Life on a desert islan 荒岛生活

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.

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.

10. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.

他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。

语言点1:句子结构分析:to have it repaired是动词不定式短语，作目的状语。Have sth.done往往表示“请别人帮忙做”。

语言点2:badly damaged的意思是“严重损坏的”。

11. During the journey, their boat began to sink.

途中，船开始下沉。

语言点1:句子结构分析:during the journey作时间状语，说明船是在什么时候沉没的。

语言点2:to sink是动词不定式，作began的宾语。

12. 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.

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。

语言点1:句子结构分析:until引导时间状语从句，这句话真实地记录了这两个人在船沉后做的事情。

语言点2:load with sth.的意思是“装载某物”。Unload sth.from somewhere的意思是“从某地卸下某物”。Upload的意思是“上传”。Download的意思是“下载”。