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.
+ C$ N3 r9 y6 U$ {; F        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。
$ n: ?2 q' ]- M. K: {193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
- q+ T0 i/ c  l( f194. 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.
( B* Y5 Z* }. Y3 n! `) Y+ N        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
) O' h. v9 X4 p" ^5 y        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
; }: o! s5 S: ]7 @& H, P8 H197. 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。
198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
7 v- N8 ~) z7 s6 B# O- ^        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.
        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.
  K. x! j# ]' l: t        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.
" b, |! r9 H1 B6 M& c2 d) v- W        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
9 t0 o6 p8 y4 w- U! M, X9 G202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
9 x0 ~) b" d, s3 y+ B( w        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
        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。
/ _$ B* z$ r- [0 j6 x" U# t8 T$ _: R9 x) ?. S205. 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.
9 [9 P: J9 a# H; w- ]1 X' k        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
& [& a1 ^- G, w' Y7 @  s) z3 j207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
) Z9 y8 y9 k# ^        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'.
+ z  O- E+ f4 x$ I8 }* e* \        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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