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。
* P1 W$ t" Z9 \$ S; q. U! y192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
' a' N, V7 U( W) }/ |3 K        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
! A, w( i" J2 K2 s* q193. Life there is simple and good.
1 Q; [: q4 q$ }* ?/ _/ t8 W2 @        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
        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.
2 N& s$ {; Z3 Z! v/ B4 G        另一种想法恰恰相反，
  }% Y1 b% G- K; Q& I! |4 Q196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
% s6 [, U, T2 |2 x8 S/ k( D% w197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
( l% Z% e: V! i& l7 t        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,
- l# Y$ a; J. W5 t        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.
( h2 t2 t" @" o$ M* c        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
/ B7 W, Z7 ~5 y3 b$ _200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
9 R  c7 D# }( p: C        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。
2 n! [, @6 W4 v" x+ L) j' R201. 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。
: z% ]4 m, ~  _0 ?0 {202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
) e8 g$ q1 M8 Z! r7 L) C6 y        途中，船开始下沉，
' w" f  M6 A( Q. {1 o: o203. 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.
4 D, I8 P4 d) D0 I6 s1 [2 T        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
9 ]& V; X+ @  P' f205. 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.
        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.
& i% O8 J4 ~" V" F        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'.
) U% n4 L( [8 b3 ~* p4 e        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”。
, v. X  G3 `" T$ O$ [: g209. 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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