新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
# A0 {4 ?6 i  W  d* _191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
+ V* T) I+ S9 k) g- c192. 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。
8 z- X' z- m. L7 v* D* L$ i193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
+ P) W0 _: r, ~, [# M# {9 `194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
$ o4 W, e5 C5 g+ \( G, }+ ?        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
! }+ X, X+ e# W. X5 v195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
7 K% b0 P3 o0 E5 R% d+ ^4 |" b: G        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
, q) u0 r) b# U" i, O# E        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
197. 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。
! h0 l" \& j8 m. ^6 Z4 t199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
! A* n- y: x) R. J3 v# |+ R        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.
' g% h: Q6 ^7 a: C( U1 @# W        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。
5 B2 y* x. u3 C9 Q4 E+ o. o201. 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。
; B) ]0 }* C2 t  B! H7 M: ~202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
# ]. l4 F& c5 N# Y7 \: t9 ^9 ]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.
        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
4 Z) T3 P) `8 f* M  V& J205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
- Q7 N+ o7 x9 K+ g% _( |% s& U        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
" Q! Z3 C* O" a' n& N# `206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
! h( J  b" g- r2 X, K; A        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
, j9 o$ D2 g" W6 s" I4 G0 \5 [207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
, o+ C9 b6 H( ?/ i- ]/ I8 r, s0 n        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'.
: Q% B4 a& P9 D1 A( L4 i        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.
0 r  \( l0 [* E4 @* ^        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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