新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
4 n$ L: h; m, \( ]0 l! S5 A' i191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
4 {. j" B1 z8 p9 _. `: T        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
0 f- a5 y$ G% t! U4 b7 L/ ]! E192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
1 T7 m& }  r1 a' u& E$ n$ k7 V        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.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
5 z- [/ I, `; O* H6 F) ~; C194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
6 [# a/ z( N, k! i4 Z        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
: Y8 H: z: I! ]4 i0 d195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
3 E6 q: t1 t( y- C0 w, g        另一种想法恰恰相反，
) d1 I$ _; i: t2 |% u0 R: ~* l3 \196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
5 O2 j: w' W3 W4 _6 z0 s        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
0 W9 H: P. [! }7 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。
; e' U3 d( I, i198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
; s/ l0 K& ?! r$ C0 _        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。
( f: N- G; h: h  J# w200. 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。
/ G6 `% y4 Y. ^6 Z" p6 D201. 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。
202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
3 t' m  @, z- ^# r% L6 F6 u4 T) s0 v0 {  O203. 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。
2 i) g( R( p# j. {204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
* w$ ~! h+ A! l4 ~/ ^) O' ~1 p5 n' i        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.
1 M7 ?$ M, z6 d& r0 B* q        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
5 w' J1 J  j: G2 @( M+ q207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
$ m6 a) s6 d& H8 t* ?2 F        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'.
# Q2 N7 j* F" b$ W        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.
! ~+ K6 E( ~8 R# l        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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