新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
, B+ U6 Q1 b3 Y2 K9 S191. 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.
. Z. m  z( G+ H' `6 s* {1 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.
4 W# y- I: U2 Q: ?! x! L$ I        在那里，生活简单又美好。
5 L5 n5 {, L+ A; n194. 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。
, o- J/ g- Z% D# I# p" f195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
; ~; Z" K& ~# x196. 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。
& g- l0 Q+ f/ \+ x4 @. y7 ^$ c198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
9 u& E2 j+ n" G8 m        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.
) M3 k9 p$ E8 l* F        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。
2 c8 Q1 `: o; g+ i" `201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
6 r5 {3 b3 h4 a        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.
' w) P  B) w! P        途中，船开始下沉，
6 F" o6 v$ q* a203. 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。
3 a0 G! c/ a# l8 b204. 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。
205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
0 `8 t4 l" k3 u+ t8 P        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.
4 r0 X; h$ J5 d3 L1 ^: d* i        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.
* u' e( J/ o2 j: g# L4 g- q8 ]5 {        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.
. l$ r' r/ C' r( O, T        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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