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。
7 q% u# B1 i. ]# q5 b, I% P192. 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。
, E5 y8 r- p6 l- R9 Y) ]8 C193. Life there is simple and good.
5 n) {) S) z+ o9 |        在那里，生活简单又美好。
( s* U5 }8 F2 b8 k  d  \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。
195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
, W5 o- \3 V  B6 R        另一种想法恰恰相反，
+ f7 Y, x# d0 h- ^" X6 e196. 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.
% R! T6 x$ L7 X, k        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
5 C$ B/ E4 G' `# s( M198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
5 {9 @) a8 F' Y6 u& A* k; ~4 b, F        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
8 m' Q5 S% T: A; Z* o6 o# K199. 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。
# \1 c, q3 R$ R# g/ ]5 V7 x2 y$ l5 V200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
' u, `6 ~! d  ~. I4 B, |        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.
% F4 T6 M- G0 S4 {& `- l/ ]+ y        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。
0 |3 F+ b. i& V4 U/ v4 j& t204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
5 k" [  O' g: t9 L5 n* f0 e: _3 j        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
, R# Y# d, o, n+ |  c205. 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。
207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
/ O  G9 v9 j: s# G# Y& n. T        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
! [4 f2 Z/ X' v& f208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
! B' a. `6 F! O+ C" q1 [        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”。
, x) Z( A& d" J: u7 r# `8 }. Z209. 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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