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.
( b" ~& |' K8 \4 v: r+ S  O6 L: m6 P4 g        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.
4 x. N3 \. M* k3 U: ?! |9 q& A% P        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.
$ T1 c; X- d' k( I4 Y! s        在那里，生活简单又美好。
& J: X2 a4 r; h+ v* |- R) l194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
5 j+ w. ]& `! \) Q; h8 x        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.
0 S1 z# _: v( G, G- ?        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
6 A# a7 K% M: Z2 C        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
: X; C- E1 R# r  ~+ z( A, h; X+ i/ c5 j197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
+ E& n6 s7 d0 s- n% e! \# P        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,
) Z' D+ i7 j" |9 ?- l; e        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。
& N6 f: m# U8 E( t201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
; x/ a  d. V* m5 N; {7 Y% q- l6 I        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
8 _2 O3 D3 v  J/ Y$ h202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
5 _8 r- i, S  Q$ l  ?' T  v        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。
( i6 C. M8 h( H( E204. 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。
" H% a, y3 G1 v( n7 g4 ~205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
, ^0 ?9 e' t- N! _* \        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
; P! A! B2 \% T( n9 G$ Y0 o206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
& |+ P* O: m0 M: r( g/ g& s        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”。
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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