新概念英语第三册Lesson12 Life on a desert island资料讲解
北京市十四中-革命烈士的故事
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Lesson 12 Life on a desert island
荒岛生活
【Text】
§ Lesson 12 Life on a
desert island 荒岛生活
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 of 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 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,
matches, and
tins 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 rain-water in
the rubber dinghy. As they had
brought a spear
gun with 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.
参考译文
我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照
的天堂。
在那里，生活简单又美好。成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。另一种想法恰恰相<
br>反，认为荒岛生活很可怕，要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。也许，
这
两种都像都有可信之处。但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他
们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。他们驾着一条严重
损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。途中，船开始下
沉，他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往
一只救生筏上装。然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊
瑚岛上。岛上几乎没有一颗树，
也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。由于他们随身
带了一支捕鱼枪，因
此，吃饭不愁。他们天天捕捉龙虾和鱼，正如其中一位所说，吃得“像国王一样好”
。5天后，一
条油轮从那儿路过，搭救了他们。这二位不得不离开那个荒岛时，还真的感到遗憾呢！
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
◆ desert
island 荒岛
◆ unrealistic adj. 不真实的
◆
Paradise n. 天堂，乐土
◆ wretched adj. 可怜的，艰苦的
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◆ Starve v. 挨饿
◆
element n. 成分
◆ opportunity n. 机会
◆ coral
n. 珊瑚
◆ Virgin Islands 维尔京群岛
◆ Miami n.
迈阿密 （美国最南的城市）
◆ dinghy n. 救生筏，小船
◆
Caribbean n. 加勒比海
◆ spear gun 捕鱼枪
◆
lobster n. 龙虾
◆ tanker n. 油轮
◆ genuinely
adv. 由衷地
◆ Robinson Crusoe 鲁滨逊·克鲁索
（小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》主人公）
★desert island 荒岛
desert : 沙漠
v. 背弃， 遗弃
dessert:甜点
★unrealistic adj. 不真实的
★paradise n. 天堂，乐土
a lot of people imagine the USA as their
paradise.
heaven: 天堂，天国，也指死亡
★wretched adj. 可怜的，艰苦的
miserable
lead
a wretched miserable terrible life
★starve v. 挨饿
starve to death
★element n. 成分
★opportunity n. 机会
golden opportunity 绝佳的机会
opportunity
knocks only once 千载难逢的机会
chance
表机会时可以与opportunity 互换，表可能性时则不可
I had chance
opportunity of visiting Paris.
There is a
chance that I will see him.
The chances are
that he will be elected the president.
The
chances are that he will past his examination next
week.
+ of, to
He had not opportunity to
see her.
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★oral
n. 珊瑚
★irgin Islands 维尔京群岛
★Miami n. 迈阿密
（美国最南的城市）
★dinghy n. 救生筏，小船
★Caribbean n.
加勒比海
★spear gun 捕鱼枪
★lobster n. 龙虾
★tanker n. 油轮
★genuinely adv. 由衷地
He
is genuinely thankful to me.
adj. genuine
n. genuineness
★Robinson Crusoe
鲁滨逊·克鲁索 （小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》主人公）
【课文讲解】
form an unrealistic picture of sth.
对...抱有不切实际的幻想
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A large number of people
have formed an unrealistic picture of the job.
imagine sth. to be imagine sth. as
Some people imagine flying to be more
dangerous than traveling by train.
A large
number people imagin the USA as their paradise.
quite the opposite: 恰恰相反
either…or…
Either you or I am going to the party.
谓语动词和最接近的主语保持一致。
Either coming or go out don’t
stand on the doorway.要么进来，要么出去，不要站在门口。
An
element of truth: a bit of truth
Optimistic: 乐观的
Pessimistic: 消极的，悲观的
Wish做谓语动词，其后的宾语从句中要使用虚拟语气；虚拟语气的结构形式取决于所表达的实际情况
：
1.如果表达对现在的遗憾或与现在相反的情况，that从句中的动词要采用过去时，be
动词要用were
I wish you could drive a car.
2.如果表达对过去的遗憾或与过去相反的情况，that从句中的动词要采用过去完成时
I
wish I hadn’t spent so much money.
I wish that
you had written to him.
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3.
如果表达与将来事实相反或将来不可能实现的心愿，that从句中要使用would,
could等情态动词的过去
时
I wish that I could go
abroad tomorrow.
I wish that you could come
here tomorrow.
if only要比 wish 更富有戏剧性和感情色彩
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 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 tomorrow.
Have
sth. Repaired
load with 把…装载到…上
Eg:
The workers are loading the truck with goods.
Unload: 卸
hardly any: very little few
Eg: Hardly anybody likes him becaues 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.
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【Special difficulties】
wish, if only
Exercise P60
1 It was silly of me not to
buy that dress. I wish I _____ .
2 You are
making a lit of noise. I wish you _____ .
3
It’s a pity John’s away. If only he _____ .
4
He. I wish I _____ .
5 I never studied at all
when I was at school. I wish I _____ .
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6 I’m sorry I mentioned it to
him. I wish I _____ .
Key: 1. had bought it.
显然说明的是过去的情况 “was “
2. couldn’t wouldn’t
make such noice…
3. were here…
强调“他在这儿，该有多好”；运用be动词，说明现在情况相反的概念，无论什么人
称，be
动词应该使用were
4. could play the piano so well
5. had studied hard then. ( studied)
6.
hadn’t mentioned it to him
【Multiple
choice questions】
Comprehension
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 sutuation.
b. We forget
that we would be too weak to work and only imagine
the pleasure of idleness.
c. They are either
unduly optimistic or unduly pessimistic.
d.
They lack any truth at all as most of us have
never visited one.
1. C 要么是过度乐观，要么是过度的悲观
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
theri boat.
b. Food, matches and tins of beer.
c. Rainwater, lobster and fish.
d. A spear
gun and a rubber dinghy.
Essential = very
necessary 绝对必要的，必不可少的
2. D
3 What
made the men wish to stay on the desert island?
a. Discovering how pleasant life can be
fending for oneself.
b. Having seen very few
trees and no rainwater on the coral island.
c.
The fact that theyt were able to eat the same food
as kings eat.
d. Knowing they no longer needed
to take their boat to Miami for repair.
3. A
fend for oneself: 独立的照料某人
虚拟语气
Structure
4 We sometimes think of a
desert island _____ a sort of paradise. (l.1)
a. to be b. as being c. is d. be
think of sb. sth. as : 把某人、某事看作为…
4. B
5 But _____ have had the opportunity to
find out. (ll.7-8)
a. we few b. hardly
anybody c. little people d. not many
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few of us：我们当中，没有几个人
5． D
6 After _____ a few miles
across the Caribbean, they arrived at a small
coral island. (ll.11-12)
a. they rowed b.
rowed c. rowing d. to row
after prep
其后要和名词、动名词搭配， and 前后连接的并列成分，时态是应该相呼应的
原句：They
quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food,
matches, and tins of beer and rowed
for a few
miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a
tiny coral island. 一般过去时形式
after引导的时间状语从句，表示动作在前
6． C
7
_____ were scarce there and there was no water.
(ll.12-13)
a. The trees b. Trees c. Any
trees d. Trees on the island
7． C
在表示类指概念的时候，可以采用名词的复数形式；或者运用名词的单数形式，注意冠词的修饰。（ a
tree, the
tree ）
Refrigerators are useful.
= A refrigerator is useful.
7. C
8
Both men genuinely regretted _____ . (l.16)
a.
their leave b. to have to leave c. having to
leave d. they must have left
为做过的事情后悔：regret +动名词
8．C
Vocabulary
9 A desert island is _____
place. (ll.1-2)
a. an unpopular b. an
uninhabited c. a deserted d. a barren
inhabited: 有人居住的
uninhabited: 无人居住的
unpopular: 不流行的
barren : 贫瘠的
9． B
10 The other side of the picture is _____
different.(ll.4-5)
a. naturally b. rather
c. really d. entirely
完全的不同
10． D
11 But this was not _____ to be a problem.
(l.13)
a. demonstrated b. thought c.
shown d. found
原句：this did not prove to be
a problem
觉得、发现苛人或某事怎么样： find sb. sth. to be
They found the trip to be interesting. very
exciting.
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某人或某事被发现怎么样：常用被动语态
The car is found to be
beautiful.
demonstrate: 论证，表明，举行，示威
11. D
12 And, as one of them _____ it, they
‘ate like kings’. (l.15)
a. expressed b.
placed c. told d. said
原文：as one of them
put it
12. A
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