新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
+ C* n$ `' `$ X1 ^7 ^  e3 z% X; d191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
' `; |/ A+ V9 p% a' ]8 o        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。
- q4 P2 l% H4 H/ O& s) X0 _, y193. Life there is simple and good.
( ?) N: ?6 ^% h  x3 ^3 I; b+ h        在那里，生活简单又美好。
+ S# p* J) z( N' g3 n) G194. 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.
  n0 I. o: ~% L) f/ b        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
9 G( U2 D$ n: T5 }        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。
198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
6 D8 I' V- m6 E& d9 D# R) b        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.
: |% ~$ ^& I! u! C" |& X        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。
- J/ A, `( V  w" ~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。
7 Y& |7 ]2 c0 d& k* ~202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
2 G1 C6 ^# g- R3 L- D: b        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。
204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
; b& i0 x% y9 s1 i4 Z4 x        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.
# N8 t; T- S2 J  y$ B        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
6 ]7 M' a: @) Q$ m- `7 X; x: |206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
; U* h0 w/ Q, S( y* V        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.
9 o  a: R* G8 \1 e! K5 U        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
4 A$ W2 w+ r. W: K* B208. 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”。
- c' i7 D  P( j, e$ {' _2 ?209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
* b' h# |: o) q6 f        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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