新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
/ V$ b, s$ @/ V- b& |( m+ V191. 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。
  u: I3 o, u# L% g2 ]192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
8 d1 @" J; L. A" H, {+ Z: d        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
* p# W% \# p# o! S  ~1 A193. Life there is simple and good.
, r; g8 N, x# j: E' J6 x        在那里，生活简单又美好。
7 n1 i2 y- c; U6 y. B194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
! W' D6 [, k$ m        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
' {) S$ v  X7 Q5 g195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
9 N9 f" @4 z0 G4 @) \$ ^        另一种想法恰恰相反，
, @! f( A- l; I% R7 S196. 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。
" q) i# D% E' k' a9 ?. [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。
199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
( j3 o+ R0 n7 y4 i4 d6 P# a9 d* s& u        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
$ {: l* r  A* {3 t" ~0 ]( m& E% F200. 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。
) Q$ _! Z/ O0 V201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
( N6 K1 u2 L7 k        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。
* e1 [! Z4 ]/ ]204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
+ E4 E5 ?( b) \( b, t        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.
7 o% n9 a6 S, a3 i. e( n        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.
: `/ Q" V9 W+ R. F( Y4 \% P( }        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
) H2 ]) m8 I! G208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
# O7 t) [' c" K# g% S        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.
        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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