新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
! r! {( J# g" ]% ~9 ?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。
& m) o: O/ B' b# z5 E192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
8 F3 T, J+ d( E& \0 g% C8 y& }        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。
- Q" C0 Q+ s9 i9 `, k) {8 }194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
0 G# X) q+ ~3 F* A) G        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.
9 [+ S8 j. a. |& _' E2 Z        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，
197. 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。
198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
- ]6 B. N+ F6 f. Z! w/ ~        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
/ ]8 N. y3 z2 k+ c+ w% m199. 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.
        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。
9 a" J$ _1 {! [, I* N6 G, w4 T201. 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。
, z' p( m% c7 a- C* B- f# p% k202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
1 l! k% |: D9 e203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
* \$ i/ s1 U- L; k        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
" f! c: R; `3 A  q  d204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
1 H: }- Y: |/ a. A& c; M& P        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.
: g8 ?! M* V1 l. A# O  y        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。
) j* \! c8 i; q$ y+ k8 x207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
9 [3 z: t1 V, C        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”。
% S  y% @" w: P+ t209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
1 V! ~/ y+ m: o7 h: N& o* x        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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