新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

ltlong52010

课文12  荒岛生活
- Y% M8 i9 `- ?) x' H191. 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。
- m& |" @3 O) Q' i4 }; A  L3 [193. Life there is simple and good.
  C; j  `8 O# {: N; K- Z+ a9 N        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
. d) A0 L+ s8 z7 ?, A& `4 \1 g6 n) ?        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
/ d4 d+ {5 E% Q* p# Q195. 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.
4 m& V2 O" `2 Z: c' d0 P; p        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.
! r0 F2 y* H, w2 ~) w        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
" ^0 E9 w3 R; T# ~7 A/ D& t198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
9 S+ l8 ]: E7 u  I7 S        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.
( r' @1 \2 s4 e. O3 g/ l8 Y        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。
201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
/ ^% [" M, o5 j4 C/ X/ A        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
  a( Z; O4 Z7 e. b9 r2 C0 x) T" P0 G202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        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。
% }3 m; u5 @; k! o1 @% G! S204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
; p. ~! ]0 D: \( V' g        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。
, @: R9 K2 [/ M206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
' L: z& G# H2 Q207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
1 x* ~, D  d/ l; ?- b        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
' y& Q' `$ \0 t7 a6 R) b" @) `208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
! O$ S7 H# A* T0 `4 m- A, b        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”。
1 ~. A3 N# W; X5 ~$ y+ _1 s209. 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

潜水工