新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
' U; [, y( h& _0 i% h7 v, v1 c# W191. 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。
192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
) s. e! c8 J# `# {. r, e        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.
; p* B7 \9 v: W        在那里，生活简单又美好。
% h" k8 R: y& e8 g; ^194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
  k) D) S5 ^7 _- r' h        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
  E9 F# _* G( W, ~195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
4 K, Y/ X& S8 |        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
) A5 z. l# u8 z3 t2 p        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
! u4 }8 t/ W2 D197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
3 W" I5 x4 _  y  `        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
0 v- t2 R4 }/ O& b$ H198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
5 f/ j: m9 \) K0 M, \# r9 |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。
- k8 e0 Q6 l0 {/ y. X1 C- p200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
        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.
8 e& o; U  P- V0 l  I) ~) |$ Y        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
  d: t+ m) V3 s0 p202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
1 O2 d3 G4 I, O4 n' _4 N        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.
' S4 ^7 Q# s; j. s0 W5 Q        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。
, G! j- H' |; Q% h! i206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
; g9 X6 N+ S; l" `        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.
        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'.
  T8 O, d: g5 _  r8 ]# s8 p- F        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.
( A) n! B* Z* f6 F8 N! `( J" a        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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