新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
+ `$ W( O! Y9 N: p# [" i191. 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。
5 P3 T# Q( R; u192. 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.
/ C  [' i1 x4 h7 {        在那里，生活简单又美好。
/ ?) G, @9 }7 N$ F5 c. o194. 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。
195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
" U  v( J) i/ o- P        另一种想法恰恰相反，
* M$ \$ m5 }* m' h- S7 V196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
8 F9 G3 P. \- G9 u( `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,
5 ~- V6 r- ~) D' c        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.
( G) j  t2 b& b% }0 c        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
) u( d  X6 _# [  I/ ]3 p200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
! |7 D+ k' e9 L        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。
9 k  t% z- k7 b% @. J1 N201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
9 `: {4 Q4 g/ m0 u, c        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.
        途中，船开始下沉，
, ?$ F' ]+ K7 X; F2 U6 _203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
( z4 G0 Y' g) M/ v, A" p+ k        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
) X0 O" _1 N4 V204. 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。
$ c4 I9 V$ `3 p/ f: A  w. Q205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
: X. v; A9 U8 W# _/ K. X        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
' }$ i' b+ H" p% {206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
1 ]) ?# @: Z& p5 r# r* j# ~        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
' M, L6 J+ i) b" V9 ?: Q4 \5 y207. 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。
/ e/ I8 q# d) j4 x208. 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”。
/ j5 o  Z0 e1 ?6 S  u209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
1 v* S8 }2 h) j: \, }8 w        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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