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.
2 G+ Q' J) ^# a        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。
) c" E4 j4 \' c% `' N8 }193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
1 w  W( S" Q# g# y+ `; M' T194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
. ^. X/ r4 c9 T! r, w        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
5 X# T% q6 S& M" [: g" ~195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
+ \2 H0 D% k' U2 s: d# t196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
. [  f7 x5 X" |" I$ L/ D2 S197. 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,
8 q. c' I' W* J9 P, h6 |1 F# E        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
6 I0 _; }! X/ N+ m199. 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.
; @: t. y8 x' q6 S+ O3 o        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。
* c7 W; |$ K7 X201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
2 Y  z* h9 D: r2 O) T        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
& X( I1 Z0 T7 m, A# ~" r202. 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
! n, V2 u% @, }7 _7 f        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.
1 ]; ]8 X; L9 z* w. D+ p0 u        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.
" f1 m, R7 {, }1 M; B% m        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。
' `' z$ L- ?8 Q( _1 E* l2 d207. 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”。
209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
7 k' ~# x. W% r2 }/ r        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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