新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
' Q) G) p/ [" c# }, H191. 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。
# L% j, y! ]4 L) |: \. s! ~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。
193. Life there is simple and good.
% g3 A. ^& c( t. a6 k  c        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
9 {8 E4 s% E6 e+ c" ?# t        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.
- B, ?1 V0 a& v) V0 V6 D, N6 {        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，
2 I4 m& _0 }  O% E! X197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
+ E& n: x, \) t+ A        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
4 l5 s& _+ k# B0 N198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
, E* x) m, y2 G  E# }% k# i        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.
        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.
! m+ ?5 K2 u0 d) F8 m1 o& f        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。
% X  J+ v; x' u6 V% z201. 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，
, I' B7 o$ G/ e+ F+ |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。
204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
9 _9 q$ W8 r3 Q! V' w& l/ o        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.
        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。
3 h" C* a+ a; ^: C! E! [4 O3 j207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
2 G) {) D* j/ f$ M$ d        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
0 L. a# I6 J* j8 i208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
% [# s- w; B+ [1 A        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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