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.
( k8 K2 U' W4 I' j. c: R8 g        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
, F/ b+ y4 b4 y! X192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
( W5 b7 D- _+ T  j        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.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
& _$ R- p$ ]' s2 S/ X" y194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
0 j7 |7 k' D: c) q" R        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.
" U: g# ^- s$ E+ X' T* b        另一种想法恰恰相反，
" X  \! X$ |( S" x7 z& t4 }: ~196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
/ F+ M$ ?% {* s5 v, r7 _* U        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
: p! W% Z: V4 D" O197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
/ R! |3 Z8 v* |6 H- s  J' Q7 A& M5 K        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
7 @8 h, s2 p* H+ U9 O. b198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
7 f8 e( t# b" Y        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
8 G: g3 n% k. B$ Y* T199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
7 c! _" a" n7 P' f1 u        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
5 L5 M6 Q6 s# I" `+ e5 x200. 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。
- ^- s6 O( R: l& y* V+ _8 }4 {+ D201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
( t+ G! |7 L+ L& K* a' z/ X& W        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。
5 O' c5 q2 g  ^  T: P204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
8 [( C9 @' a- }& P" _* F        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.
$ w5 m' O$ e! h" Y2 B        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.
" X. |" S0 i& R4 _        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.
0 h( [# [1 W5 k1 I/ V0 w        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'.
        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.
4 U; \) L+ M9 J$ v/ i' l        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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