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  c1 J  N6 n4 P3 y& k191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
0 N; c- }$ u+ y0 ^6 N! L        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。
, Z4 Y% N( d- T2 b/ a7 @# m, d- \193. Life there is simple and good.
5 |( s4 v: b0 u        在那里，生活简单又美好。
# I6 {/ J: F. ^1 C: F3 P5 d194. 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。
  q2 r, T  o# l: @* R' B195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
& r1 I3 W$ B8 i+ q2 g% f        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，
8 _5 y! D' [* e8 {& @197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
3 y0 E0 m+ k4 l        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。
4 j5 q+ G! a  V4 `( v5 J199. 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。
2 R4 e$ z7 _: t200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
6 U0 t5 d# j+ y7 s& _# A- ?        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。
# T6 S, C, W0 L* n201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
/ m/ n: t$ a/ A: R: j6 H        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
        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
! W( q" n/ W* c- q3 g0 ~204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
  M0 S( |8 g4 u- L. y        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
$ a; e9 b" Y$ c0 n( l" n/ J205. 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.
3 S3 h* R- C8 P        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
, K) o- {' \! S" @207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
        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”。
2 |( x7 L: w* W209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
" a: J+ O' s( X% G1 d6 Y- \. K2 n        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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