新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
4 X. \; R* k. B* K9 l191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
( J) n. }2 |9 j8 {/ y        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
$ I: u$ z1 y% d192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
3 y  Q9 m* d4 B3 ]& K1 j/ W' H: x        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
" y( Q9 ]& Y4 c$ X/ d193. Life there is simple and good.
9 o! ~0 H, u* H1 N) G        在那里，生活简单又美好。
, Z$ R$ g' N1 H; S194. 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.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
) P, }3 W3 X% ~6 g1 ]196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
  m9 V( p& ?2 W. Y/ U, f        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
& n) m1 \& @9 _197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
8 j# o7 r/ {6 M4 o$ H9 \; A0 C        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,
+ I; i- l3 k7 X: u% A0 M: Q        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.
5 M. v5 k, w( k% l5 m. r        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.
0 z3 A' {* `2 O        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。
8 Q. r1 \: j( k9 t201. 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，
203. 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。
205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
( P' X5 A" o: @0 P$ P3 _8 `$ x        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.
        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'.
2 E2 j1 }0 l! O# f' ^        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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