新概念英语第三册
Lesson 12
Life on a desert island
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★desert island
荒岛
desert: 沙漠 背弃,遗弃
dessert: 甜点
★unrealistic
adj. 不真实
★paradise
n. 天堂,乐士
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
miserable
lead a wretched/miserable/terrible life
★starve
v. 挨饿
starve to death
★element
n. 成分
★opportunity
n. 机会
golden opportunity
Opportunity knocks only once.
chance: 表机会时可以与opportunity互换,表可能性时则不可
There is a chance that I will see him
The chances are that he will be elected the president.
+of,to
★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
He is genuinely thankful to me
genuine(adj.)
(n.)genuineness
★Robinson Crusoe
鲁滨孙.克鲁索(小说《鲁滨孙漂流记》主人公) 荒岛生活