新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
1 S- L2 K* Q- t* {6 y( R3 @7 G$ B9 H        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.
$ e' Z3 T7 l8 ^# L        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
! i/ O+ n; F+ @1 D& B' F/ s193. Life there is simple and good.
  ^) D$ V( m+ J2 ]  q  @8 Y; u        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。
195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
( w' x- G; f* ~9 y% [5 T& m196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
: t) J' f2 A6 R( q        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.
        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.
5 \; o  A- ~3 u6 u. E8 S        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
" M: l5 M' m7 R" \/ ^9 X200. 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。
3 k8 ~8 ^1 T$ v1 l. G. a$ t201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
6 ?0 \1 x& G* C0 @        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
, B$ @8 X4 Q) q: G' n202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
3 z2 V6 Z7 }; [  q$ B+ ?8 h8 |/ R. z        途中，船开始下沉，
, B9 Z4 L1 e+ d203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
1 f$ P) f1 y0 _) u- l6 [/ J        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.
: ]0 S5 o# L9 f' ~: T# T        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.
/ r! r4 A* ~9 Y- x- T' A- g% D0 \        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
! b' E$ m) T* T206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
* g  U# N  f# X- P% f, _- o0 u( u207. 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'.
$ |  O) t* c% e4 w        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”。
" W% z8 n1 B" d) u" J7 W$ ~; D0 [; O209. 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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