新概念第三册第课单词解析.ppt

Lesson 12 Life on a desert island desert ?[d?z?t] n. 沙漠；荒原 [d?z??t] vt. 遗弃；放弃 dessert [d?z??t] n. 餐后甜点；甜点心 the Sahara Desert (North Africa) [s?hɑ:r? ] ? cactus 仙人掌 camel 骆驼 oasis 绿洲 mirage 海市蜃楼 荒岛 desert island 光秃秃的山 barren mountain island n.岛， 岛屿 Anglo-Saxon: English England n. 半岛 peninsula 几百万年前，英格兰岛是一个半岛。 Millions of years ago， England was a peninsula. unrealistic adj. It was?unrealistic?to think two people could spend a lifetime together and never squabble （=quarrel ）about anything. Becoming a doctor seemed?unrealistic, given the expense and time involved in getting an M. Most?of?us?have?formed?an?unrealistic?picture?of?life?on?a?desert?island. 对我而言，我只是一个普通人，有着现实的目标和远大的理想。 To me, I am just an ordinary guy with realistic goals and big dreams. paradise：a place where it is extremely beautiful and pleasant parasite n. 寄生虫 寄生虫生活在天堂。 The parasite lives in the paradise. 夏威夷是冲浪者的天堂。 Hawaii is a paradise for surfers.(surfer n. 冲浪者) 购物天堂 a shopper’s paradise the Garden of Eden (In the Bible, where Adam and Eve, the first humans lived, often regarded as a place of happiness and innocence. ) Heaven (the place where god is believed to live and good people are believed to go when they die.) --be in the seventh heaven: to be extremely happy 当我被梦想的大学录取的时候，我高兴至极。 I felt in the seventh heaven when enrolled/admitted by my dream college. 世外桃源 A never-never land（a imaginary land where everything is perfect) 对很多人来说，美国像是伊甸园或者世外桃源，但是对其他许多人来说，它恰恰相反是人间地狱。 To many people, America is like the Garden of Eden or a never-never land, but to many others, it is hell on the contrary. wretched adj. (miserable) lead a wretched/miserable/terrible/dog’s life. 过着悲惨的生活 starve v. I am starving. starve to death 战争中，一大部分人被饿死。 During the war, a large amount of people starved to death. starve for （yearn for） 在这种情况下，我最需要你的帮助。 I?starve?for?your?help?in?such a?condition.? element n. 元素 The periodic table of the elements a small amount of an element of 一点点 猫有九条命的说