lesson 12 life on a desert.pptVIP

lesson 12 life on a desert the introduction of the story Today well talk about life on a desert island. Do you imagine it to be life in a paradise? or do you image it terrible? Now listen to the recording and answer the following questions 1.what sort of picutre have most of us formed about life on a desert island? 2. How do we imagine a desert island? 3. Does the sun always shine on a desert island? 4. What do we imagine life is like on a desert island? 5. What falls from trees so we never have to work? 6. Whats the other side of the picture? 7.Why might life be wretched? 8. What do few of us have the opportunity to find out? 9. What did the two men who had spent five days on a coral island wish? 10. What was the matter with their boat? 11. Where were they taking it to have it repaired?. 12. What happened during the journey? 13. Where did they load food, matches and cans of beer? 14. How did they arrive at a coral island? 15. Which two conditions on the island were unpromising? 16. What did the men do for water? 17. What had they brought with them that proved useful? 18. What did they catch every day? 19.How did they eat? New words and expressions 1. exceptional: unusual ; often in a good sense 特别的， 例外的，杰出的 All her children are clever,but the youngest boy is really exceptional. 她的孩子都很聪明，但最小的男孩儿尤为突出。 Ive never lent money to him, but today its exceptional exception 除了 Everyone was tired with the exception of John. 2. realistic 现实主义的， 现实的 Our income has got smaller, so we must be realistic and sell our car. When you make a plan ,you should be realistic. 3. ripe: of fruit or crops full grown and ready to be eaten 水果或庄稼）成熟的 a field of ripe corn, ripe apples I wont tell you the news until the time is ripe. 4. wretched : very unhappy ; miserable 5.starve: to die or suffer from lack of food They starved to death in the desert. He is starving himself trying to lose weight. 6. genuine: of an object real, really it seems to be真正的，名副其实的 a football made of genuine le