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课件网) Lesson 12 Life on a desert island part 1 background story part 2 New words and expressions desert island unrealistic paradise dinghy wretched starve spear gun n. 荒岛 adj. 不切实际的，不现实的 n. 天堂，乐土 n. 救生筏 adj. 可怜的，艰苦的 v. 挨饿 n. 捕鱼枪 desert island unrealistic paradise dinghy wretched starve spear gun n. 荒岛 adj. 不真实的 n. 天堂，乐土 n. 救生筏 adj. 可怜的，艰苦的 v. 挨饿 n. 捕鱼枪 element lobster opportunity tanker coral genuinely n. 成分 n. 龙虾 n. 机会 n. 油轮 n. 珊瑚 adv. 由衷地，真正地 element lobster opportunity tanker coral genuinely n. 成分 n. 龙虾 n. 机会 n. 油轮 n. 珊瑚 adv. 由衷地，真正地 paradise n. ※ heaven / the Garden of Eden ※a perfect place for an activity or a person Hawaii is a paradise for surfers. Disneyland is a paradise for both children and adults. mecca/Mecca n. Thailand is a mecca for tourists. wretched adj. 1. poor, pitiful, pathetic a poor wretch 2. I felt wretched about it. ill/unhappy starve adj. The wretched man starved to death in the street. I’m starving. hunger n/v (a) hunger for knowledge (a) thirst for freedom satisfy one’s hunger satisfy/quench one’s thirst opportunity n. miss/seize/take the opportunity to do/for sth genuinely adv. 1. a genuine Picasso-- not artificial genuine leather 2. a genuine person--honest and can be trusted make a genuine attempt to do genuine concern a genuine offer 3. genuinely surprised/sorry/interested... Was the men’s boat damaged or not Where were they taking it What happened to it on the way What did the men load on to their rubber dinghy Where did they row Where did they arrive Where did the men collect water during their stay there How did they catch fish and lobster Did they eat “like kings” for five days or not How were they rescued Part 3 Note on the text 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. a paradise for sb Hawaii is a paradise for surfers. California is a paradise for sun lovers. a Mecca(mecca) for sb Thailand has become the tourist mecca of Asia. 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. 在那里，学习让人既兴奋又开心。 Learning there is exciting and joyful. 在中国杭州的生活是舒适而快乐的。 Life in Hangzhou of China is comfortable and joyous. 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 ... ...
