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What was exceptional about the two men's stay on the desert island?

    Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the opportunity to find out.
    Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired. During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.

New words and expressions 生词和短语

     desert island
     荒岛

     unrealistic
adj. 不真实

     paradise
n.   天堂，乐士

     wretched
adj. 可怜的，艰苦的

     starve
v.   挨饿

     element
n.   成分

     opportunity
n.   机会

     coral
n.   珊瑚

     Virgin Islands
     维尔京群岛

     Miami
n.   迈阿密（美国最南的城市）

     dinghy
n.   救生筏，小船

     Caribbean
n.   加勒比海

     spear gun
     捕鱼枪

     lobster
n.   龙虾

     tanker
n.   油轮

     genuinely
adv. 由衷地

     Robinson Crusoe
     鲁滨孙.克鲁索（小说《鲁滨孙漂流记》主人公）

参考译文

    我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。在那里，生活简单又美好。成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。另一种想法恰恰相反，认为荒岛生活很可怕，要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
    最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。途中，船开始下沉，他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。他们天天捕捉龙虾和鱼，正如其中一位所说，吃得“像国王一样好”。5天后，一条油轮从那儿路过，搭救了他们。这二位不得不离开那个荒岛时，还真的感到遗憾呢！

New words and expression 生词和短语

desert island  荒岛

desert  n.沙漠 vt.背弃,遗弃  dessert  n.甜点

unrealistic  adj.不真实

paradise  n.天堂，乐士

-- A lot of people imagine the USA as their paradise.

Heaven  n.天堂, 天国（也指死亡 -- go to heaven）

wretched  adj.可怜的，艰苦的  = miserable  adj.痛苦的, 悲惨的, 可怜

-- lead a wretched/miserable/terrible/dog’s life. 过着悲惨的生活。

starve  v.挨饿（-- starve to death 饿死）

-- During the war, a large of people starved to death.

-- hungry to death  我饿得要死（即：我非常饿）

element  n.成分

opportunity  n.机会

golden opportunity 绝好的机会

-- Don’t miss any golden opportunities.

-- opportunity knocks only once 千载难逢的机会

chance 表机会时可以与opportunity互换（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表可能性时(= possibility), 则不可opportunity互换。

-- There is a chance that I will see him. 我有可能见到她。

-- The chances are that he will be elected the president. 他有可能当选总统。

-- The chances are that he will pass his examination next week.

coral  n.珊瑚

Virgin Islands  维尔京群岛

Miami  n.迈阿密（美国最南的城市）

Dinghy  n.救生筏，小船

Caribbean  n.加勒比海

spear gun  捕鱼枪

lobster  n.龙虾

tanker  n.油轮

genuinely  adv.由衷地

-- He is genuinely thankful to me. 他由衷地地感谢我。

Genuine  adj.真实的, 真正的, 诚恳的

Genuineness（n.）

Robinson Crusoe  鲁滨孙.克鲁索（小说《鲁滨孙漂流记》主人公）

Exceptional  adj.例外的, 异常的

Ripe  adj.熟的, 成熟的

Fruit  n.水果, 果实, 果类, 成果

Opposite  adj.相对的, 相反的, 对等的 n.相反的事物

Sink  vi.沉下, (使)下沉

Prove  vt.证明, 证实

Spear  n.矛, 枪

Text 课文

What was exceptional about the two men's stay on the desert island?

Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.

form an unrealistic picture of sth  对…抱有不切实际的幻想

-- A large number of people have formed an unrealistic picture of the job.

Form（v.形成, 构成）= develop（vt.逐渐形成）

-- develop a habit = form a habit 养成一种习惯

We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.

imagine sth to be = imagine sth as

-- Some people imagine flying to be more dangerous than traveling by train.

-- A large number people imagine the USA as their paradise.

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