新概念 3 册 Lesson12
Life on a desert island
生词和短语
desert island
荒岛
unrealistic
adj. 不真实
paradise
n. 天堂，乐士
wretched
adj. 可怜的，艰苦的
starve
v. 挨饿
element
n. 成分
opportunity
n. 机会
coral
n. 珊瑚
Virgin Islands
维尔京群岛
Miami
n. 迈阿密（美国最南的城市）
dinghy
n. 救生筏，小船
Caribbean
n. 加勒比海
spear gun
捕鱼枪
lobster
n. 龙虾
tanker
n. 油轮
genuinely
adv. 由衷地
Robinson Crusoe
鲁滨孙.克鲁索（小说《鲁滨孙漂流记》主人公）
desert island
['dezət 'ailənd]
n. 荒岛
uninhabited island 无人岛
coral island 珊瑚岛
volcanic island 火山岛
archipelago 群岛
the Indonesian archipelago 印度尼西亚群岛
peninsula 半岛
the Korean peninsula 朝鲜半岛
paradise ['pæ rədaɪs]
n. 天堂，伊甸园
heaven 天堂
the Garden of Eden 伊甸园
Hawaii is a paradise for surfers. 夏威夷对冲浪者是天堂
California is a paradise for sun lovers. 对喜欢阳光的人来说加州是天堂
替换 be a Mecca / mecca for … 对...是圣地
wretched ['retʃɪd]
adj. 可怜的，悲惨的
lead a wretched life 过着悲惨的生活
替换 poor / pitiful / pathetic
wretch 可怜的人
The poor wretch begs in the street. 大街上可怜的人在要饭
wreck 严重伤残的人
Poor man, mentally a wreck. 脑残
starve [stɑ:v]
v. 挨饿
He starved to death in the desert. 他在沙漠饿死
I’m starving. 饿了
hunger / hunger for … 对...如饥似渴
I hunger for your touch. 渴求你的爱抚
thirst / thirst for … 渴求
The students thirst for knowledge. 渴求知识
satisfy one’s hunger 解渴
satisfy / quench one’s thirst 解渴
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
Susan awoke that night alone and parched, but as she gazed out her window, she saw the tall drink of water she needed to quench her thirst.
element ['elɪmənt]
n. 元素，要素
there is an element of truth in … 有点道理
There is an element of truth in his words.
chemical element 化学元素
earth, water, fire and air 四大元素（地水火风
the elements 自然力
struggle / fight / battle against the elements 与大自然作斗争
elementary 基础的
elementary school 小学
primary school 小学
opportunity
[ɒpə'tju:nətɪ]
n. 机会
一个宝贵的机会
a golden opportunity
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
miss the opportunity 错过
seize the opportunity 抓住
Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 机不可失失不再来
take the opportunity to do … 借着这个机会
Let me take the opportunity to introduce myself. 趁着这个机会做自我介绍
Let me take the opportunity to thank you. 趁着这个机会表达对你的感谢
genuinely ['dʒenjʊɪnlɪ]
adv. 由衷地，真诚地
替换 genuinely / sincerely
He was genuinely glad to see Mary. 我由衷地高兴看见你Mary
genuine adj. 真心的
He has a genuine love for his family. 他真心的爱着他的家庭
It certainly looked genuine. 看上去是真的
hypocritical adj.虚伪的
artificial hair / tooth / limb 人造的（假发、假牙、假肢
fake / counterfeit money 伪造的
pirated CDs / books 盗版的（CD、书
课文
Life on a desert island
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.
参考译文
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。
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！
life on a desert island 荒岛
life at the monastery 修道院
life in the army 军旅生活
life on campus 校园生活
Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
大多数的
a / the majority of …
a high percentage / proportion of …
A high proportion of the coffee they produce goes to the US.
少数的
a / the minority of
a small percentage / proportion of …
Only a small percentage of African American employees were considered for promotion.
想象一下
form a picture of …= imagine …
Can you form a picture of what I described to you?
造句：他们之中多数人对于西方世界有一种不切实际的想象。
Most of them have formed an unrealistic picture of the western world.
给...照张相
take a picture of …
Excuse me. My name is Richard Stewart. I'm a photographer. May I take a picture of you and your little boy?
Look in the camera. 看镜头
Hold that pose. 别动
Say cheese. 笑一笑（茄子
You are photogenic. 挺上相
The picture does not do your justice. 没照好
We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise (where the sun always shines).
imagine … to be …
把……想象成……
picture … as …
conceive of … as …
把……看作……
regard … as …
When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
consider ... (to be) ...
If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
see ... as ...
I see his words as a joke.
count ... as ...
I don’t count him as a friend any more.
look on ... as ...
They look on her as a daughter.
think of ... as ...
Learning a language should be thought of as a natural process.
a sort of = a kind of …
有些像……的; ……般的
In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero.
Since its discovery, it has become a sort of potholers' Everest.
They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them.
An atom is a kind of solar system.
Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing.
kind of = sort of = somewhat
adv. 有点……
I’m kind of hungry.
He felt sort of embarrassed.
Life there is simple and good.Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
Life on campus is simple and good.
Soon ripe, soon rotten. 早熟者早夭
The time is ripe. 时机成熟
I'm waiting till the time is ripe before(然后) I tell my parents that I failed my exams.
成年的、成熟的
adult / full-grown
an adult cat
A full-grown giraffe is 5.5 m tall.
人格成熟
mature
He is very mature for his age. 相当的成熟（性格 独当一面
well-done 全熟的
medium well 七八分熟的
medium 五分熟的
medium rare 四分熟的
rare 三分熟的
How would you like your steak cooked?
I’d like my steak well-done / medium well / medium / medium rare / rare.
Monica: Okay, now this one is rare, this one is medium well! Now go-go-go! Hey Phoebe!
Phoebe: Hey!
Monica: Hey how was dinner?!
Phoebe: Dinner was good!
raw 全生的
I like to eat fish raw. 生鱼片
need
… you needn’t work. 情态动词
… you don’t need to work. 实义动词
The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
截然不同
In winter, however, life at the monastery is quite different.
对立面、反面
the opposite
The opposite of love is hatred.
the opposite bank 河的对岸
the opposite sex 异性
be quite the opposite 截然相反
造句：我的父亲是个性格平和的人，但是我的母亲却截然相反。
My father is a very calm person, but my mother is quite the opposite.
反之亦然
vice versa
Boys can date girls, and vice versa.
Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
either … or …
要么……要么……
…, waiting for a boat but it never comes.
...有点道理
there is an element of truth in…
There is an element of truth in what she said.
很有道理
there is a good deal of truth in…
Apparently, there is a good deal of truth in this idea.
没道理
there is no truth in …
There is no truth in the rumor.
There is probably an element of truth in this argument, but they ignore a more basic fact that the freedom of the press is often abused.
Albert Einstein once attributed(归因于) the creativity in a famous scientist to the fact that he never went to school. There is undoubtedly a truth in his observation, but such a truth is not criticism of schools.
Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the opportunity to find out.
The former picture is unduly optimistic while(而) the latter picture is unduly pessimistic.
--》The former picture is unduly optimistic while the latter unduly pessimistic.
Two men (who recently spent five days on a coral island) wished they (had stayed there longer.虚)
度过
He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman.
“wish” 型的虚拟语气
1、S.+ wish + (that) + S.+
--did/were（现在）
--had done（过去）
--would/should/could/might +do（将来）
I wish (that) I met my uncle now.
I wish (that) I had met my uncle yesterday.
I wish (that) I could meet my uncle tomorrow.
2、would rather / sooner (that) +S.
3、if only +S.
--did/were（现在）
--had done（过去）
--would/should/could/might +do（将来）
I’d rather you started off now.
I’d rather you had been present yesterday.
If only Tessa were here now!
If only I had listened to my parents at that time.
They were taking a badly damaged boat (from the Virgin Islands to Miami状) to have it repaired.During the journey, their boat began to sink.
to have it repaired 请人做某事
begin to + 客观
behin doing + 主观
地点
--from A toB
--out of A towards B
--for B from A
时间
--from A to B
--out of A until / till B
--A through B
The store is open from Monday to Saturday.
The store is open from Monday until / till Saturday.
The store is open Monday through Saturday.
They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean (时until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
load A into B
load B with A
He is loading groceries into his car.
He is loading his car with groceries.
满载着
be loaded with ...
Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.
逆水行舟，不进则退
Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.
Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.
There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
prove (to be) +adj. / n. 被证明是
The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin.
The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
These two pieces of equipment proved (to be) essential to their survival.
They caught lobster and fish every day, and, (方as one of them put it) 'ate like kings'.
put it = express it 措辞说
I don’t know how to put it. 不知道该怎么说
to put it another way 话句话说
It's fairly risky. Or to put it another way, don't try this at home.
let me put it this way 让我这样跟你说吧
(A) He dropped out of Prof. Johnson’s class.
(B) He’ll probably take another class with Professor Johnson.
(C) Professor Johnson’s lectures were boring.
(D) Students weren’t allowed to bring drinks into Professor Johnson’s class.
W: You had Professor Johnson before, right? How would you describe his lectures?
M: Well, let me put it this way: I could never stay awake in one of his classes without first drinking at least two cups of coffee.
Q: What does the man imply?
Answer: (C) Professor Johnson’s lectures were boring.
(时When a passing tanker rescued them five days later), both men were genuinely sorry (形补that they had to leave.）
sincerely
from the bottom of their hearts 发自心底
sorry: regretful 遗憾
Both men genuinely regretted
--that they had to leave.(形)
--having to leave.(动)
regret to (遗憾去做)
--say...
--tell you...
--inform you...
