新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
" ^$ r' i+ b3 P1 ?191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
; d. }; g# o! ]$ e7 J        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。
193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
  E  b) |. ^' p; v' w# G6 q194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
9 z0 G7 g% O8 K$ u4 W        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
) I- b& w8 @) E9 S5 X! ]  Z4 W195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
4 v9 _& T6 K7 ^/ N196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
/ `, I- y+ d4 y8 b% e        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
! `+ X4 z2 c( V197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
; v- m; @+ B  O7 b' w  k, R7 X        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
9 u: Y6 S, \3 b4 x: z198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
& m8 N2 }5 m  Z  d        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.
! x" v( C3 P1 ]' D/ a" c$ Z+ j1 M        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
! A& }" X% _% I, t' |3 I200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
: T$ T1 g" ~! W- f4 z) N1 e- y. _        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 i- U+ R# J2 \+ E; B2 Q" p201. 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。
: g2 m# S: Y/ H6 u3 ?+ Q6 E202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
. c9 \1 @( i( K+ A        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。
# w5 s8 w9 s& w' d; G205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
& W. r1 U$ o4 E& b# d4 S; }% K        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。
207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
4 t% B# ]9 F& G/ ^  _, 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'.
0 {' k6 }. {+ L) A5 Y        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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