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课件网) Lesson 12 Life on a Desert Island We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. 我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。 Life there is simple and good. 在那里，生活简单又美好。 Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. 成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。 New words & Expressions desert island 荒岛 unrealistic adj. 不真实的 paradise n. 天堂，乐土 wretched adj. 可怜的，艰苦的 starve v. 挨饿 element n.成分 opportunity n.机会 coral n.珊瑚 virgin Islands 维京群岛 Miami n. 迈阿密 dinghy n. 救生筏，小船 Carribean n. 加勒比海 spear gun 捕鱼枪 lobster n. 龙虾 tanker n. 邮轮 genuinely adv. 由衷地 Robinson Crusoe 鲁滨 逊 克鲁索(人名) 1. desert adj. 荒无人烟的 desert island 荒岛, 无人居住的岛 uninhabited island 无人居住的岛 isolated island 孤岛 desert n. 沙漠 adj. 荒芜的 / v. 背弃， 遗弃 e.g. We should never desert a friend in trouble. They deserted the farm for the city. a deserted parking lot/ the Sahara Desert 近形词：dessert 甜点 2. unrealistic adj. 不现实的 unrealistic: not compatible with reality or fact; unreasonably idealistic不现实的; 空想的 e.g. unrealistic expectations与现实脱节的期望 It is unrealistic to think that you can learn English well in a month. The way to solve the problem is unrealistic. Syn. impractical 不现实的 unreal不真实的 un- 否定前缀 unimaginable/ unbelievable/ realistic adj. (1) tending to or expressing an awareness of things as they really are 现实的 eg. She gave us a realistic appraisal of our chances. 她对我们的机会做了一个现实的评估 a realistic report (2) Of or relating to the representation of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are 现实主义的，写实的 eg. a realistic novel about ghetto life 一部描写贫民窟的现实主义小说 a realistic writer 3. paradise paradise n.天堂，乐士(C) ; 极乐世界(U) A lot of people imagine the USA as their paradise. 近义词： heaven n.天堂, 天国(也指死亡 : go to heaven) 4. wretched adj. 可怜的，艰苦的 wretched adj. miserable, dismal, of very inferior quality不幸的; 悲惨的; 可怜的; 感到沮丧的, 卑劣的; 恶劣的; e.g. the wretched prisoners 不幸的囚犯 a wretched life 悲惨的生活 a wretched building 破旧的建筑 a wretched prose 拙劣的散文 5. starve v. to suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food 挨饿, 遭受或死于极端或长期的缺乏食物 e.g. What's for dinner I'm starving/starved! 晚饭吃什么 我饿死了! starve to death 饿死 phrase: starve for sth. : be eager for 渴望得到… e.g. I am starving for your news. 我渴望得到你的消息。 She's lonely, and starving for companionship. 她很寂寞，渴望友谊。 v.挨饿（-- starve to death 饿死）=go hungry -- During the war, a large of people starved to death. -- I’m hungry to death 我饿得要死（即：我非常饿） 6. element element n. (pl.) 基础, 化学元素;元件;要素, 成分; 微量, 少量 (pl.) 天气, 坏天气; eg. a war of the elements 暴风雨 the elements of grammar 语法基础 The elements of physics are difficult to grasp. 物理学的原理难以 ... ...
