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.
" r* w6 n2 i# V4 B1 k* d8 l9 h        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.
& I7 A3 T- G1 b% I! y$ u& Z! Q( a1 O        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
" v3 H* I( V9 x2 g- P0 [193. Life there is simple and good.
! a% ^7 j( |& E3 I' J" y4 e3 M$ h! H        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，
: d- [. k( E9 R8 e& G8 A$ [196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
- {4 l" o7 V& d/ V4 `: }- f        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
6 ^* _6 o! L3 j1 X: s6 x. i197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
7 }& e4 N# n  T4 B6 w        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
+ s+ D+ A- I6 N. ]+ T198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
% c7 q! D7 l# z' |, m* S* I        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.
% \3 u0 E) g; R' N1 X2 F. u% h7 N        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。
201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
7 g9 j$ T) ^; }- t" ^  E  g        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，
9 d. p  E$ V* }203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
  y7 A: e% N- S        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
4 A6 Q. d' P7 D( C* c% f1 q/ S204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
) B$ |3 L5 @' P! X# z: E8 e& N- \$ i        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
' p" K! d4 H: R$ h, ]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.
& y' r  @5 H. y' i8 g+ R' B        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
2 A8 F4 y5 W7 m207. 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'.
        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”。
8 A& E/ N  m+ K209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
: g1 ]$ I& N0 K+ ?' J  {0 N3 ?. j        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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