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1、Lesson 12Life 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
2、 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.第1页/共24页Lesson 12Life
3、on a desert island()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,ma
4、tches,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 wit
5、h 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.第2页/共24页desertdesert n.dezt c;u a large area of land that has very little water and ve
6、ry few plants growing on it.Many deserts are covered by sand.沙漠;荒漠,荒原e.g.撒哈拉沙漠 the Sahara Desertv.diz:t 1.vn to leave sb without help or support抛弃,离弃;遗弃(某人)(syn)abandone.g.她被丈夫遗弃了。She was deserted by her husband.2.vn often passive to go away from a place and leave it empty舍弃,离弃(某地方)(syn)abandone.g.这
7、些村庄已经荒无人烟了。The villages had been deserted.deserted adj.diz:tid 1.(of a place)with no people in it 无人居住的;空寂无人的e.g.空无一人的街道 deserted streets2.left by a person or people who do not intend to return 被抛弃的;被遗弃的;被舍弃的e.g.被舍弃的村庄 a deserted villagedesert island n.a tropical island where no people live 荒无人烟的热带岛
8、屿第3页/共24页unrealisticunrealistic adj.not showing or accepting things as they are不切实际的;不实事求是的 e.g.(1)不切实际的期望 unrealistic expectations (2)指望他们能够立即解决问题是不现实的。It is unrealistic to expect them to be able to solve the problem immediately.opposite:realistic adj.现实的;实际的;实事求是的 adv.unrealistically e.g.这些价格高得太离谱
9、了。These prices are unrealistically high.第4页/共24页imagineimagine v.to form a picture in your mind of what sth might be like 想象,设想e.g.(1)v(that)闭上眼睛,设想自己在森林里。Close your eyes and imagine(that)you are in a forest.(2)v(wh-)你能想象得出干了20年之后被辞退会是什么样的滋味吗?Can you imagine what it must be like to lose your job aft
10、er 20 years.(3)v-ing 她想象着自己走进办公室,递上辞呈。She imagined walking into the office and handing in her resignation.(4)vn-ing 我确实能想到他那么说!I can just imagine him saying that!(5)vn to inf 我本来以为她的年龄还要大一些。I had imagined her to be older than that.(6)vn 这房子正是她所想象的。The house was just as she had imagined it.imagineto
11、be作“想象是”“设想是”讲。不定式 to be 引起的短语作宾语补足语。第5页/共24页sortsort n.c a group or type of people or things that are similar in a particular way种类;类别;品种e.g.有各种各样的工作你可以做。There are all sorts of jobs you could do.a sort of sth (informal)used for describing sth in a not very exact way(表示不十分准确)近似于某物,有点像是某物e.g.我隐约觉得他不会
12、来。I had a sort of feeling that he wouldnt come.v.vn sth(into sth)to arrange things in groups or in a particular order according to their type,ect.;to separate things of one type from others 整理;把分类e.g.垃圾很容易分开,可归入塑料、玻璃和纸三类。Rubbish can easily be separated and sorted into plastics,glass and paper.第6页/共2
13、4页riperipe raip (riper,ripest)1.(of fruit or crops水果或庄稼)fully grown and ready to be eaten成熟的e.g.西红柿还没熟透的时候就摘下来。Pick the tomatoes before they get too ripe.opposite:unripe2.(for sth)ready or suitable for sth to happen时机成熟的;适宜的e.g.(1)这片土地适宜开发。This land is ripe for development.(2)社会变革的时机已经成熟。The conditi
14、ons were ripe for social change.n.u ripenessIDM a/the ripe old age(of)an age that is considered to be very old(的)高龄:e.g.他活到了91岁的高龄。He lived to the ripe old age of 91.ripen raipn v.v,vn to become ripe;to make sth ripe(使)成熟 第7页/共24页oppositeopposite n.a person or thing that is as different as possible
15、from another相反的人(事物)e.g.(1)与白色相反的是黑色。Black is the opposite of white.(2)她相当文静,可她的妹妹完全正好相反。She is rather quiet,but her sister is completely/just the opposite.adj.(to)as different as possible from 相反的,对立的e.g.(1)他转身朝着相反的方向走了。He turned and walked in the opposite direction.2.facing(在)对面的,相对的(after noun 用在
16、名词后)e.g.我住在对面的房子里。I live in the houses opposite.prep.facing在的对面e.g.火车站对面的房子 the houses opposite the station第8页/共24页wretchedwretched adj.1.very unhappy;in very low spirits很不愉快的,不幸的,沮丧的e.g.他因重感冒躺在床上,心情很不好。Hes in bed with a bad cold,feeling pretty wretched.2.extremely bad 恶劣的e.g.多么讨厌的天气!What wretched w
17、eather!3.(used to express annoyance 用于表示气恼)讨厌的;可恨的e.g.我怎么也找不到那串该死的钥匙了。I cant find my wretched keys.adv.+ly n.u+nesswretch n.1.an unfortunate or unhappy person 不幸的人,可怜的人e.g.无家可归的苦命人 poor homeless wretches2.(often humor)a bad or useless person坏蛋;没用的人;淘气鬼,家伙e.g.你这家伙!又来晚了。You wretch!You are late again.第
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