新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
3 i; p. ]1 w8 X) e191. 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.
2 v- H/ P$ z+ G& E( t) q3 F& Y: I, x        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
193. Life there is simple and good.
+ R3 T( V- E6 b: ]        在那里，生活简单又美好。
2 I" c( s) ]( U: @& ~2 b& {) X194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
4 @4 a* a% v1 y" ~8 H  T5 q* {        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，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
# U* Q& @# F4 z197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
' b  \. t4 C7 S9 l0 ^. o! J        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
: f* J/ n7 @! y) W$ {; r. h198. 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.
1 w% {# d3 p7 h* D. m        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.
2 ~$ a+ G3 v) p5 i! 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。
5 r% U* N" c- Z5 t: v! u9 {201. 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。
" g' d$ k* d! f202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
: c! N1 Z$ m& U, W        途中，船开始下沉，
! p2 B5 |  K& r7 l0 i( ~, s203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
  q$ _9 ]8 u3 R        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.
0 l: _9 x6 w" p        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。
5 a  G" l2 v8 D1 e208. 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”。
209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
! p7 r& _' e' S+ ~( M9 C- d1 q& u        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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