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.
& L. T2 v# x, q9 |5 Y$ o# O4 m" ~0 Y, r        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
/ v( ~1 W3 Z+ E1 R6 A4 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。
193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
0 c' Q  _- E4 c/ Q2 [/ c) d194. 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 o) Q( v4 L# U. l( ]0 M        另一种想法恰恰相反，
9 {8 T3 b! N2 ^3 d3 Q196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
1 C* F3 ~" y' ~. ?' O+ V        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
, N; H) K) I0 k+ Z3 A4 ~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。
& j; d7 C  r+ F198. 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.
9 g6 _1 z- i; ~9 y& x3 z; M        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
' R7 H7 \4 ?: @5 i200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
! u" F  h. p8 B/ e+ z% G        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.
        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
% m9 B! S: }2 \) Z202. 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
) k  U/ A$ `3 @+ t! a1 n) g        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
2 H% |) ], j' d' h204. 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.
0 u7 D! i- ~: m! I: ~        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
, i. `( T2 c6 f/ E5 y+ @207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
- m5 I- `  |: ~        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
3 q" U5 T% z: b4 ]* S208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
. y7 n8 k+ Y, F  G% E9 _        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”。
. M+ K# r* ]2 o% [" o- h; G209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
% B& _$ \, [* K' t0 W: d4 B        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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