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。
/ q6 S' D; o( ^# \" D  h) K192. 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。
193. Life there is simple and good.
4 X6 q, z6 p& Y6 ~, R& O        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。
$ D1 C1 Y. Z4 F5 g% y0 b$ t0 e- x195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
) R% S# ~2 M' x196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
" A5 q2 e" h, `  k% Q" @) S        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
7 y, k& U% D/ e  g) d1 X3 i" t197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
- l# X) Z. J% i$ P. [        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,
; {# \% l3 i# X9 r. j        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.
+ g% W4 Q5 W. M6 g0 d9 u+ ~        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
3 q) _7 t% b+ P1 w  b/ C200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
3 s; g  E5 ~2 t2 V( {. A        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。
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。
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。
6 T( a5 }. E2 w4 g% s204. 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。
2 q, g' ~" p$ K3 n205. 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。
9 u1 r6 D1 g0 T, _' {( d  J$ S! z206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
5 v; S3 q- z0 B. h: _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。
/ x) L" j5 J( I" O/ _1 d3 ~; K208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
  F! @; i7 I+ l) r0 G; n' i        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”。
4 q) c  P& W5 E' I209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
0 }  f7 Q* @/ [3 w& w# ^        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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