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 e. O( S7 r9 g* v- B191. 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。
192. 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。
$ u% m" S' D; v193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
2 j! n+ Y9 N$ \/ n* R" |* I194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
) B, y" ?# _2 U1 g        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
7 E# G; i% D$ O" z195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
0 Y# f3 [0 h! q: ~$ h: I        另一种想法恰恰相反，
4 x9 j* G4 L7 M1 n5 X196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
! r/ `2 X7 M2 H/ K197. 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。
) r- [( `0 \; f; L6 S$ @) B( x! U' {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。
$ X( w; a2 d; Z4 |0 L  P5 ]199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
4 k0 `" {6 X7 G2 ?$ b        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
8 E$ u) A$ _% V/ l4 ^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。
, [  N& y# m" c  v! v; F202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
/ N/ Y' E" y3 @0 q        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。
204. 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.
/ I9 a  L+ C+ Z1 m        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
! j4 e' f/ u: e+ D7 L  a206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
4 q" Q6 B* D4 n/ h. z207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
+ a' B, K  g- S: d2 T! W+ ~5 B        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.
% b9 u% O, X. p0 Q! R        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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