新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
9 H, q  o. X" x191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
, U( F  X: @$ ~! ~$ q2 p$ Y5 g        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
' j& C1 K* X! U192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
4 N# j& |/ p" n" h) j& F        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( d- K5 J7 M/ w        在那里，生活简单又美好。
6 W; n3 c) R: |8 [" y) j5 ~194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
, K/ x0 D  m2 [, z% A5 a8 s7 ^0 k        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.
% R6 C9 l0 I  U  ^$ O; M        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
5 U8 B" Q7 b& _; x( Z! l0 }. O8 Q/ Y        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。
7 P0 A5 h5 w  ?0 c) F/ b198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
' V. y9 j8 K3 X8 E        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.
        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.
$ Z6 h1 r6 H5 ~7 `( m        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.
) W2 v+ J, Y$ @3 v$ M: I        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。
4 f+ d7 z/ G9 C9 t! y1 |( H8 \204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
  p* x. w( c/ C% [  p1 m        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。
206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
+ J' }2 a, j! f+ V; ]$ z207. 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。
. W, T  e) |8 P! Z2 Z208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
+ x: e  I0 n6 A& |; F        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”。
0 o( {/ o, y6 R209. 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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