新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
' T. e2 ^$ z0 q191. 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.
; T8 d+ v" V+ x( [# T( K        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 e* D% J& _6 Q3 k        在那里，生活简单又美好。
) J/ X0 e( A9 o, R# ~2 I; \4 l194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
$ w" l1 m' w. X        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.
- u1 _- L; a2 _' Z        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.
3 b5 w% l/ `1 j# J: ^        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,
- }% m! h* W3 J4 R' m8 n8 v1 K        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
0 H1 `& @, Z4 I6 z9 t% r199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
" D' Q5 H) p) K: s# ?6 t1 U        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
4 m, q& E5 l5 A/ H. l7 h200. 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。
202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
8 z9 h1 W3 ]1 W; f3 a        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.
        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.
        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
! u8 s9 |7 ~: {206. 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.
  q# U. `; f& o7 M5 z        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
; l7 }' ]8 F* }4 c8 [6 B2 u! K# x2 `208. 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.
/ t9 x( o" F2 ?; f8 O        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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