新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
8 a* C0 W' S3 Z2 F0 \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。
+ h2 P- m4 }* ^8 w  s0 \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。
& Z/ @% d4 U) K7 s193. Life there is simple and good.
& z4 u3 k  g& J4 z8 S. C        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
2 {+ r3 `; c5 z; J0 P+ R! P        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，
196. 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。
. C: h+ t- g& t, n  t  U198. 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.
6 V; X  O9 q/ t5 z. I% k. M        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
9 f2 f& n, k* X2 c$ e8 s: S0 f: g200. 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。
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。
4 X  s+ z: s; r# o0 \202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
# z9 O3 U3 L( q. s        途中，船开始下沉，
) C# N0 T4 O; E203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
, W' Y, T+ L4 t        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
+ W# H! |/ ?& a( l, [2 D204. 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。
# ~! f- ?( J) b205. 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。
- m$ D; V0 I* t7 j! Z206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
8 |) X$ G# @' a: j7 {" ]" l; a        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
) t3 E! P: J9 B0 k: Q207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
! u* G6 O/ n8 G: u& |1 ~! B. R) [0 n0 A        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
% p9 I% u" ?2 ^( K# y% u) O9 Z3 f' Y208. 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”。
% u( F& C, j1 G6 F! l# ~. U209. 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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