Lesson 12
Life on a desert island
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語
★desert island
荒島
desert: 沙漠 背棄，遺棄
dessert: 甜點(diǎn)
★unrealistic
adj. 不真實(shí)
★paradise
n. 天堂，樂士
A lot of people imagine the USA as their paradise.
heaven: 天堂，天國(guó)，也指死亡
★wretched
adj. 可憐的，艱苦的
miserable
lead a wretched/miserable/terrible life
★starve
v. 挨餓
starve to death
★element
n. 成分
★opportunity
n. 機(jī)會(huì)
golden opportunity
Opportunity knocks only once.
chance: 表機(jī)會(huì)時(shí)可以與opportunity互換，表可能性時(shí)則不可
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
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
genuine(adj.)
(n.)genuineness
★Robinson Crusoe
魯濱孫.克魯索(小說《魯濱孫漂流記》主人公) 荒島生活
Life on a desert island
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語
★desert island
荒島
desert: 沙漠 背棄，遺棄
dessert: 甜點(diǎn)
★unrealistic
adj. 不真實(shí)
★paradise
n. 天堂，樂士
A lot of people imagine the USA as their paradise.
heaven: 天堂，天國(guó)，也指死亡
★wretched
adj. 可憐的，艱苦的
miserable
lead a wretched/miserable/terrible life
★starve
v. 挨餓
starve to death
★element
n. 成分
★opportunity
n. 機(jī)會(huì)
golden opportunity
Opportunity knocks only once.
chance: 表機(jī)會(huì)時(shí)可以與opportunity互換，表可能性時(shí)則不可
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
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
genuine(adj.)
(n.)genuineness
★Robinson Crusoe
魯濱孫.克魯索(小說《魯濱孫漂流記》主人公) 荒島生活