新東方新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)筆記第12課(1):生詞和短語(yǔ)

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Lesson 12 Life on a desert island
    New words and expression 生詞和短語(yǔ)
    desert?island 荒島
    desert n.沙漠 vt.背棄,遺棄
    dessert n.甜點(diǎn)
    unrealistic adj.不真實(shí)
    paradise n.天堂,樂(lè)士
    -- A lot of people imagine the USA as their paradise.
    Heaven n.天堂, 天國(guó)(也指死亡 -- go to heaven)
    wretched adj.可憐的,艱苦的
    = miserable adj.痛苦的, 悲慘的, 可憐
    -- lead a wretched/miserable/terrible/dog’s life. 過(guò)著悲慘的生活。
    starve v.挨餓(-- starve to death 餓死)
    -- During the war, a large of people starved to death.
    -- hungry to death 我餓得要死(即:我非常餓)
    element n.成分
    opportunity n.機(jī)會(huì)
    golden opportunity 絕好的機(jī)會(huì)
    -- Don’t miss any golden opportunities.
    -- opportunity knocks only once 千載難逢的機(jī)會(huì)
    chance 表機(jī)會(huì)時(shí)可以與opportunity互換(后面+of doing, 或to do)
    -- I had the chance of visiting Paris. = I had the opportunity of visiting Paris.
    -- He had no opportunity to see her.
    chance表可能性時(shí)(= possibility), 則不可opportunity互換。
    -- There is a chance that I will see him. 我有可能見到她。
    -- The chances are that he will be elected the president. 他有可能當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)。
    -- The chances are that he will pass his examination next week.
    coral n.珊瑚
    Virgin?Islands 維爾京群島
    Miami n.邁阿密(美國(guó)最南的城市)
    Dinghy n.救生筏,小船
    Caribbean n.加勒比海
    spear?gun 捕魚槍
    lobster n.龍蝦
    tanker n.油輪
    genuinely adv.由衷地
    -- He is genuinely thankful to me. 他由衷地地感謝我。
    Genuine adj.真實(shí)的, 真正的, 誠(chéng)懇的
    Genuineness(n.)
    Robinson?Crusoe 魯濱孫.克魯索(小說(shuō)《魯濱孫漂流記》主人公)
    Exceptional adj.例外的, 異常的
    Ripe adj.熟的, 成熟的
    Fruit n.水果, 果實(shí), 果類, 成果
    Opposite adj.相對(duì)的, 相反的, 對(duì)等的 n.相反的事物
    Sink vi.沉下, (使)下沉
    Prove vt.證明, 證實(shí)
    Spear n.矛, 槍