新东方新概念英语第三册 百度网盘:新东方新概念英语第三册笔记第12课(2):课文讲解

Lesson 12 Life on a desert island

　　Text 课文
　　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.
　　form an?unrealistic?picture?of?sth 对…抱有不切实际的幻想
　　-- A large number of people have formed an unrealistic picture of the job.
　　Form（v.形成, 构成）= develop（vt.逐渐形成）
　　-- develop a habit = form a habit 养成一种习惯
　　
　　We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
　　imagine sth to be = imagine sth as
　　-- Some people imagine flying to be more dangerous than traveling by train.
　　-- A large number people imagine the USA as their paradise.
　　
　　Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
　　You never have to work = you needn’t work = you don’t need to work
　　
　　The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched.
　　quite?the?opposite 恰恰相反 / quite different
　　
　　You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never
　　comes.
　　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 come in or go out, don’t stand on the doorway.（门口, 门道）
　　
　　Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the
　　opportunity to find out.
　　an element of truth = a bit of truth

　　Optimistic（adj.乐观的） Pessimistic（adj.悲观的, 消极的）
　　Two?men?who?recently?spent?five?days?on?a?coral?island?wished?they?had?stayed?there?longer.?
　　谓语动词wish之后的宾语从句中要使用虚拟语气
　　1>如果表达与现在情况相反, that从句中的动词要用过去时（be?动词要用were）。
　　-- I wish you could drive a car. = I am sorry you can’t drive a car.
　　 所表达的意思是：你要是能开车就好了。（表达一种遗憾的心情）
　　2>如果表达与过去情况相反, that从句中的动词要用过去完成时。
　　-- I wish I hadn‘t spent so much money. = I am sorry I spend so much money.
　　-- I wish that you had written to him. = I am sorry you didn’t write to him.
　　3>如果表达与将来事实相反的情况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形式。
　　-- I?wish?that?I?could?go?abroad?tomorrow.
　　-- I wish that you could come here tomorrow.
　　4>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.
　　 要是天气转晴该有多好啊！
　　-- We wish that we knew where to look for him. = If only we knew where to look for him.
　　要是我们知道到哪去找他该有多好啊！
　　-- If only we could have gone to the party. 要是我们昨天能参加那个聚会该有多好啊！
　　-- If only you hadn‘t said that. 你要是不说那句话多好啊！
　　-- If only you would come here tomorrow. 你明天要是能来该有多好啊！
　　
　　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.
　　have it repaired （have sth done）
　　
　　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.
　　load…with sth 把某物装载到…上
　　-- The workers are loading the truck with goods.
　　Unload（vi.卸货, 退子弹 vt.倾销, 卸）
　　
　　There?were?hardly?any?trees?on?the?island?and?there?was?no?water,?but?this?did?not?prove?to
　　be?a?problem.
　　hardly any = very little/few （hardly adv.刚刚, 几乎不）
　　-- Hardly anybody likes him because he is so rude. 几乎没人喜欢他, 因为他非常粗鲁。
　　-- You hardly eat anything, what‘s wrong? 你几乎什么都没吃, 怎么了？
　　prove to be = turn out to be
　　
　　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‘.
　　Put = express
　　
　　When?a?passing?tanker?rescued?them?five?days?later,?both?men?were?genuinely?sorry?that?
　　they?had?to?leave.
　　Both?men?were?genuinely?sorry?that?they?had?to?leave.
　　= If only we could have stayed on the desert island a little bit longer.
　　
　　Special difficulties 难点
　　wish, if only
　　1> had bought it（显然说明的是过去的情况）
　　-- silly adj.愚蠢的, 无聊的
　　2> couldn‘t/wouldn‘t make such noise.
　　3> were here （强调：他在这儿, 该有多好）
　　　说明与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 as well...
　　5> had studied hard then.
　　6> hadn‘t mentioned it to him.

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