新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
. Z9 z! t$ @- f1 n; o191. 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。
* Y4 y: D8 Z$ C. E& Y192. 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。
; Z1 u8 J, m8 T, y1 j193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
& f( [6 l  P- r0 Z: ]        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
% ~5 B2 M4 \/ S) d- K8 \+ s195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
/ G0 K) z/ C1 J, ~6 e) L2 Q4 J. O        另一种想法恰恰相反，
' t! `, g6 b7 J) e) M9 v3 O196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        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.
2 z. A6 t0 t9 g0 D# Q        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,
        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。
+ k6 B! z* ]% F) k! k+ q- |. |200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
, e! F& H7 X1 _( E+ N2 c" U& r: v        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。
& J9 V& U. f9 w& p0 i; j201. 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。
2 d7 V* s! J0 a! x' }- q4 c202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
        途中，船开始下沉，
: W* f$ w$ n' P2 P6 P# `8 t1 G" ]+ }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。
, G0 o5 B& e" y( U204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
7 g0 a! \3 e' L' b        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.
& t  N) \0 R" T        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.
( r/ B: \$ _& ?        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
0 Y6 h8 l! k# n" i  i- B207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
7 j: {. R( V0 Y" `3 @" n        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
! K: B, V) z5 i208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
2 s% Z; H& @+ ]& ]; y% N8 G; p        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”。
209. 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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