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。
% y) X7 F" j$ [4 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。
% H" h. R0 y( k, b( b" K193. Life there is simple and good.
+ w3 r: G# t5 {' |4 R        在那里，生活简单又美好。
; Z2 W4 r9 O% b1 W8 ^! A% G194. 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.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
9 ]9 t5 K- Q0 e7 X196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
& V) q3 K# I  J# C$ x: r4 X0 b4 y        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
7 h' i- e* O& P197. 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。
. a# a# g# H+ m198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
( x$ r) }- v7 T5 R0 o199. 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。
200. 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。
4 C5 _4 w; F5 r! F& 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
/ M+ |& y! M" R: h: ]  X        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
+ A, b3 c; m4 {* x" w, `204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
* ^  w& k% x4 s: r0 G        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
. k4 F0 I# N1 _, p205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
4 s& q4 s" A% p; {- _& o+ J        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。
, D! b$ A; ~1 }) X- N207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
9 a" w: ]$ x; m) |0 d. L4 u        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'.
2 t9 ?. @4 u$ |7 v; j) n0 A        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”。
3 j9 z4 O; }) k; U209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
' X! T8 {% S! w% 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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