1、Most of us haveformed anunrealisticpicture oflife on a desert island. We sometimesimaginea desert island to bea sort ofparadise where the sun always shines.1.对….有不切实际的想法formed an unrealistic picture of2.把…想象成imagine…tobe;thinksthtobe;thinkofsthas3.asortof有一点,有几分(
2、不确切的描述)A:Doyoulovehim?B:Oh,Isortoflikehim.Life there issimple andgood.Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.1.thesimplelife我希望未来某天,我会在乡村享受着简单的生活。IhopeonedayIwillenjoythesimplelifeinthecountryside.The other side of the picture isquite the oppo
3、site.2.quite the opposite完全相反,截然不同Theothersideofthepictureistotallydifferent.Theothersideofthepictureisquiteanothercase.casen.情况,实例Life on a desert island is wretched. Youeitherstarveto deathorlive likeRobinson Crusoe,waiting for aboat which never comes.1.either.
4、.or..要么..要么..(二者必居其一)eithermakeorbreakit不成功则成仁2.starvetodeath;scaretodeath;fighttodeath;besicktodeath(ofsth)讨厌死了,烦透了starvefor极度渴望=bestarvedof那个失去母亲的孩子极度渴望爱。Themotherlesschildstarvedforlove.3.waitingforabuswhichnevercomesConclusion:Perhaps there is anelementof tru
5、thin both these pictures, but few us have had theopportunityto find out.举个栗子:Passage2:Two men who recently spent five days on a coralislandwished they had stayed there longer.1.虚拟语气;陈述语气;祈使语气wish+宾语从句(subjunctivemode:难以实现、根本不可能实现的事情)hope×主+wish+(that)+主+did/were(
6、现在)haddone(过去)woulddo(将来)总结:1、虚拟语气靠谓语的时态变化来实现。2.虚拟语气的时态在正常表达的时态上向前倒推一个时态。一般现在时→一般过去时:do/does→did一般过去时→过去完成时:did→haddone一般将来时→过去将来时:willdo→woulddoPractice:IwishI(am)abird.answer:wereIreallywishyou(notsay)that.answer:hadn’tsaidThey were taking a badly damaged boat
7、from theVirgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.During the journey, their boat began tosink.badlyadv.1.well的反义词,badlydecoratedChristmastree2.seriously严重地Hewasbadlyhurt.3.verymuchwantsthsobadlyneedsthsobadlyDuring the journey, their boat began tosink. Theyquic
8、klyloaded a smallrubberdinghy withfood,matches, andcans of beerand rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until theyarrived at a tinycoral island.loadv.装载b