新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
4 Z+ G$ N2 V0 `/ K8 v& I1 y( v191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
  F. P& O! L9 K$ T        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。
! J2 i8 w4 {3 B1 e7 D1 e193. 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.
        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
* M- [2 d2 g$ ~) }) M195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
( D# l5 k! I7 Q5 q/ R        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
3 e) `7 |9 p$ {. B% l197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
( k/ c: m) `: h5 ]7 y        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
3 R: p# Q- I% {) Z5 [! [+ [2 q198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
/ y6 @1 X* c4 C8 o        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
5 w& J8 T8 p  Z* e. p199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
, k' M/ ]' t; z        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
, m% C. D  c! \* J200. 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。
6 B  {) Q) D- E3 P201. 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。
' w  Z4 c4 B/ ^/ a! m) E7 w- O202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
( L: Y" s) v4 R! F% _9 k2 o$ J! ]        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
  N+ E' o7 \& G6 R9 R) k0 P        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.
4 l( D! h2 Q7 F5 p0 X$ h        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
3 V; R( M: w5 b9 @0 v  R205. 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.
; W6 E' d  e1 a6 X        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.
! b% e9 i$ A  p$ h" q/ i; B        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
4 F4 A- L$ A: k% J, E        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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