新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
+ s3 j4 B- D8 Q: D! ?/ r, L1 v191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
" V* t9 k0 Q/ R5 ^' u        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.
: l8 r8 y4 T/ o8 T+ Y1 X% d        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
0 l$ P5 L  ]: I7 ~" m. a193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
; k6 g& h, _  S194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
( R% \5 J4 t8 ^- X: W        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 w. f: J: p0 Q, U! P, h6 Y        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，
9 Q1 ~2 g- i- j( J8 X3 u' z! W197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
6 C5 G$ n; Q8 P# e# f        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
& k  ]" G: j' x" w7 M198. 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.
2 b( N, A5 \/ z3 a        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
" r9 x* E* d8 |0 k* R200. 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。
: \- P& f, V( [+ w3 h201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
  n5 X" l! v. B9 r        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
. f  j9 r/ u: h( R/ C202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
% x" ?4 M4 V5 ?' q        途中，船开始下沉，
" z. X/ m0 k3 P; m) @3 f203. 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。
# e& ], }4 d8 L4 k1 B( R204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
1 F" a4 O/ |& T6 `  w  b        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.
8 V8 o7 k9 h( d3 d- d3 ]1 K        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
  e8 C( P) K$ Y/ f206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
( E9 h& p. F! {" n7 x  _6 X8 c- W        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
207. 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'.
1 A7 M/ t) _# V4 y        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”。
/ S. m" @/ J5 W2 m209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
/ L4 {( B' j& H% 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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