(
课件网) Life on a desert island New words and expressions desert island 荒岛 desert n.沙漠 vt.背弃,遗弃=abandon dessert n.甜点 unrealistic adj.不真实的 realistic adj.真实的 paradise n.天堂，乐士 eg.A lot of people imagine the USA as their paradise. heaven n.天堂, 天国 eg.go to heaven 死亡 wretched adj.可怜的，艰苦的 = miserable adj.痛苦的, 悲惨的, 可怜 eg.lead a wretched/miserable/terrible life starve v.挨饿 starve to death 饿死 eg.During the war, a large number of people starved to death. starvation n.饿死 eg.During the war, a large number of people died of starvation. opportunity n.机会 eg. golden opportunity 绝好的机会 Don’t miss any golden opportunities. chance 表机会时可以与opportunity互换（后面+of doing, 或to do） eg.I had the chance of visiting Paris. = I had the opportunity of visiting Paris. He had no opportunity to see her. chance表可能性时(= possibility), 则不可opportunity互换。 eg. There is a chance that I will see him. 我有可能见到他。 The chances are that he will be elected the president. 他有可能当选总统。 The chances are that he will pass his examination next week. coral n.珊瑚 coral reef n.珊瑚礁 Virgin Islands 维尔京群岛 the South Pacific Islands 南太平洋群岛 Malaysia Islands 马来西亚群岛 Miami n.迈阿密（美国最南的城市） dinghy n.救生筏，小船 liner n.班船 Caribbean n.加勒比海 Caribbean pirate spear gun 捕鱼枪 lobster n.龙虾 shrimp n.虾 crab n.螃蟹 太湖三白： white bait 银鱼 white fish 白鱼 white shrimp 白虾 genuinely adv.由衷地 eg.He is genuinely thankful to me. 他由衷地地感谢我。 genuine adj.真实的, 真正的, 诚恳的 genuineness n.真诚，诚恳 Robinson Crusoe 鲁滨孙.克鲁索（小说《鲁滨孙漂流记》主人公） Friday Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. form an unrealistic picture of sth 对…抱有不切实际的幻想 eg.A large number of people have formed an unrealistic picture of the job. form（v.形成, 构成）= develop（vt.逐渐形成） form a habit = develop a habit 养成一种习惯 We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. imagine sth to be = imagine sth as eg.Some people imagine flying to be more dangerous than traveling by train. A large number people imagine the USA as their paradise. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. you never have to work = you needn’t work = you don’t need to work The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. quite the opposite 恰恰相反 =quite different You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, waiting for a boat which never comes. eg.Either you or I am going to the party. Either come in or go out, don’t stand on the doorway. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the opportunity to find out. an element of truth = a bit of truth optimistic adj.乐观的 pessimistic adj.悲观的, 消极的 Two men who recently spent five days on a coral i ... ...
