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。
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。
8 m; w' ~) f6 f5 Z  r193. Life there is simple and good.
% t* X" h3 n0 q5 {        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。
" e/ h, H% |! L  c( `% B# g195. 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.
) D/ C1 W( w1 h( V" N        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 j5 Z  y4 f# b; r/ y/ z! {        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,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
' R" s3 Y- B, E6 q6 ?9 a2 d199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
' ?' ]+ W1 ^1 h" u9 J) c( V4 t        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
  b+ @5 R$ ^8 p7 i" o. i- |/ C6 b200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
7 b3 v0 b1 e, R$ T5 m% _8 h        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。
' N- z$ j. W8 n7 r. O- f7 P201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
6 x6 m4 Z. g& V1 D3 X6 d( _        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，
; d: z8 x' c: A203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
; A/ d( C6 r. C2 r        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
1 F( j7 t4 Y, L: z+ o204. 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。
: {3 y& f2 c5 u2 e- v- n- m' z205. 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。
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.
        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
5 Y6 m& h: w9 K) c! q3 `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.
7 h4 L6 {# t9 N0 G% \2 _& K. X        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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