Notes on the text课文注释
1 imagine…to be…，作“想像……是……”，“设想……是……”讲。不定式to be引起的短语作宾语补足语。
2 quite the opposite，完全相反，截然不同。
3 starve to death，饿死。
4 …wished they had stayed there longer.
……还真希望在那里多呆些日子。wish引起的宾语从句常用虚拟语气。
5 as one of them put it，正如其中一位所说的。
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。我们有时想像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，却总不见船影。也许，这两种想像都有可信之处。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去迈阿密修理。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。岛上几乎没有一棵树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。他们用橡皮艇蓄积雨水。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！
Summary writing摘要写作
In not more than 80 words explain how the two men came to spend five days on a desert island and say what they did there. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph. Answer these questions to get your points:
1 Was the men's boat damaged or not?
2 Where were they taking it?
3 What happened to it on the way?
4 What did the men load on to their rubber dinghy?
5 Where did they row?
6 Where did they arrive?
7 Where did the men collect water during their stay there?
8 How did they catch fish and lobster?
9 Did they eat ‘like kings’ for five days or not?
10 How were they rescued?
Vocabulary词汇
Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage: picture (1. 1); wretched (1. 6); starve to death (1. 6); opportunity (1. 8); repaired (1. 10); loaded (1. 11); dinghy (1. 11).
Composition作文
Imagine spending two weeks on an uninhabited desert island. In not more than 200 words, describe what you did there. Use the ideas given below. Do not write more than three paragraphs. Title: Shipwrecked.
Introduction: Shipwreck ---- everybody drowned ---- I clung to a plank ---- washed up on island.
Development: Slept for a long time ---- woke up ---- hungry and thirsty ---- explored island ---- uninhabited ----found plenty of fruit ---- freshwater spring ---- tried to hunt wild animals ---- failed to catch anything ---- spent days swimming, lying in sun. Conclusion: Boat on horizon ---- signalled and shouted ---- rescued.
Letter writing书信写作
In not more than 60 words, write a suitable Purpose and Conclusion to follow this introductory paragraph:
Dear Judy,
We arrived here late last night and are staying at a charming little hotel by the sea. The weather is perfect and I am sure we are going to enjoy our holiday.
Key structures关键句型
If . 用if引导的从句(IKS 88) (参见第2册第88课关键句型)
Exercise练习
Complete the following:
1 If you had told me earlier ______ .
2 If I were you ______ .
3 You will be disappointed if ______ .
4 You would change your mind if ______ .
Special difficulties难点
Wish and If only,
在英语中，表示愿望可用动词wish或短语if only。其中wish常指尚有可能发生的事情，而if only则强调所希望的状况并不存在。在wish和only后面，要用过去时表示现在，用过去完成时表示过去。Study these examples:
They wished they had stayed there longer. (1. 9)
I wish you would do as you are told.
If only the weather would change.
I wish she could see me now.
I wish I had more time to spare.
If only you would try a little harder!
I wish I hadn't said anything about it.
If only we could have gone to the party!
I wish you hadn't spent so much money.
Exercise练习
Complete the following:
1 It was silly of me not to buy that dress. I wish I ______ .
2 You are making a lot of noise. I wish you ______ _.
3 It's a pity John's away. If only he ______ .
4 He plays the piano so well. I wish I ______ .
5 I never studied at all when I was at school. I wish I ______ .
6 I'm sorry I mentioned it to him. I wish I ______ .