Lesson 12 Life on a desert island 荒岛生活

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New words and expressions
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生词和短语

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desert island

荒岛

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unrealistic adj.
不真实的

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Paradise n.
天堂，乐土

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wretched adj.
可怜的，艰苦的

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Starve v.
挨饿

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element n.
成分

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opportunity n.
机会

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coral n.
珊瑚

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Virgin Islands
维尔京群岛

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Miami n.
迈阿密

（美国最南的城市）

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dinghy n.
救生筏，小船

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Caribbean n.
加勒比海

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spear gun
捕鱼枪

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lobster n.
龙虾

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tanker n.
油轮

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genuinely adv.
由衷地

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Robinson Crusoe
鲁滨逊·克鲁索

（小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》主人公）



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desert island
荒岛

desert :
沙漠

v.
背弃，

遗弃

dessert:
甜点



★
unrealistic adj.
不真实的

★
paradise n.
天堂，乐土

a lot of
people imagine the USA as their paradise.

heaven:
天堂，天国，也指死亡



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wretched adj.
可怜的，艰苦的

miserable

lead a
wretched / miserable / terrible life



★
starve v.
挨饿

starve to
death



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element n.
成分

★
opportunity n.
机会

golden
opportunity
绝佳的机会

opportunity
knocks only once
千载难逢的机会

chance
表机会时可以与
opportunity
互换，表可能性时则不可

I had chance /
opportunity of visiting Paris.

There is a
chance that I will see him.

The chances
are that he will be elected the president.

The chances
are that he will past his examination next week.

+ of, to

He had not
opportunity to see her.



★
oral
n.
珊瑚

★
irgin
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

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tanker
n.
油轮

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genuinely
adv.
由衷地

He
is genuinely thankful to me.

adj.
genuine

n.
genuineness



★
Robinson
Crusoe
鲁滨逊·克鲁索

（小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》主人公）



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Lesson 12 Life on a desert island

荒岛生活


What
was exceptional about the two men’s stay on the 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 of 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 tins 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 rain-water 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.

【课文讲解】

form
an unrealistic picture of sth.
对
...
抱有不切实际的幻想

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A
large number of people have formed an unrealistic picture of the job.



imagine
sth. to be / imagine sth. as

Some
people imagine flying to be more dangerous than traveling by train.

A
large number people imagin the USA as their paradise.



quite
the opposite:
恰恰相反

either…or…

Either
you or I am going to the party.
谓语动词和最接近的主语保持一致。

Either
coming or go out don’t stand on the doorway.
要么进来，要么出去，不要站在门口。



An
element of truth: a bit of truth



Optimistic:

乐观的

Pessimistic:

消极的，悲观的



Wish
做谓语动词，其后的宾语从句中要使用虚拟语气；虚拟语气的结构形式取决于所表达的实际情况：

1.
如果表达对现在的遗憾或与现在相反的情况，
that
从句中的动词要采用过去时，
be

动词要用
were

I
wish you could drive a car.

2.
如果表达对过去的遗憾或与过去相反的情况，
that
从句中的动词要采用过去完成时

I
wish I hadn’t spent so much money.

I
wish that you had written to him.



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3.

如果表达与将来事实相反或将来不可能实现的心愿，
that
从句中要使用
would,
could
等情态动词的过去时

I
wish that I could go abroad tomorrow.

I
wish that you could come here tomorrow.



if
only
要比
wish
更富有戏剧性和感情色彩

If
only the weather would change.

I
wish the weather would change.

We
wish that we knew where to look for him.

If
only we knew to look for him.

If
only we could have gone to the party.

If
only you hadn’t said that.

If
only you would come here tomorrow.



Have
sth. Repaired



load
with
把
…
装载到
…
上

Eg:
The workers are loading the truck with goods.

Unload:

卸

hardly
any: very little / few

Eg:
Hardly anybody likes him becaues he is so rude.

You hardly eat anything, what's wrong?

prove
to be===turn out to be

put:
express

If
only we could have stayed on the desert island a little bit longer.

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【
Special
difficulties
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wish,
if only



Exercise
P60

1 It was silly of me not to buy that dress. I
wish I _____ .

2 You are making a lit of noise. I wish you
_____ .

3 It’s a pity John’s away. If only he _____ .

4 He. I wish I _____ .

5 I never studied at all when I was at school.
I wish I _____ .

6 I’m sorry I mentioned it to him. I wish I
_____ .

Key:
1. had bought it.
显然说明的是过去的情况
“was “

2. couldn’t / wouldn’t make such noice…

3. were here…
强调“他在这儿，该有多好”；运用
be
动词，说明现在情况相反的概念，无论什么人称，
be

动词应该使用
were

4. could play the piano so well

5. had studied hard then.
( studied)

6. hadn’t mentioned it to him



【
Multiple
choice questions
】

Comprehension

1 In what way are the pictures we form of life
on a desert island unreal?

a.
They fail to present the wretchedness of such a sutuation.

b.
We forget that we would be too weak to work and only imagine the pleasure of
idleness.

c.
They are either unduly optimistic or unduly pessimistic.

d.
They lack any truth at all as most of us have never visited one.

1.
C
要么是过度乐观，要么是过度的悲观



2 What was the equipment the men had brought
that proved essential to their survival?

a.
Tools with which they had been going to repair theri boat.

b.
Food, matches and tins of beer.

c.
Rainwater, lobster and fish.

d.
A spear gun and a rubber dinghy.

Essential
= very necessary
绝对必要的，必不可少的

2.
D



3 What made the men wish to stay on the desert
island?

a.
Discovering how pleasant life can be fending for oneself.

b.
Having seen very few trees and no rainwater on the coral island.

c.
The fact that theyt were able to eat the same food as kings eat.

d.
Knowing they no longer needed to take their boat to Miami for repair.

3.
A

fend
for oneself:
独立的照料某人

虚拟语气



Structure

4 We sometimes think of a desert island _____ a
sort of paradise. (l.1)

a.
to be b. as being c. is
d. be

think
of sb. / sth. as :
把某人、某事看作为
…

4.
B



5 But _____ have had the opportunity to find
out. (ll.7-8)

a.
we few b. hardly anybody c. little people d. not many

few
of us
：我们当中，没有几个人

5
．

D



6 After _____ a few miles across the Caribbean,
they arrived at a small coral island. (ll.11-12)

a.
they rowed b. rowed c. rowing
d. to row

after
prep
其后要和名词、动名词搭配，
and

前后连接的并列成分，时态是应该相呼应的

原句：
They
quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and tins of beer and rowed
for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.

一般过去时形式

after
引导的时间状语从句，表示动作在前

6
．

C



7 _____ were scarce there and there was no
water. (ll.12-13)

a.
The trees b. Trees c. Any trees d. Trees on the island

7
．

C

在表示类指概念的时候，可以采用名词的复数形式；或者运用名词的单数形式，注意冠词的修饰。（
a tree, the tree

）

Refrigerators
are useful. = A refrigerator is useful.

7.
C



8 Both men genuinely regretted _____ . (l.16)

a.
their leave b. to have to leave c. having to leave d. they must have left

为做过的事情后悔：
regret
+
动名词

8
．
C



Vocabulary

9 A desert island is _____ place. (ll.1-2)

a.
an unpopular b. an uninhabited c. a deserted d. a barren

inhabited:

有人居住的

uninhabited:

无人居住的

unpopular:

不流行的

barren
:
贫瘠的

9
．

B



10 The other side of the picture is _____
different.(ll.4-5)

a.
naturally b. rather c. really
d. entirely

完全的不同

10
．

D



11 But this was not _____ to be a problem.
(l.13)

a.
demonstrated b. thought c. shown
d. found

原句：
this
did not prove
to be a problem

觉得、发现苛人或某事怎么样：
find sb. / sth. to be

They
found the trip to be interesting. / very exciting.

某人或某事被发现怎么样：常用被动语态

The
car is found to be beautiful.

demonstrate:

论证，表明，举行，示威

11.
D



12 And, as one of them _____ it, they ‘ate like
kings’. (l.15)

a.
expressed b. placed c. told
d. said

原文：
as
one of them put
it

12.
A



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