新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
( `  O! r3 b8 a7 Z0 |9 b191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
, d- k& i: G1 D        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
. o& e- v+ j% u3 g192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
# X( R0 Y: W# Q7 W7 I        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
9 n! I! @5 u' ?: G% A- h) A193. Life there is simple and good.
0 J! E# J6 }8 O0 D        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
: I! P$ L! K8 P2 ~- W        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
, |1 L2 ~. B. c  Z% l8 D195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
0 b) h4 v# q! Q. ~        另一种想法恰恰相反，
* m) l; i+ S3 `196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
3 ~1 M4 q' V+ o        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.
        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
! D1 o8 u; m4 z3 x2 |9 ?, ~- L198. 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.
        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
8 a+ ?6 P; T. ^  j1 }200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
, D2 q: ~9 k! W        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。
1 B$ W, W& c/ ]8 j+ b* I$ j  g201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
; m# P* t! N2 j        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，
# }2 [3 h8 [" g4 n, y( Y203. 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。
6 f7 ^( O5 E$ M# n! H2 z5 ^8 q205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
9 ?0 [* I) R% H        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.
/ K. r' |4 |; y5 O/ s6 S3 n2 S        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
1 k( G! L5 z6 y# J+ f207. 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'.
        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”。
& ]' H, R6 k, i# ^209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
: C0 S7 i6 i9 x6 B( e- 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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