新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
$ {) i6 |+ n9 M* z$ J; C" l191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
& e& r* A' D: D5 F        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.
* N: s$ L3 n; F1 j        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
: f2 O8 a  j" W" B  n193. Life there is simple and good.
& F7 q# m, {' ?, E4 A. d        在那里，生活简单又美好。
7 q# P0 x  \/ Q1 F; u+ o! M# @194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
% s# ]; L: h. G7 h# r/ e        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
5 g6 T4 t0 r+ \$ z195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
, f4 Z1 ~4 D, I2 B/ L$ m+ P, Q" i. F        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
. x$ B# j+ S4 b* d- P" ^197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
6 f4 e8 u3 K, W, C        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
( O4 l+ G- _7 Z2 e0 S; f+ Z198. 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.
        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
9 P! X& c- i  Q: U200. 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。
# {$ M8 W! _+ |$ y201. 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.
        途中，船开始下沉，
) z3 @6 ]9 x" o& s) r0 u203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
$ i0 |+ @7 ], E        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。
205. 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。
$ x: D8 U* ]0 a206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
5 O0 V, C8 E3 o" `  s/ G! q" b207. 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。
208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
  G2 q% e1 R( `. k4 \        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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