新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
, D$ ^: x9 L5 D7 q( a191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
3 Q5 [  i+ _# c8 Z  D) u        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。
6 ^6 b8 R5 `" p0 t8 t" p% w193. Life there is simple and good.
# h' p4 F+ H7 ~, d& H0 _" Q1 V        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。
, O( T4 V, i( ^! f0 r7 x195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
) Q- C4 B% r- B0 B# d196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
2 {; M2 Y! z. t+ f7 i& o( F        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
% C" e) ]5 S/ @/ F% F197. 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。
) D, J; _3 K. o6 \% F0 t198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
  K$ g( v4 ^8 q  O; E' V199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
# V+ \+ X' O- Q+ B( L5 z( b- s        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.
# e7 p5 B5 E( m- q. `        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.
        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
; F, j( A6 h3 r& }  R' ^        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.
        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
2 @" ^# r/ U  U! |6 a, O2 c* m' `, h205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
9 i) q, A8 ^. q2 Q) ]/ f        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
9 \" Z- P6 s, i/ l9 E  ]206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
) ~$ {! g# z# l# ]        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
. z: O4 p  {7 f0 h207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
1 ]. x; D; J6 L$ f7 t7 j  l        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'.
        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.
. T# g" t, c9 W! O  j        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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