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。
) i# b3 y& D5 n6 F2 |6 Y192. 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。
' Q* Y. {4 c6 X9 @7 n& n) b193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
2 ~, z# m) x! ~+ z2 u3 ~194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
! o, ~* N5 W0 t! n' V0 J8 V# d        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，
: J0 n0 n1 R4 t+ w9 d196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
) |. @" k/ G/ d; R        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
, R8 J! c# M0 q4 l197. 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,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
; V1 S6 f2 t9 P5 P6 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。
' o6 E1 t8 G  O0 g5 M200. 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。
201. 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.
! C0 V7 j, r) p9 ?' P% X        途中，船开始下沉，
5 H% z) ?  Z* `# Y) }1 K7 |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。
% D  J  g! S0 V204. 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。
# M+ d+ f6 L% X7 s5 C. }- ~: E205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
- n" u( t/ I# x; @* L) _8 O        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。
: V+ }* d( W8 K' g) B0 t* ~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”。
. F% k" k# a3 @209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
5 A3 V$ i  O. i7 U& L7 ^9 q' Q        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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