新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
, b" P2 K3 a5 Z: z3 l% @4 Y191. 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。
192. 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。
193. Life there is simple and good.
. \1 ^, v1 p4 n) w        在那里，生活简单又美好。
1 P! ]) E& o0 w, d4 q  X5 i9 j% @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 h2 M* A! [0 W. n- G/ V8 N$ O! Y1 ?, B$ F195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
2 R& `* Y1 U" b/ [9 E        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
+ T; l4 l7 L- F( S3 Q6 e        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
; b3 k  R" M8 _% \& p* L& ^, D* h197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
' K) P& [# Q7 z7 T& C        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
0 c: }9 I  q, ]5 G+ u198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
1 h- {' j6 y) L% t5 a% N6 A199. 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。
6 e# u9 U; w7 Q7 y" ?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.
        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
9 i0 {4 F+ L2 m% N9 C202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
3 u" ^3 S! _0 Q+ S1 f        途中，船开始下沉，
8 a# R5 J% k( _: K203. 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。
( W) l/ K  X; ~3 ]# Y: V& 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。
0 t1 g# r* s6 }$ w8 Q205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
. X7 Q0 G5 d6 }& {        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.
% c* m2 ]: c- R        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
4 `9 {. v2 N" H% T207. 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。
* i$ j: S& Z  }. t, x208. 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”。
209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
7 \/ b# r9 M8 z" p. r        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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