新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
7 l# b' K( ]! \+ t1 x( ~8 }191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
4 G$ {3 R' X3 t. ^        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.
3 `+ N. ?. J1 M+ \2 Y        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.
  _+ M) O  M- q! R6 r/ \        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
: g- {7 c6 D$ u        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
. M6 n' O% V% Y3 t$ p195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
1 q+ A! J" Q  a( I& j2 q+ ~. x        另一种想法恰恰相反，
6 J* \1 ]& X( v; z1 c196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
9 H- S3 j1 Y& L/ U- V6 V        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
6 R+ q0 |+ w  y! h  q% r/ a+ N+ {2 O197. 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。
198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
, S: I( i9 ?5 Q0 n7 V! X1 d- U: |        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。
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.
" [8 t2 f" o# ]$ E5 [0 A$ l        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.
2 M$ w; U% }% d8 K. ?( Y        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.
. v* l8 o9 t( W2 N        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
# b5 O( Q. f  t4 {) P7 x205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
% n* a* b: }' h$ e0 x8 T3 n3 @        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
9 ]) C; m% R$ q" [* [& e& o206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        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'.
        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& b& M3 T209. 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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