新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
3 D) D. b, ?% Z( ?) i) I/ I191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
& q# }' Z: w- u# [9 G        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
! T3 `/ G' z' R1 E9 m192. 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.
/ Q5 C- ~, X+ O5 Q  p1 f6 c        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
; k4 ], a) @% \# U0 B        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.
/ |! R0 R3 y; g/ G2 `        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
' v- K+ @: z  H8 ]( n' R197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
- a; G8 F7 T7 }2 d& A/ S        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
( n% Q# G. e9 t4 u$ k% y  H198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
/ o/ |) g4 z5 P! w7 ~3 T/ o  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.
        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
* A' d: a7 K1 m' k- R8 H200. 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.
        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
202. 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
        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
2 ^) {# J, H2 D2 {- ~204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
" u# R7 l4 g' N; F( G: f8 a        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
7 ?! n5 H, h2 n1 b$ G205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
1 }: ]+ K9 u: x9 Q9 _8 B4 C; l, W        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。
% p$ W& n4 `/ C: X( S0 H: o4 _3 w  h207. 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'.
        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”。
9 C, P; V" o+ P' u1 M) P9 _* C/ {209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
: m$ Y$ F8 ?* J) L        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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