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。
" l2 W7 y3 M" k( Y5 u193. Life there is simple and good.
( r6 l: A; L' K! o& w- E4 }        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。
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.
. K1 i* `0 R! P. `        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
1 x5 Q' f) L$ o: h8 L' C, M197. 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。
5 j8 @$ u/ D0 L7 E9 D8 u198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
9 m, H% r5 t3 b9 L        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.
6 G' w8 g' p% O        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
  n( S# U, m  y/ ^6 s) ?+ s200. 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。
7 `" e7 o) j8 i0 j& l) ]201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
) b$ o5 [) `- N$ {        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
8 k3 g3 V; l- r8 I202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
9 F7 X. i8 S- I* E3 Z        途中，船开始下沉，
* c* |$ [  o5 \* b, W2 e203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
7 E3 ]6 j) L* V- ]& V/ i( u        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
# N, x  z. ?3 O' l204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
) a/ [- K9 g8 b6 i8 g  a        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
/ |1 \) \3 ]5 h( _+ D  i( ~- u9 ^0 e205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
* P- U! B$ w$ A7 b+ a        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
! i! U3 f5 z/ T7 F# ~; J: T206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
  `  T7 P3 V+ v1 a, X        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
- G0 C* o$ g1 V207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
! _' q& v% [- o! D3 K7 O        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'.
3 u. I, l0 n7 f# c# G1 W1 d' S        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”。
# j* G0 v: n* S/ y3 T$ s2 Z" M/ D+ J209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
) g) I- ^; N( U7 q9 u& ?6 H        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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