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.
        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。
193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
! q; C8 }) k/ ^$ P( P194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
( u: q4 l- I* s7 F- J9 Q0 a7 |/ x195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
8 S4 [! K" ~) E4 k, u0 I/ {        另一种想法恰恰相反，
. P  T/ n6 [( t7 ]- ^, z196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
- U) y! |" L& ?" ?& D' r# S        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
/ @; J1 D; a9 Y* S  \197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
% [3 c( |: k6 C  a) s: N        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
( i+ B  b/ P0 d' v5 O( `2 [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。
199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
! b8 }" c( j4 C. N8 w' G! z        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
+ ~! }2 @/ H  I# F( B) X200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
9 P3 K. e9 i, S3 ^        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。
202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
: j; q) S$ n. L6 L3 H        途中，船开始下沉，
/ W! ]: o1 U+ B9 g5 T# \& R203. 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。
205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
0 M* s! h, W, d        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.
2 C$ `& @" g: E- W9 T+ h# s' x        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。
: M  @$ L' M  P' G+ X' E: v208. 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.
" @: v+ J+ ^1 e9 x( o        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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