新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
8 G$ H; q- i5 q191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
# ]2 u+ V* c+ |0 @# M        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.
, A% Y+ q4 X5 n        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
: _$ @$ U9 ?$ f) [3 V193. 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.
, [$ v+ I" M, X+ Y& Y' X        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.
, z3 D8 ?+ `) e! N. W6 m1 _& |        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
. O7 Z' ~5 b3 F! i, o* |4 `0 p        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.
' p6 k, V9 x" s1 Z9 c8 P        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,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
8 Z) \/ h1 k3 H199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
8 I0 V4 Z2 S1 \) {; M0 j$ Z        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
' C* ~- T1 t2 n0 i$ E200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
# \* {: K3 e: G& C( u+ D1 o        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.
        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。
( ]- ~) M: m, a3 |205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
. f0 N, p! `, N, h$ V" d& 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.
7 X9 h( ]' ]9 w6 c4 D9 Z' k7 P        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
9 b; S' Q, n( u# d- Z7 s207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
1 ~3 ^1 P+ F( n" Y" ^  c        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”。
5 Q, |/ `0 h* U  b+ |1 }% N4 k209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
# ?: G9 h  c7 Q8 l5 z0 R9 y        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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