新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
0 T6 N7 f4 A8 B191. 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。
. ^: i3 X6 k3 t5 e9 s7 X; U' W6 G, ]192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
( f! f& h6 K' k  g/ n5 Z        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。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
1 Y( _# u% N4 j9 I1 K& 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，
, \6 e+ H; a% [  e/ @: `5 `5 P: K3 k8 k196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        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。
1 }+ b+ ?* l) D; C. V198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
- t$ f/ B6 r  s. j9 |0 o: s8 }$ l        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.
2 ~9 v. @1 |& V# X& G) A        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.
) H4 X) t* t2 i# Q, j: R- ]# k$ [        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。
201. 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。
& `, W& h3 u! M/ b8 o) n3 i7 S202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
( i3 J% q. ]& U8 [1 D, \  s6 W, R2 ?( L        途中，船开始下沉，
' k; `1 ?0 X/ U% \7 k: D# n: d203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
( D/ `; q9 m  p, X7 Y- Z; A        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
  `: B4 U$ k0 |2 u+ g204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
) J5 `  k7 {  z5 d' {2 S        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。
4 G8 u' q  \8 j# w206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        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.
. l/ N& z. [& `: J; {        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
! u& ?: W) m$ x8 i  s8 y208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
* h- C, R( R$ T) h        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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