新概念三第12课.doc

Lesson 12 life on a desert islandPart 1 Words and Expressions（1）desert island 荒岛（2）unrealistic adj. 不切实际的反义词：realistic 现实的，逼真的，实事求是的部分中国中学生对留学抱有不切实际的幻想，他们认为留学是一个解决方案。事实上，对他们来说，留学或许是个新问题的开始。Some Chinese students have unrealistic pictures of studying abroad. They think studying abroad is a solution. In fact, it may be the beginning of new problems.理想化的想法/浪漫的想法/脚踏实地的想法Unrealistic idea/romantic idea/down-to-earth idea（3）paradise n. 天堂 乐土 近义词heaven 区别 ：heaven指的是上帝所在的地方，人死后要去的地方，精神上的Paradise是强调没有痛苦没有疾病，美好的极乐世界，人间的（可用作比喻义）巴厘岛是世界最大的自然乐园之一。Bali is one of the worlds great natural paradises.天哪！那很说明问题！Good Heavens! That explains a lot! 反义词 hell上有天堂，下有苏杭。 Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.（4）wretched adj. 可怜的，艰苦的近义词： miserable, poorAt that time, he lived in a wretched world and led a dogs life .当时，他生活在一个悲惨的世界，过着像狗一样的生活。Most cheap hotels are wretched. They are often run by the local government or a state-owned company.大多数便宜的饭店都破烂不堪。它们通常由当地政府或是国营公司经营的。（5）starve v. 挨饿 l 短语：starve to death Im starving!（口语）我饿死了。If it were not for photosynthesis, the world would starve to death.要是没有光合作用，这个世界将饿死。他说他宁愿挨饿也不要饭吃。He said he would rather starve to death than beg for food.l Starve for sth=Be hungry for sth=Be thirsty for sth Orphans starve for parents love.Prisoners starve for freedom.Patients starve for health/doctors care.People in war starve for peace.I starve for . .（6）element n . 成分，元素l 短语：there is an element of 带着他说的话有一点道理。 There is an element of truth in what he said.他的眼神带着憎恨。 There is an element of hatred in his eyes.The French element in the English is surprisingly large.英语里有非常明显的法语元素。（7）opportunity n. 机会l 短语：have the opportunity of doing sth/to do sth每年暑假我都有出国旅游的机会，不是和父母去，就是自己去。I have the opportunity to travel abroad every year, either with my parents or by myself.This golden opportunity knocks only once. 好机会一旦错过将不再来。（8）coral n. 珊瑚（9）Virgin Islands 维尔京群岛（10）Miami n. 迈阿密（美国最南的城市）（11）dinghy n. 救生筏，小船（12）Caribbean n. 加勒比海（13）spear gun 捕鱼枪（14）lobster n. 龙虾（15）tanker n. 游轮（16）genuinely adv. 由衷地对他为我们所做的一切，我们是由衷的感激。We genuinely appreciate everything he did for us.（17）Robinson Crusoe 鲁滨逊克鲁索（小说鲁滨逊漂流记主人公）Part 2 课文详解（1）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. l 单词：Imagine sth to be/as 认为是有的时候，进入2%其实并不像想象得那么困难。Sometimes, it is not so difficult as you imagine to be one of the 2%. 孩提时代，我总是想长大后要做个旅行家，不过那只是一个孩子的白日梦而已。When I was a kid, I always imagined being a traveler when I grew up, which turned out to be just a kids daydream.扩展：imaginative VS imaginary JK Rowling是近年来最富于想象力的作家之一。JK Rowling is one of the most imaginative writers in recent years.短语：Sort of=kind of=a little bit 从某种程度上来说，我们希望早点离开这里。We kind of want to leave here sooner/earlier.（2）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. l 单词：ripe l 猜测词义：The apples dropped ripe from the trees . 苹果熟了就从树上掉下来Her husband died in ripe years. 她丈夫英年早逝。a person of ripe years 成年人The time has been ripe for the countys development. 是时候发展这个郡了。l Soon ripe, soon rotten. = More haste , less speed . 欲速则不达。l 句型模仿：quite the opposite 恰恰相反那对消费者来说可能是好消息，但是对于农民来说就相反了。That may be good news for consumers, but its quite the opposite for farmers.（3）Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, waiting for a boat which never comes. l 句型模仿：either or 要么，要么前总统一直要求要么对他进行审判，要么就无罪释放。The former president was demanding that he should be either put on trial or set free.这么高的IQ，他不是天才就是怪人，研究世界上只有他明白的事。With such a high IQ, he is either a genius or a freak, studying who knows what every day / studying the stuff no one else in the world understands.l 辨析：eitheror VS neithernorLucy和 Lily都不是老师。Neither Lucy nor Lily is a teacher.l 扩展：就近一致原则，either or 或 neither nor的句型结构，在使用的时候，要注意谓语动词的就近一致现象。（4）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 cans 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.l 短语：be loaded with装载了，装满了 l 单词：prove 证明是我想向我父母证明我比他们想的能干的多。I want to prove to my parents that I am much more capable than they imagine.l 亮点：wish 虚拟语气雪莉有时候希望她是个男孩。（与现在相反）Shirley sometimes wishes she was/were a boy.我真希望我没花这么多钱买这双鞋。（与过去相反）I really wish I hadnt spent so much money on this pair of shoes. 我真希望我明天可以和你一起去欧洲。（与将来相反）新二语法点 I wish I could go to Europe with you tomorrow.（5）The men collected rainwater 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.l 句型模仿：eat like kings 吃得像国王现在关于饮食的研究表明：吃得像国王时感觉并不像国王-富贵病会接踵而来。所以，专家建议“吃得像农民，感觉像国王。”Recent studies of diets show that when you eat like kings, you dont really fe