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。
# y( A- M2 f7 M& \- Y192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
7 T- ?3 K0 [' I        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
. t& J# f) W# }* ~* n' M193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
8 B  h& J5 u% |& U; A5 ~1 _# s194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
6 u; j. L% |- s/ X! b% ]- J        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，
. f% j* D1 |* m6 S2 D' S196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
, q% d) I2 j5 P0 O        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.
) _" A- O( |  K6 A9 d6 m9 a        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
  o; E  T1 y9 ^$ f- ~198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
3 _! j; h% c  S2 C9 O, ?199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
+ v3 `; d% y$ Z5 f        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
200. 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，
  |  @' t( B2 n$ y; m  F/ Q6 @: H203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
4 B, ]+ q% X' j9 Q        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
) s$ [6 b! o2 Y$ f+ k2 u& |. r# z204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
- Y) |0 \; K- R0 D# Z$ j* N        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。
. w) d" \! H& ]' L206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
1 N' b  Q5 r8 O5 Y2 q  A. d" r        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
" M* V/ L: ^8 P" J1 f" 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”。
209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
' W1 U, N$ j. M) c2 |6 H& ~  H        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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