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。
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。
0 v" [! K' w! U+ [; f- d# O# X193. Life there is simple and good.
1 f( V8 G# O8 L% A        在那里，生活简单又美好。
  ^- z9 f: ~& N6 i2 I194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
4 B( }  G1 V( W+ B) b' {/ P  V' _        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.
" r& E+ x0 ^; j0 N        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
! b- r* R% n3 g9 u5 R3 G        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
( g, d: D" F( ]" {7 T2 w197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
        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,
) h$ J! {: ~1 [/ m( S: ~4 R        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
( K1 `, J3 g  X: u* S199. 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。
5 _+ L4 J& z' v200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
) V1 ?# y5 C/ v: H: `) m        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。
$ _: ]+ K5 \9 N) ?' r* a201. 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.
" b  R( }8 C2 i" k% [- m        途中，船开始下沉，
' Y% H- X  x5 v9 h, C  |( g/ c' x) g203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
! c) U, w. Q: C& l6 X" A        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
9 T  }, h  L5 `6 _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。
6 c6 L5 Z. x6 f205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
5 n3 j& a; H7 Z  U5 x+ F        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.
( M& j" J, ?# c1 D1 x        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'.
- m- `& I+ W% T+ ^        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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