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.
) y- C9 v0 v0 f( y7 I. ?        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
: x: y6 i9 k! p  v1 D* [192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
7 u& ]; x' `3 o/ m        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
- @# e$ A( a9 I; P3 @8 E2 U. U6 u; l193. Life there is simple and good.
1 s  P' b+ V) L; t* C9 l3 c" r7 M        在那里，生活简单又美好。
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.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
" ]) q# K( J- v7 Q; v+ r% k* `" O4 b        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。
# e  S. p8 f0 _3 F; F7 @198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
0 t# {1 }6 z, q: M# f5 ^1 R199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
# i) r; x$ d# b, C' t3 ~        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
3 g$ N- i6 Y( c9 V- J( l200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
: ~2 X: L# B/ V( g& V        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。
6 w! c$ a$ C$ Y) F% t0 \  Y* ~201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
( e" e# M% A3 U- {+ [) a6 J4 R( f: ?        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，
" T9 W" k7 g+ Z1 X1 }9 x* h% y1 r203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
7 T# M, E4 n0 y* j$ a        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.
        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。
207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
        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'.
* {8 @# b( g- W        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.
- P0 v' D" X6 K8 K5 F; M% J6 ?& H        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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