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! W. L- \. F( [* A191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
3 z8 V: x: B& Q7 g# e        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
2 _' ?$ F* i" a8 A8 z192. 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.
, S9 p* N7 R5 ~8 ]. r: n  O3 \        在那里，生活简单又美好。
& B( W8 L# b( H, S8 h1 o3 D1 k194. 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。
195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
- n3 I! c: V8 _4 x. h        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 P( m4 Q' |' M5 _        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,
( [4 _9 F8 C# U) a3 e$ G* U        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
+ P5 q( M+ I& S" Y. Q0 |199. 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。
. z$ y$ `9 `9 r# Y4 h" r6 A; b9 u200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
/ f  s, ^) s3 C3 C9 w2 Q6 z4 \9 Q        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。
( K$ M( |7 K9 L' A  |* O5 I201. 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.
        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
- x2 P% A0 W% u        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。
4 b' e( ^& q1 h. V205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
9 n- F- |  s8 Q) ~6 `% ^4 w( J        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
! r/ b, M1 g1 w206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
9 q) R0 x5 G. }; a: }3 y  V; ?6 W        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
4 z2 X" B& h6 S( X6 \2 H* B207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
, {, g" R: c9 h, v2 f4 f        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'.
        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”。
) h6 m6 c- h2 [8 i6 m209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
2 X* d9 l2 _7 B# j; q        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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