新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
7 `9 f) ^: o. [; m% v$ F# `0 r191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
* E5 J" a* h0 [# p' \4 a        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.
! ~, i& z! M( |. U0 z5 N        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
$ m: a5 |! y9 m0 z- C193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
* n/ ]$ B$ k) y# {        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
% V  U0 i1 t* v' L" o# X195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
, T# D; S# V7 m! W' b! g        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
: m5 O! C+ K( c        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.
7 |- f: j/ q1 l, f; l1 _        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
+ I' F/ \  w1 O7 P. j198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        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.
% {8 Y+ b; Q( ?: d# ?        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
& J6 Z  X5 p, g0 O3 M200. 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.
2 V9 j8 A0 V3 m8 l2 W  @- }. D        途中，船开始下沉，
. v" h! N1 W5 ]3 l203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
$ T; w5 H' B6 i/ U$ O) u& m) \! n        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.
" e2 f+ i1 t! q        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.
% c) w- V3 P7 c& g2 N4 x9 {        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'.
6 g; v0 k) n" _        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.
        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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