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.
        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
& U8 f8 X. G+ |9 K0 C* z( u7 h192. 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。
( V/ q' F3 X3 n# R7 M/ |193. Life there is simple and good.
' J: b' }2 }2 c+ V0 B9 Y5 T+ s3 j        在那里，生活简单又美好。
( w% Y$ _9 Z" m2 S* v194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
/ Z  r2 p  s) X$ t" P        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.
6 H' N/ k* h+ p3 l: Z        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.
4 H# X+ X$ n$ J        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
9 @( t' Q: n5 D. P198. 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.
) V; u( k8 C+ P6 A        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
5 Z! _% U1 }# L4 T& b200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
0 x9 `7 m* u8 d( _0 u3 p( v        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.
. r% u6 U( G$ w, h: K0 H9 ^        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
5 \7 i' k5 q" j# m202. 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
( R7 S+ \6 R9 q5 ^        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。
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.
7 [+ e  B* E# i! x3 t) H  `5 @1 H$ S        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
4 |; l$ Y6 D# p' H: ~: p7 F207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
- W7 {* O, u- i4 y        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”。
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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