新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
) S1 z! Q& L, ^" P- S, q        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。
193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
. @, f- H( Z+ u194. 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。
$ w/ u+ W6 w- v195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
- C5 }1 r/ n, _! A0 j6 F8 r% c2 l        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
! ?' _2 h1 J+ K        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
/ ]3 ~% e5 h4 O; u4 q3 w' s197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
. M8 S6 e' J3 D: b6 g0 \        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
. a+ N6 B1 l3 r198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
1 J8 D) a! Q) P( e- {. `; K' M1 y199. 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.
        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.
0 B* A+ i" l' \0 b9 @$ R" [        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.
. Z5 t$ b  Y) n* v' V) F        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
3 Z5 y7 O0 t3 O        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.
: h+ y/ S1 q0 b' g. |0 Q/ ^" b        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
: x, d! D7 S4 g7 i205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
  _- f" R1 ]6 y        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
) T  q: u/ m) G1 ~, l& a/ |206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        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.
4 h! z5 r. J5 c        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
: e: D; p. a8 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”。
# o% m2 ?, b4 w! Y5 f1 q209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
- E, o7 A5 j: m& n) t3 p        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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