新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
0 b: |1 w1 H$ z  K  n& u191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
- N) r4 K. Q: E9 M% G9 |) o        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
* p' ^7 b3 ]7 w9 h1 Q8 u! J192. 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.
7 {8 W0 l6 M& w4 k- p8 B. B        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。
, Z! c% X( d# C# u9 S195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        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.
! q1 z' ^( [, ]" Z! D        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,
8 e# q3 S, t% y8 R/ ]) ~        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
8 w9 h& \4 {2 N8 H* v7 E1 y6 E5 S199. 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 \  o# R4 t- q+ I' I200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
2 d) N7 S2 z4 X$ _- y1 W        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.
, J7 Y. B' l* X, R5 w7 i! _        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
, E3 i! e; t" H3 m, |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。
204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
7 K- I# J9 p1 H$ c        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.
' W7 d& A0 B3 ]1 v# _        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
0 n% A* V7 J) J$ c# H206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
# S/ t' x" o$ e        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'.
  L6 P' O8 e% {4 z        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”。
! _6 g2 \% f& _5 S* D3 S: _: \& m209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
5 k- I) X  ^% w9 c3 n" L. x1 Y% J" g        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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