Lesson 12
Life on a desert island
荒島生活
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
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 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 Virgin1 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 lobster2 and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a passing tanker3 rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
desert island
荒島
unrealistic
adj. 不真實
paradise
n. 天堂，樂士
wretched
adj. 可憐的，艱苦的
starve
v. 挨餓
element
n. 成分
opportunity
n. 機會
coral
n. 珊瑚
Virgin Islands
維爾京群島
Miami
n. 邁阿密（美國南的城市）
dinghy
n. 救生筏，小船
Caribbean
n. 加勒比海
spear gun
捕魚槍
lobster
n. 龍蝦
tanker
n. 油輪
genuinely
adv. 由衷地
Robinson Crusoe
魯濱孫.克魯索（小說《魯濱孫漂流記》主人公）
參考譯文
我們許多人對于荒島生活有一種不切實際的想法。我們有時想象荒島是陽光終日普照的天堂。在那里，生活簡單又美好。成熟的水果從樹上掉下來，人們根本無需勞動。另一種想法恰恰相反，認(rèn)為荒島生活很可怕，要么餓死，要么像魯濱孫那樣，天天盼船來，卻總沒見船影。也許，這兩種都像都有可信之處。但很少有人能有機會去弄個究竟。
近有兩個人在一座珊瑚島上呆了5天，他們真希望在那兒再多呆一些日子。他們駕著一條嚴(yán)重?fù)p壞的小船從維爾京群島阿密修理。途中，船開始下沉，他們迅速把食物、火柴、罐裝啤酒往一只救生筏上裝。然后在加勒比海上劃行了幾英里，到了一座珊瑚島上。島上幾乎沒有一顆樹，也沒有淡水，但這不算什么問題。他們用像皮艇蓄積雨水。由于他們隨身帶了一支捕魚槍，因此，吃飯不愁。他們天天捕捉龍蝦和魚，正如其中一位所說，吃得“像國王一樣好”。5天后，一條油輪從那兒路過，搭救了他們。這二位不得不離開那個荒島時，還真的感到遺憾呢！
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Notes on the text課文注釋
1 imagine…to be…，作“想像……是……”，“設(shè)想……是……”講。不定式to be引起的短語作賓語補足語。
2 quite the opposite，完全相反，截然不同。
3 starve to death，餓死。
4 …wished they had stayed there longer.
……還真希望在那里多呆些日子。wish引起的賓語從句常用虛擬語氣。
5 as one of them put it，正如其中一位所說的。
Multiple choice questions多項選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehensjon理解
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 situation.
b．We forget that we would be too weak to work and only imagine the pleasure of idleness.
c．They are either unduly4 optimistic or unduly pessimistic.
d．They lack any truth at all as most of us have never visited one.
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 their boat.
b．Food, matches and tins of beer.
c．Rainwater, lobster and fish.
d．A spear gun and a rubber dinghy.
3 What made the men wish to stay on the desert island?
a．Discovering how pleasant life can be fending6 for oneself.
b．Having seen very few trees and no rainwater on the coral island.
c．The fact that they were able to eat the same food as kings eat.
d．Knowing they no longer needed to take their boat to Miami for repair.
Structure結(jié)構(gòu)
4 We sometimes think of a desert island ______ a sort of paradise. （1．2）
a．to be
b．a(chǎn)s being
c．is
d．be
5 But ______ have had the opportunity to find out. （11．7-8）
a．we few
b．hardly anybody
c．little people
d．not many
6 After ______ a few miles across the Caribbean, they arrived at a small coral island. （11．11-12）
a．they rowed
b．rowed
c．rowing
d．to row
7 ______ were scarce there and there was no water. （11．12-13）
a．The trees
b．Trees
c．Any trees
d．Trees on the island
8 Both men genuinely regretted ______ . （1．16）
a．their leave
b．to have to leave
c．having to leave
d．they must have leftVocabulary詞匯
9 A desert island is ______ place. （11．1-2）
a．a(chǎn)n unpopular
b．a(chǎn)n uninhabited
c．a(chǎn) deserted7
d．a(chǎn) barren
10 The other side of the picture is ______ different. （11．4-5）
a．naturally
b．rather
c．really
d．entirely8
11 But this was not ______ to be a problem. （1．13）
a．demonstrated
b．thought
c．shown
d．found
12 And, as one of them ______ it, they‘a(chǎn)te like kings’. （1．15）
a．expressed
b．placed
c．told
d．said
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語
★desert island
荒島
desert: 沙漠 背棄，遺棄
dessert: 甜點
★unrealistic
adj. 不真實
★paradise
n. 天堂，樂士
A lot of people imagine the USA as their paradise.
heaven: 天堂，天國，也指死亡
★wretched
adj. 可憐的，艱苦的
miserable9
lead a wretched/miserable/terrible life
★starve
v. 挨餓
starve to death
★element
n. 成分
★opportunity
n. 機會
golden opportunity
Opportunity knocks only once.
chance: 表機會時可以與opportunity互換，表可能性時則不可
There is a chance that I will see him
The chances are that he will be elected the president.
+of,to
★coral
n. 珊瑚
★Virgin Islands
維爾京群島
★Miami
n. 邁阿密（美國南的城市）
★dinghy
n. 救生筏，小船
★Caribbean
n. 加勒比海
★spear gun
捕魚槍
★lobster
n. 龍蝦
★tanker
n. 油輪
★genuinely
adv. 由衷地
He is genuinely thankful to me
genuine(adj.)
(n.)genuineness
★Robinson Crusoe
魯濱孫.克魯索（小說《魯濱孫漂流記》主人公） 荒島生活
【課文講解】
form an unrealistic picture of sth.: 對……抱有不切實際的幻想
A large number of people have formed an unrealistic picture of the job.
imagine sth.to be./imagine sth.as
quite the opposite: 恰恰相反
Either you or I am going to the party.
謂語動詞和接近的主語保持一致
an element of truth: a bit of truth
optimistic: 樂觀的
pessimistic: 消極的，悲觀的
wish在謂語動詞，其后的賓語從句中要使用虛擬語氣
虛擬語氣的結(jié)構(gòu)形式取決于所表達的實際情況
如果表達對現(xiàn)在的遺憾或現(xiàn)在相反的情況，that從句中的動詞要采用過去時，be 動詞要用were
如果表達對過去的遺憾或過去相反的情況，that從句中的動詞要采用過去完成時
I wish I hadn't spent so much money.
I wish that you had written to him
如果表達與將來事實相反的情況或?qū)聿豢赡軐崿F(xiàn)的心愿，that從句中要使用would ,could 等情態(tài)動詞的過去時
I wish that I could go abroad tomorrow.
I wish that you could come here tomorrow
if only要比wish更富有戲劇性和感情色彩
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 where 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 tommorrow.
have sth.repaired
load with: 把……裝載到……上
The workers are loading the truck with goods.
unload: 卸
hardly any: very little/few
Hardly anybody likes him because 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.
【Special difficulties】
wish,if only;
(1) ...had bought it...
顯然說明的是過去的情況 "was"
(2) ...couldn't/wouldn't make such noise...
(3) ...were here...
強調(diào)“他在這兒，該有多好”
運用be動詞，說明現(xiàn)在情況相反的概念
無論什么人稱，be動詞應(yīng)該使用were
(4) ...could play the piano as well...
(5) ...had studied hard then...
"studied" ---過去式
(6) ...hadn't mentioned it to him...
"mentioned" -- 過去式
【Multiple choice questions】
(1) ...C...
要么是過度樂觀，要么是過度的悲觀
(2) ...d...
essential = very necessary 絕對必要的，必不可缺的
(3) ...a...
fend5 for oneself: 獨立的照料某人
虛擬語氣
(4) ...b...
think of sb./sth.as: 把某人、某事看作為...
(5) ...d...
"few of us": 我們當(dāng)中，沒有幾個人
(6) ...c...
after介詞，其后要和名詞、動名詞搭配
and前后連接的并列成分，時態(tài)是應(yīng)該相呼應(yīng)的。
"They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food,matches,and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribean until they arrived at tiny coral island" 一般過去時的形式
after引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句，表示動作在前
(7) ...c...
在表示類指概念的時候，可以采用名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式；或者運用名詞的單數(shù)形式，注意冠詞的修飾?！?a tree,the tree)
Refrigerators are useful.== A refrigerator is useful.
(8) ...c...
為做過的事情后悔：regret + 動名詞
(9) ...b...
inhabited: 有人居住的
uninhabited：無人居住的
unpopular：不流行的
barren: 貧瘠的
(10) ...d...
完全不同的
(11) ...d...
; "this did not prove to be a problem"
覺得、發(fā)現(xiàn)某人或某事怎么樣：find sb./sth. to be
They found the trip to be interesting/very exciting.
某人或某事被發(fā)現(xiàn)怎么樣 ……常用被動語態(tài)
The car is found to be beautiful.
demonstrate: 論證，表明，舉行，*
(12) ...a...
"as one of them put it"
Life on a desert island
荒島生活
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
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 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 Virgin1 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 lobster2 and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a passing tanker3 rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
desert island
荒島
unrealistic
adj. 不真實
paradise
n. 天堂，樂士
wretched
adj. 可憐的，艱苦的
starve
v. 挨餓
element
n. 成分
opportunity
n. 機會
coral
n. 珊瑚
Virgin Islands
維爾京群島
Miami
n. 邁阿密（美國南的城市）
dinghy
n. 救生筏，小船
Caribbean
n. 加勒比海
spear gun
捕魚槍
lobster
n. 龍蝦
tanker
n. 油輪
genuinely
adv. 由衷地
Robinson Crusoe
魯濱孫.克魯索（小說《魯濱孫漂流記》主人公）
參考譯文
我們許多人對于荒島生活有一種不切實際的想法。我們有時想象荒島是陽光終日普照的天堂。在那里，生活簡單又美好。成熟的水果從樹上掉下來，人們根本無需勞動。另一種想法恰恰相反，認(rèn)為荒島生活很可怕，要么餓死，要么像魯濱孫那樣，天天盼船來，卻總沒見船影。也許，這兩種都像都有可信之處。但很少有人能有機會去弄個究竟。
近有兩個人在一座珊瑚島上呆了5天，他們真希望在那兒再多呆一些日子。他們駕著一條嚴(yán)重?fù)p壞的小船從維爾京群島阿密修理。途中，船開始下沉，他們迅速把食物、火柴、罐裝啤酒往一只救生筏上裝。然后在加勒比海上劃行了幾英里，到了一座珊瑚島上。島上幾乎沒有一顆樹，也沒有淡水，但這不算什么問題。他們用像皮艇蓄積雨水。由于他們隨身帶了一支捕魚槍，因此，吃飯不愁。他們天天捕捉龍蝦和魚，正如其中一位所說，吃得“像國王一樣好”。5天后，一條油輪從那兒路過，搭救了他們。這二位不得不離開那個荒島時，還真的感到遺憾呢！
新概念英語正版圖書購買
自學(xué)導(dǎo)讀
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 imagine…to be…，作“想像……是……”，“設(shè)想……是……”講。不定式to be引起的短語作賓語補足語。
2 quite the opposite，完全相反，截然不同。
3 starve to death，餓死。
4 …wished they had stayed there longer.
……還真希望在那里多呆些日子。wish引起的賓語從句常用虛擬語氣。
5 as one of them put it，正如其中一位所說的。
Multiple choice questions多項選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehensjon理解
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 situation.
b．We forget that we would be too weak to work and only imagine the pleasure of idleness.
c．They are either unduly4 optimistic or unduly pessimistic.
d．They lack any truth at all as most of us have never visited one.
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 their boat.
b．Food, matches and tins of beer.
c．Rainwater, lobster and fish.
d．A spear gun and a rubber dinghy.
3 What made the men wish to stay on the desert island?
a．Discovering how pleasant life can be fending6 for oneself.
b．Having seen very few trees and no rainwater on the coral island.
c．The fact that they were able to eat the same food as kings eat.
d．Knowing they no longer needed to take their boat to Miami for repair.
Structure結(jié)構(gòu)
4 We sometimes think of a desert island ______ a sort of paradise. （1．2）
a．to be
b．a(chǎn)s being
c．is
d．be
5 But ______ have had the opportunity to find out. （11．7-8）
a．we few
b．hardly anybody
c．little people
d．not many
6 After ______ a few miles across the Caribbean, they arrived at a small coral island. （11．11-12）
a．they rowed
b．rowed
c．rowing
d．to row
7 ______ were scarce there and there was no water. （11．12-13）
a．The trees
b．Trees
c．Any trees
d．Trees on the island
8 Both men genuinely regretted ______ . （1．16）
a．their leave
b．to have to leave
c．having to leave
d．they must have leftVocabulary詞匯
9 A desert island is ______ place. （11．1-2）
a．a(chǎn)n unpopular
b．a(chǎn)n uninhabited
c．a(chǎn) deserted7
d．a(chǎn) barren
10 The other side of the picture is ______ different. （11．4-5）
a．naturally
b．rather
c．really
d．entirely8
11 But this was not ______ to be a problem. （1．13）
a．demonstrated
b．thought
c．shown
d．found
12 And, as one of them ______ it, they‘a(chǎn)te like kings’. （1．15）
a．expressed
b．placed
c．told
d．said
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語
★desert island
荒島
desert: 沙漠 背棄，遺棄
dessert: 甜點
★unrealistic
adj. 不真實
★paradise
n. 天堂，樂士
A lot of people imagine the USA as their paradise.
heaven: 天堂，天國，也指死亡
★wretched
adj. 可憐的，艱苦的
miserable9
lead a wretched/miserable/terrible life
★starve
v. 挨餓
starve to death
★element
n. 成分
★opportunity
n. 機會
golden opportunity
Opportunity knocks only once.
chance: 表機會時可以與opportunity互換，表可能性時則不可
There is a chance that I will see him
The chances are that he will be elected the president.
+of,to
★coral
n. 珊瑚
★Virgin Islands
維爾京群島
★Miami
n. 邁阿密（美國南的城市）
★dinghy
n. 救生筏，小船
★Caribbean
n. 加勒比海
★spear gun
捕魚槍
★lobster
n. 龍蝦
★tanker
n. 油輪
★genuinely
adv. 由衷地
He is genuinely thankful to me
genuine(adj.)
(n.)genuineness
★Robinson Crusoe
魯濱孫.克魯索（小說《魯濱孫漂流記》主人公） 荒島生活
【課文講解】
form an unrealistic picture of sth.: 對……抱有不切實際的幻想
A large number of people have formed an unrealistic picture of the job.
imagine sth.to be./imagine sth.as
quite the opposite: 恰恰相反
Either you or I am going to the party.
謂語動詞和接近的主語保持一致
an element of truth: a bit of truth
optimistic: 樂觀的
pessimistic: 消極的，悲觀的
wish在謂語動詞，其后的賓語從句中要使用虛擬語氣
虛擬語氣的結(jié)構(gòu)形式取決于所表達的實際情況
如果表達對現(xiàn)在的遺憾或現(xiàn)在相反的情況，that從句中的動詞要采用過去時，be 動詞要用were
如果表達對過去的遺憾或過去相反的情況，that從句中的動詞要采用過去完成時
I wish I hadn't spent so much money.
I wish that you had written to him
如果表達與將來事實相反的情況或?qū)聿豢赡軐崿F(xiàn)的心愿，that從句中要使用would ,could 等情態(tài)動詞的過去時
I wish that I could go abroad tomorrow.
I wish that you could come here tomorrow
if only要比wish更富有戲劇性和感情色彩
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 where 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 tommorrow.
have sth.repaired
load with: 把……裝載到……上
The workers are loading the truck with goods.
unload: 卸
hardly any: very little/few
Hardly anybody likes him because 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.
【Special difficulties】
wish,if only;
(1) ...had bought it...
顯然說明的是過去的情況 "was"
(2) ...couldn't/wouldn't make such noise...
(3) ...were here...
強調(diào)“他在這兒，該有多好”
運用be動詞，說明現(xiàn)在情況相反的概念
無論什么人稱，be動詞應(yīng)該使用were
(4) ...could play the piano as well...
(5) ...had studied hard then...
"studied" ---過去式
(6) ...hadn't mentioned it to him...
"mentioned" -- 過去式
【Multiple choice questions】
(1) ...C...
要么是過度樂觀，要么是過度的悲觀
(2) ...d...
essential = very necessary 絕對必要的，必不可缺的
(3) ...a...
fend5 for oneself: 獨立的照料某人
虛擬語氣
(4) ...b...
think of sb./sth.as: 把某人、某事看作為...
(5) ...d...
"few of us": 我們當(dāng)中，沒有幾個人
(6) ...c...
after介詞，其后要和名詞、動名詞搭配
and前后連接的并列成分，時態(tài)是應(yīng)該相呼應(yīng)的。
"They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food,matches,and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribean until they arrived at tiny coral island" 一般過去時的形式
after引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句，表示動作在前
(7) ...c...
在表示類指概念的時候，可以采用名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式；或者運用名詞的單數(shù)形式，注意冠詞的修飾?！?a tree,the tree)
Refrigerators are useful.== A refrigerator is useful.
(8) ...c...
為做過的事情后悔：regret + 動名詞
(9) ...b...
inhabited: 有人居住的
uninhabited：無人居住的
unpopular：不流行的
barren: 貧瘠的
(10) ...d...
完全不同的
(11) ...d...
; "this did not prove to be a problem"
覺得、發(fā)現(xiàn)某人或某事怎么樣：find sb./sth. to be
They found the trip to be interesting/very exciting.
某人或某事被發(fā)現(xiàn)怎么樣 ……常用被動語態(tài)
The car is found to be beautiful.
demonstrate: 論證，表明，舉行，*
(12) ...a...
"as one of them put it"