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 islandMost 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◆Starve v. 挨饿成分element n. ◆．◆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miserablelead 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, toHe had not opportunity to see her.★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. genuinen. genuineness（小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》主人公）鲁滨逊·克鲁索Robinson Crusoe ★．【课文讲解】form an unrealistic picture of sth. 对...抱有不切实际的幻想L12-01 end 7'52”L12-02 beginA large number of people have formed an unrealistic picture of the job.imagine sth. to be / imagine sth. asSome 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 truthOptimistic: 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wereI 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.L12-02 end 8'18”L12-03 begin 8'09”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. Repairedload with 把…装载到…上Eg: The workers are loading the truck with goods.Unload: 卸hardly any: very little / fewEg: Hardly anybody likes him becaues he is so rude.You hardly eat anything, what's wrongprove to be===turn out to beput: expressIf only we could have stayed on the desert island a little bit longer.L12-03 end 8'09”L12-04 begin 11'11”【Special difficulties】wish, if onlyExercise P601 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 _____ .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were4. could play the piano so well5. had studied hard then. ( studied)6. hadn't mentioned it to him【Multiple choice questions】Comprehension1 In what way are the pictures we form of life on a desert island unreala. 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 survivala. 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. D3 What made the men wish to stay on the desert islanda. 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. Afend for oneself: 独立的照料某人虚拟语气Structure4 We sometimes think of a desert island _____ a sort of paradise.a. to beb. as beingc. isd. bethink of sb. / sth. as : 把某人、某事看作为…4. B5 But _____ have had the opportunity to find out.a. we fewb. hardly anybodyc. little peopled. not manyfew of us：我们当中，没有几个人5．D6 After _____ a few miles across the Caribbean, they arrived at a small coral island.d. to rowc. rowing b. rowed a. they rowedafter 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．C7 _____ were scarce there and there was no water.a. The treesb. Treesc. Any treesd. Trees on the island7．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。