新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
- l, _9 ^/ P- P- F$ N191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
/ L# n/ H" y9 \        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
3 c: V. m9 b0 I" b, z1 p192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
9 G: @4 q6 I& M' ^+ ~        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
5 Q4 \; W( o2 [& q8 D) E193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
1 s0 ^) B$ _3 R; ^194. 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。
195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
! _5 ~1 W7 |0 o        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
' C: `; {* v& `# ]        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
: ]4 K. L1 g: `/ @6 @8 C197. 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,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
5 w; H( }( h7 m9 O199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
3 t& b% M8 l. j$ L        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。
/ N& b, m% }0 h+ r6 m201. 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。
7 D( }2 W9 h4 T% u3 e9 }202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
" @& t, ]" {6 M! _) i7 G- J        途中，船开始下沉，
- F  x. y5 Q0 Y2 v0 U5 e" {203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
0 Z9 |$ H8 r* t4 V9 V        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
9 q- r! u  f$ o- B204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
4 r" S& y3 X$ n! B/ c1 q: K& ^' Z        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 N+ z/ N/ M5 o. i        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
0 }* {, ]" F. r2 O& L206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
& a1 g, C5 ?' e; d        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.
) A6 c: D, l9 E* P% r& ?2 B$ n7 H        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
) l5 y/ Z! b2 n: h( W( @3 Y208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
1 A$ w) [$ T5 C# t        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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