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。
% N) p  Z7 N) n3 F: @# H8 X6 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。
$ o& P4 X# P9 u+ n; `, q4 K# ~. x193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
& m7 I4 Y6 b+ O2 b' T1 d194. 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。
1 K" J& p6 e9 g) ?6 B195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
+ T- S  s0 k( |, C( U196. 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.
6 O! ]' k4 X; k: 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,
+ p$ v! I$ \4 i: ~        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
9 K4 f) X1 D+ `' s) e' f% b6 O9 E199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
  }+ r3 e# o, s. Z9 J4 ~5 y9 Q        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
% \* t6 Y+ S  X2 X+ t" e200. 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.
$ z2 l" S" j0 j        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.
8 o0 ]' T/ y$ A0 S# E) \3 B        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
7 |1 t% R" h% P- d        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。
205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
0 }5 P: K6 e3 ]& u! b( _        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.
' r  Q5 p1 L3 X  O( }        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.
# e% ?% E  p3 M        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
7 M2 Z& A- V% A( Z( u208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
5 s  [1 N* u6 z2 o0 E: {/ J        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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