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.
6 g& i2 t, O/ _: t# i: c3 p) N5 _        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。
193. Life there is simple and good.
9 G; t3 d4 M9 \        在那里，生活简单又美好。
- t9 O9 |2 |: J9 o194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
- K, ~6 p0 K* |; E% q; W: y* a        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
, P. B! ~' `2 E) ~  G! ]195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
2 U, B' f9 K7 A/ G  q1 @6 Q4 S7 ~$ Q. M196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
8 E( C6 j# T5 O4 _197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
" Q9 l( H& s/ \: t) t1 K2 b198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
, S/ W& h9 Y0 o8 d' }        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
( P  A. ?% v* k  L5 I& i; Q( n        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
8 \7 N# y+ L/ P: Q: p- x* 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。
: O4 A; L, e+ `  N201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
2 a9 ~) c& m. j1 P        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
7 G, g6 p& i8 }202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
; a: u# A  ]( H/ o; N( w        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
* q( W8 g# y7 j& B  U0 `( ~4 Z; Y        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
( p, K4 c) Z9 _8 k* q204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
  `: u+ p" y* g" {" N        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
0 V& X5 w" _' _7 p+ \- W4 C; ?205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
9 X& w1 O* W" ~9 U        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。
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”。
% H. X5 Z$ b7 J/ }3 o4 |. c: E5 _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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