新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
' S/ ?2 F1 t6 v$ m) l9 ^+ S5 f4 c* ^191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
1 K; {7 N. O: H& M9 B; W& x/ J: q        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.
- H& c2 |& B$ ^        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
, ^4 S0 r+ j' k; M, U% j/ f7 s5 }/ N193. Life there is simple and good.
+ Z, U3 ]* T! \( U. H5 F        在那里，生活简单又美好。
0 X, T/ Z5 t" ^  Q1 h194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
! Y( q. R) r% E/ E+ F        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.
( n) s, U' i/ j6 ^        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. 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.
5 |* a: _" p: E0 r6 r6 v0 I( j& l, Z$ P        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,
+ |) q0 a# k4 i- m! Z2 e        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。
5 c7 O( S1 K. A# i: t+ K( U200. 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。
+ h4 C7 n+ |3 p- S$ \201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
3 G) X" N% D$ L. J: u/ _8 N        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，
+ e0 V. @. c3 p, ?9 A203. 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。
1 ^% Q: U$ e2 x204. 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。
1 i9 s/ n0 q, s" L! n205. 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。
4 C  ]2 P- a2 h" u206. 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'.
9 S% _$ O  H% O; q        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.
' d( K  p+ r3 C% h4 j$ Q- }# h, l        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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