新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
  K/ x& i$ b9 m0 T( k- ^        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。
* b, `# {$ [3 W, Y; k; e" w193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
; E8 W, S+ W. o' H8 G  T! Q5 L194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
1 ?" T" ^8 l) ?0 J- i. z# A; q        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.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
0 [' I) `( O- ~4 Q3 v196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
- p% G% }- C. F4 q( o! `        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
% D+ V1 C4 ~0 M* ~6 K6 D1 b) y8 g197. 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。
5 p. R& C9 G" @198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
4 W6 {" w- }1 m6 w' u- J/ U2 l        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
+ s) M. Q" a5 `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。
/ \# Q, L5 P; b201. 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.
1 K9 a* x3 T2 {! M% A# }9 e        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
7 l! {) |9 q2 b$ Q        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
2 `6 m# ~; D" ^5 d204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
, |/ E9 x, |$ }* t6 C5 t8 p" T        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.
* J# A& L; J# t" _* a3 Q4 A        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.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
3 V3 C( t7 h4 a6 A207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
9 e, @+ @1 V+ r$ G- }5 R6 ]$ Q        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
3 f+ Q* ?# N/ e. W; A3 Z208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
! }4 d% I7 a  H8 U7 S5 a2 }        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”。
3 d2 |8 R) }: Q209. 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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