新概念第三册第12课课文

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。

The music lesson⾳乐课Narrator:Sandy's class is having a music lesson.旁⽩:桑迪的班级在上⾳乐课The music teacher is showing the children a violin.⾳乐教师给孩⼦们看⼀把⼩提琴Teacher:Who can play a musical instrument?⽼师:谁会演奏乐器?Sandy:I can,sir.桑迪:我会的,先⽣Teacher:Come and play this violin,Sandy.⽼师:桑迪,来拉拉这把提琴Play a note like this.像这样,拉⼀个⾳符Sandy:It's too difficult for me to play,sir.桑迪:先⽣,这对我来说太难了Teacher:Which instrument can you play,Sandy?⽼师:桑迪,你会⽤哪种乐器?Sandy:The piano,sir.桑迪:会弹钢琴,先⽣Teacher:Can you play this piece?⽼师:你会弹这⾸曲⼦吗?Sandy:Yes,sir.It's easy enough for me to play.桑迪:会的,先⽣.弹这⾸曲⼦对我来说太简单了Teacher:What about you,Billy?⽼师:你呢,⽐利?Billy:I can't play an instrument,sir.⽐利:我什么乐器也不会,先⽣I can only play gramophone records.我只会放唱机。

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。

• When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
genuine adj. 真实的，真正的 genuine leather 真皮
genuine signature 亲笔签名
can 罐 Br tin 听 Am canned fish 鱼罐头 gas can 煤气罐 a can of worms 一大堆麻烦事
I have a can of worms today. =I have a tough day.
There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, waiting for a boat which never comes. 1.either..or..要么..要么..(二者必居其一) either make or break it 不成功则成仁 2. starve to death; scare to death; fight to death; be sick to death (of sth)讨厌死了，烦透了 starve for 极度渴望=be starved of 那个失去母亲的孩子极度渴望爱。
The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. 2.quite the opposite 完全相反，截然不同 The other side of the picture is totally different. The other side of the picture is quite another case. case n.情况，实例