Lesson 12
Life on a desert island
荒岛生活
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1Lesson 12
2Life on a desert island
3What was exceptional about the two men's stay on the desert island?
4Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
5We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
6Life there is simple and good.
7Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
8The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
9Life on a desert island is wretched.
10You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe,
11waiting for a boat which never comes.
12Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
13but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
14Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
15They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
16During the journey, their boat began to sink.
17They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food,
18matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
19There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water,
20but this did not prove to be a problem.
21The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
22As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
23They caught lobster and fish every day,
24 and as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
25When a passing tanker rescued them five days later,
26 both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
1Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 2听录音，然后回答以下问题。 3What was exceptional about the two men's stay on the desert island? 4 Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the opportunity to find out. 5 Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired. During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave. 6New words and expressions 生词和短语 7 desert island 8 荒岛 9 unrealistic 10adj. 不真实 11 paradise 12n. 天堂，乐士 13 wretched 14adj. 可怜的，艰苦的 15 starve 16v. 挨饿 17 element 18n. 成分 19 opportunity 20n. 机会 21 coral 22n. 珊瑚 23 Virgin Islands 24 维尔京群岛 25 Miami 26n. 迈阿密（美国最南的城市） 27 dinghy 28n. 救生筏，小船 29 Caribbean 30n. 加勒比海 31 spear gun 32 捕鱼枪 33 lobster 34n. 龙虾 35 tanker 36n. 油轮 37 genuinely 38adv. 由衷地 39 Robinson Crusoe 40 鲁滨孙.克鲁索（小说《鲁滨孙漂流记》主人公） 41参考译文 42 我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。在那里，生活简单又美好。成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。另一种想法恰恰相反，认为荒岛生活很可怕，要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。 43 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。他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。途中，船开始下沉，他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。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"。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，还真的感到遗憾呢！
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