Lesson 12 Life on a desert island 荒岛生活
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§ 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
新概念英语第三册课后答案详解
Lesson 01 A Puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮
Special difficulties 难点
Exercises A
1. at/for
2. to
3. to
4. in
5. on
Exercises B
1. He is the man we have heard about so much.
2. The shelf you put those books on has collapsed.（vi.倒塌,
崩溃, 瓦解）
3.Whom did you receive a letter from
特殊疑问句中whom 不能省略（本句）。
定语从句中Which以及指代人的做宾语的Whom, 在非正式用法当中可以省略。
省略时，介词不能前置到关系代词Whom, Which前，只能用于非固定的动词短语后面。
固定的动词短语
look for：寻找（去掉for后look没有寻找的意思，所以介词for不能前置）
非固定的动词短语
look at：注视
live in：居住（去掉in后live仍有居住的意思，所以介词in可以前置）
This is the old house in which he lived. = This is the old house
he lived in.
4.This is the road we came by 5.Where is the pencil you were playing with
Multiple choice questions 多项选择
1…正确答案：D
in common adv.共有（替换了similar）
2…正确答案：B
A）只是一个具体的特定的事列，阅读理解题的时候要把握中心大意
B）large cat
persuade v.说服, 劝说
3…答案正确：C
做理解题时要紧扣主题、紧扣中心大意
Lesson 12 life on a desert island
Part 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 world’s 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, poor
At that time, he lived in a wretched world and led a dog’s life .
Lesson 13 "It's only me' “是我，别害怕” 【New words and expressions】 生词和短语 ★costume n. 化装服 costume ball: 化妆舞会 costume party: fancy(dress party suit:
西装，西服 dress: 裙子 ★consist v. 由……组成 consist of...(表示被动概念） == be
made up of == comprise……整体由部分所构成 be composed of ---强调有什么成分所组成 Water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen constitute ---- 由部分构成整体 G.B
and Northern Ireland constitute The United Kingdom. The committee consists of 10
members. = Ten members constitute the committee. Our class consists of 100 students.
== Our class is made up of more than 100 students. The United Kingdom consists of G.B
and Northern Ireland. == The United Kingdom comprises G.B and Northern Ireland. The
house consists of six rooms. ★sheet n. 被单 ★effective adj. 有明显效果的，有作用的
The costume is quite effective. His words was effective. influential: 有潜移默化影响力的 What our parents do is influential to children. efficacious: (医药）有效的，灵验的
