新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
2 E$ ?8 D& I3 q' p) [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。
4 |1 E  `% Y6 D* C6 q192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
7 f" |+ f! g) i# a5 V        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
' g! Q1 v: Q% l( R% B193. Life there is simple and good.
( i! I- S) C, @! |" ?" Q        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. 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。
3 d* R+ i6 y2 s5 v195. 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.
! e7 I) @" @6 E5 @' `8 a        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
: \0 A4 X! q! `* U# y197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
4 H, N  N) _& M/ T7 b        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。
( F. _! G; {( U- x8 G" P199. 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。
9 k' B3 _" j5 F$ C200. 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。
2 d, O0 T- w& f5 k3 K! C9 p0 P201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
7 h$ I  g+ Y8 ^+ e# e2 f% B) n        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.
; P6 w9 C. n; C2 i9 H  c; Z7 s+ Y" b" M3 G        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
* `; i/ v6 z  X* X6 X$ P! U        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。
, G" L# Z1 c& G6 A, }* @4 K: c4 [205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
: O% Q2 O3 P7 R& J9 Q        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.
) ~0 s  X- W" j        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.
1 d! s% G6 E/ ?/ W, T! I2 i( x2 {        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
4 ~' g; q! ^7 G6 x$ T  {& y208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
* G6 g5 a' P8 h8 X2 e3 K        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.
# g5 ?/ H& N% F3 K! s        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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