新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
  e7 ~) z5 m! _/ X2 l191. 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。
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。
9 W* c" i; f" J1 ]/ }. k7 ~193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
: u0 a% V2 C. |3 r/ k194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
" N4 j& s2 [: U# S        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.
4 p: p) f. P2 a0 E% T' |        另一种想法恰恰相反，
% l/ U2 h: q% E( K' T7 Z196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
: {3 R/ J" p; B1 t9 w: G3 Q        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
3 v* B1 {5 \- F6 A* i197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
# t- O- j* [4 q% O6 [' i$ x0 ?        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,
9 G1 N: n- ]8 _+ ~" D% _7 T1 ^        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.
/ G( X1 S' M0 t8 I        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.
, D% q( c1 r4 n. H" _* A3 d        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
( [; v& y% Q' m5 b% e4 F: t202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
9 m3 f" b+ w' f* I7 P" j6 \5 O        途中，船开始下沉，
# ^- [. h8 `, Q" b) o4 x4 V" I9 w203. 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。
204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
8 v$ }) b2 b, |- K1 R' l8 k        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。
207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
' T; q. H" H9 A  i2 F9 U$ D        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
3 N( d8 |8 S) J) }4 V8 d4 X; g208. 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”。
0 l2 C- ?! q$ L: y0 X209. 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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