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。
8 `, T$ \3 D# N# R$ L; q192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
! I& y  [  ^2 K/ A, K* J        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
193. Life there is simple and good.
        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。
9 B% v. w6 I! ]9 n1 L1 l: F195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
- N: Z. b- ^) B4 u) K        另一种想法恰恰相反，
) K# b, ~* f! K196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
. v4 _+ u, D+ `' i8 \( E: Y197. 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。
) p* P6 F8 P' N8 |+ P. Z0 c198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
! L) v% C, w/ b" a; ?0 O5 [8 @* Z        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.
        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。
# U7 G' S, e, s& m; N201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
$ Q% J1 }" O) ^0 T        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.
% u" ?6 `- s7 j8 P0 n        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
' L) W7 o- |/ p  y        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。
( F. p9 U  S, k  q205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
. ?& K# a/ P2 a" ~7 p- U        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
1 ~8 |6 y& x- b' p1 p' S206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
' J1 N# f% R6 K# }! s        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
4 Z0 N7 D, i! u3 W( ^" `. J! ]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。
& F1 e0 j& t# {& ~% V6 z208. 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”。
. m7 {% l4 G. |" r9 e/ C' a: p209. 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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