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.
% J1 s2 _- J5 B7 `        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
( v- Y3 I; ]. z# M$ f192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
9 z+ m$ \% v7 z- N8 b6 [- k        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
; j" r6 A; G# g7 L4 l193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
/ N$ ]1 }3 q8 b7 [194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
, v6 J' V7 H9 g6 W: o9 W        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，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
' j. T$ f7 A4 T1 a1 ]# Z197. 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,
% Q& \  `  a2 U        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
- b, }" r# c) v- T& l: y199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
) @# {* g1 d" G6 m% ]/ T5 Q6 g        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.
' ^% g  y$ D+ a" r0 [9 P        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。
3 Z' k( I7 P7 `2 w" N201. 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.
* b8 Y- {' Q# D8 s        途中，船开始下沉，
8 G* Y* c( W! M9 B- v. N) m1 S6 E; w9 f2 h203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
- {' o6 E+ }6 D! ^9 S& A# n5 r        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.
# N6 J0 f6 O6 I# q  u        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.
        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。
( ]: A0 t; @4 i, _207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
0 ^) T6 s9 ]' s6 P0 C0 o        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'.
' }# C9 x5 G+ O# j/ X- t        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”。
# j& L) T3 G; a6 n1 y  g2 b% Z209. 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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