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。
( {# s' j6 L/ |: E1 z192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
; F' d/ e. p) p6 j        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
1 ], y, ]$ t7 ~2 i193. Life there is simple and good.
% G, \  _8 i4 _4 R( N& c        在那里，生活简单又美好。
* A9 G% F/ M3 G. }; j$ D/ H194. 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。
  C$ A& R7 T, ]; T+ v/ }, `195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
. K3 |: k5 P" t/ w$ X8 t$ ]8 C9 G$ L        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
/ Y0 ]* ^/ A: \        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.
1 p- o0 v. u# X7 H0 J& Z) `        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
% E7 @2 v  r2 |$ ?' [3 o198. 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.
        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
+ t8 ^: j6 \' J. d* P; o200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
* \/ `. C. i: |3 {        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。
$ Q& ~, w3 j% B2 ~9 M201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
! B& }$ X4 U9 }: z        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
% m/ I: O: [2 j. e+ C202. 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。
& w, T7 b6 ?; S9 L5 C204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
! t! J/ Q$ X( J9 q6 X; f        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.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
+ e/ N! @5 R- O% u2 x5 r207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
5 o& ^0 y" O# C2 X7 B+ ^        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
9 q3 \" A' A1 z2 H* Y+ I208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
9 f/ H6 m* b5 H7 l) R        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.
        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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