2 q8 L3 X4 K  [. D        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
2 M; Y1 i* Q! @        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
% x  U+ t" T6 f197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
; q+ `5 d; M4 ^1 Z, F        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。
8 G  d0 q) L' t1 x! _' R199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
1 g  r3 U, ?8 A( K8 f6 }5 H        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.
; {; x! G8 }" c6 M' R3 P! i0 X        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.
7 U* a0 _" Q* v$ x8 H9 s        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
6 _! U7 P7 _" Y! v0 @202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
9 l) G& c" U9 n# x; @; k203. 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。
7 A$ s6 Z7 b; h- p( u205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
" Z& R6 \( N# _( N. T+ d4 z        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。
; ?/ B  X' t, }" n/ N$ d207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
2 v+ y, R5 G$ b' [3 ]& U        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
: i$ s, Y: E$ {! 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”。
. k" J! i# F  O2 g8 d209. 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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