}       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.

}       Unrealistic:

不现实的，在现实生活中不容易实现的。

imaginary

想像的

}       Desert:

Is this restaurant always this deserted?

desert 是形容词，本课Life on a desert island 是指荒岛上的生活。这个词加上ed,还是形容词。例句的意思是，这个饭馆是不是总是生意那么差，没人来吃饭。

}       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 of us have had the opportunity to find out.

}       Starve:

My stomach is growling.

I’m hungry.

I’m starving.

starve这个词比hungry 程度要深,My stomach is growling.是指我的肚子咕噜咕噜叫。

}       find out:

发现

find/look for

find 是 look for 的结果，如果你找到了，就是find。

}       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.

}      Spend

I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

我想和你度过余生。

That’s gonna be a mistake that I can regret for every

single minute of my rest life.

那将是我余生每一分钟都会后悔的错误。

}      Virgin :

I don’t wanna die a virgin.

        这是电影“Independent State”里面一个女孩对男孩说的话，他们是男女朋友，都还是十几岁的小孩，即是teenager, 世界末日到了，这女孩跟他说，她不想到死了还是一个处女。virgin 这个词完全可以独立作分词

}      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.

}      Sink：

unsinkable/sank/sunk/sunken

sink 这个个词的每一种形式都在这。

}      Loaded:

download/upload

   下载     上传

flash preloading /preloader

     flash 提前上传。一个flash,一个swf文件，在网上需要提前载入能播放。那么，提前载入的进度条叫做 preloader。

}      Matches: 三分钱一盒

火柴。在北美应该是三分钱一盒。

}      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.

}      Collect:

    gather

    collect 在本课的意思是 gather。

collect stamps/ accumulate

这里的collect 比较相近的意思是accumulate。

collect a bill/ receive payment

       这里的collect 是收钱，你给别人账单，然后把钱收回来的意思，就是 collect a bill。
→ collection letter/apology letter/cover letter/complaint letter/referral letter

    这些东西是商务信函里面所包含的，分别是：

    催款信/道歉信/写简历的时候附上的cover letter/意见信/推荐信。

}      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.

}      Lobster：

shrimp

}      Put：

Simply put, …

Let me put it this way, …

}      Genuinely:

genuine Microsoft software

}      Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare. Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty.

}      Declare:
declaration
词性不同，发音不同
philosophy/philosophical
catastrophe/catastrophic

   类似这样的词，词性不同，发音不同，一定要多注意积累，这样才能说得比较好，发音比较好听。

}      Guilty:

    有罪的
innocent

    无辜的

}      The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase. When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.

}      Professional/amateur
 专业的      业余的

}      Trouble:
M:Would you like a copy of this article?
W:Thanks,if it‘s not too much trouble.
M: 要不要给你拷贝一下这篇文章？

  W: 可以，如果不是很麻烦的话。

I didn‘t mean to cause you so much trouble.
我实在不是故意给你到来那么多麻烦；或者说我实在不知道会给你带来这么多麻烦。是比较客气的一句话。

}      suitcase :

     手提的公文包
I’d like a larger suitcase than this one.
我想要一个比这大点的公文包。
I just arrived, but my suitcases were put on a later plane.
我已经到了，但是我的公文包在下一班飞机上。

}        ‘Have you anything to declare?’ he asked, looking me in the eye.
  ‘No’, I answered confidently.
   Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?‘
  ‘Not at all,’ I answered.

}      Looking me in the eye:

   look 后面不总是要跟at, 也可以不跟at。它后面跟词的时候，主要是像这样的用法：looking me in the eye ，就是中文常说的“看着我的眼睛”。
You look me in the eye and tell me, without blinking, that you‘re not breaking up with her. No blinking.
你看着我的眼睛，告诉我你没有说谎。look 后面不但可以跟词，还可以跟从句，如下：

}      Look at them, look how happy they are.

   看看他们，看看把他们高兴得。

}       The Officer went through the case with great care. All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer’s face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.

}       Mess:
Excuse all this mess.

   这句话可以在别人去你家作客的时候说，就是指特别乱，请你原谅。
Excuse my appearance.
衣冠整洁是一种礼貌，有时候你没穿整齐而有人来了，这时候你就可以说这句话。

}      Messy/disorganized 

}                ‘Perfume, eh?’ he asked sarcastically. ‘You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.‘
 ‘But it isn’t perfume,’ I said. ‘It’s hair gel.’ Then I added with a smile, ‘It’s a strange mixture I make myself.’
    As I expected, he did not believe me.
  ‘Try it!’ I said encouragingly.

}      Sarcastic:
→joke around all the time
经常开玩笑，无论你说什么他都老不正经，很难serious.

}      Try it:
I’ll have a try at it.
I’ll try.
I’ll take a shot at it.
I’ll give it a shot.

  这几句话都是同一个意思，表示我会试一下。

}        The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my baggage.

}      Convince:

   说服
That‘s not the way to convince you.
 那样是说服不了你的。
That would be a lot more convincing.

    那样的话就更加有说服力了。

}      The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on  April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and crew of 891. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.

}      ship that had ever been built :

   这种用法在美国口语中非常常见，见一下两个例子：
This is the most romantic disease I‘ve ever had.
 这是我得过的最浪漫的病。
You’re the most beautiful bride I’ve ever seen.

    你是我见过的最美丽的新娘。

}      Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy water of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened.

}      from below:  (介词+副词连用)

   注意一下这个词，这个词很多时候都念做/blэu/,也可以念成

    /bil эu / ，但是我见得多的都是念做/blэu/。from below 是介词+副词的连用。
It appears from nowhere!
它不知道从哪里出现的。
I saw them from outside.
我在外面看到他们。
Someone in here?

    有人在吗？这几句话后面都是介词+副词。

}      The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded! The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.

}      Faint:

   faint 是指微弱。我给出的这句话是托福听力上的原句。意思是说有的物体太微弱了，仅仅用望远镜才能看到他们。
Objects that are too faint to be seen by just looking through a telescope.

}                Cats never fail to fascinate human beings. They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. They never become submissive like dogs and horses. As a result, humans have learned to respect feline independence. Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives. One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives. Apparently, there is a good deal of truth in this idea. A cat’s ability to survive falls is based on fact.
 

}                humans :
Animals dressed as humans.

   扮成人的动物。human 这个词在第本课重复出现过，和human-being 是同一个意思。    

Cats never fail to fascinate human beings.
(lesson 9)

You’re a horrible human being, and bad things should happen to you.

    你是一个坏人，坏事应该发生在你身上。

}                Recently the New York Animal Medical Center made a study of 132 cats over a period of five months. All these cats had one experience in common: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries.

}                Period:

   period 有句号的意思。我举的这两个例子就是由句号引进来的。
Will you stop complaining? We can’t afford a luxury car. Period!
你能不能不要再发牢骚了？我买不起好车，不要再说了。
How many times do I have to tell you? I don’t love you and I don’t want to marry you. Period!

   我要跟你说多少遍？我不爱你，我不会跟你结婚，不要多讲了！

}                Of course, New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall buildings. There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from! One cat, Sabrina, fell 32 storys, yet only suffered from a broken tooth. ‘Cats behave like well-trained paratroopers.’ a doctor said.

}                to fall from :

   这里我找了几个以介词结尾的句子，这样的句子中国人很少说，老外常这样说。
There‘s something that we really need to talk about.
 句尾的 talk about, about指什么？就是指something。
There’s nothing to worry about.
 句尾的worry about 什么？Worry about nothing.
You are the person I was meant to spend the rest of my life with.

   句尾 with 谁？With the person,you.

}                It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves. In a long drop, they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. At high speeds, falling cats have time to relax. They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels. This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.

}                falling :
falling confetti:

   庆祝或典礼时撒的彩色的

   纸屑就是falling confetti。

   很好听的一个词。

The Great St. Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy. At 2,473 metres, it is the highest mountain pass in Europe. The famous monastery of St. Bernard, witch was founded in eleventh century, lies about a mile away. For hundreds of years, St. Bernard dogs have saved the lives of travellers crossing the dangerous Pass. These friendly dogs, which were first brought from Asia, were used as watchdogs even in Roman times.
 

}       Co-founder

   合作创始人

   found是创立，建立，建设

}       I never thanked you for saving my life!

   电影《阿甘正传》别人对阿甘说的话。意思是你救了我我从来还没有说过谢谢。

}       Now that a tunnel has been built through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous, but each year, the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveler is in difficulty. Despite the new tunnel, there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot. During the summer months, the monastery is very busy, for it is visited by thousands of people who cross the Pass in cars. As there are so many people about, the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure.

}       What is the rash, if we are building something for eternity.

   常说“There is no rash.”是不要急。这句话的意思是不要着急，如果我们要为永恒做点事情的话。

}       About/around

   about 在这里的用法比较特别，相当于around. 这里的 As there are so many people about, 意思是由于这里有很多人。

}       In winter, however, life at the monastery is quite different. The temperature drops to – minus 30 and very few people attempt to cross the Pass. The monks prefer winter to summer of they have more privacy. The dogs have greater freedom, too, for they are allowed to wander outside their enclosure.

}       I feel as though I’ve got a fever, but my temperature was normal.

   temperature 可以直接做体温讲。这句话的意思是
我感觉我像发烧了一样，但是我的体温却是正常的。

}       Minus sign/plus sign
positive/ negative

   minus 是负，减的意思。minus sign/plus sign 是负号/正号，也可以用 positive/negative 表示。

}       The only regular visitors to the monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go there at Christmas and Easter. These young people, who love the peace of mountains, always receive a warm welcome at St. Bernard’s monastery.

}       Welcome:
You are (quite) welcome.

   不用客气
You are (always) welcome.
这样一句话可以表示它本身的意思，就是你是受欢迎的，或你总是受欢迎的。
My pleasure.
Think nothing of it.
Don’t mention it.
Any time.

这几句话都是别人对你表示谢谢的时候说的客套话。

Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn’t despair when they made mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)! Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money!

}       Washing machine:

   洗衣机。说得更多的是：
laundry machine
laundry detergent

   洗衣粉
do laundry
洗衣服

}       chew :

    嚼的意思
Here, take this pill, don‘t chew it.
这句话的意思是，这个药不要嚼

}       A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had a very good day and put his wallet containing $3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horse-riding.

}       Concern:
This doesn’t concern you.

   表示跟谁无关，这句话是最熟悉的。concern 是担心，关心的意思，“this”不会引起你的担心，所以跟你无关。这句话是这样来的。
It’s none of your business.

   这句话不太礼貌，这句话也是大家比较熟悉的。
What you do is nobody’s business.

   你干什么跟别人无关。这是比较平淡的一句话。
It’s nothing to do with you.

As far as my fiancé is concerned, I can do no wrong. And vise verse.

   as far as…concerned: 就……来讲。这句话的意思是，对我的未婚妻来说，我做什么都不会做，反过来也一样。就是说反过来说，她做什么我都觉得特别好。

}       When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it, cooked her fiancé’s wallet as well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash!

}        

Wallet →   

purse →

}John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilated Ladies! They examined the remains and John got all his money back. ‘So long as there’s something to identify, we will give people their money back,’ said a spokeswoman for the Bank. ‘Last year, we paid $1.5m on 21,000 claims.

}       So long as :
as long as you’re under my roof you’re gonna live by my rules.

   so long as 与 as long as 意思是一样的。so long as不是很常见，as long as比较常见。这句话是这样的意思：

    只要你在我的屋檐下，你就要按我的规则做事。

}       Identify :

   这个词是来自identity身份，identify是动词，就是找出，确认身份的意思。在国外的教科书，或者考试的时候你会看到这个词，可以说是比较经常地看到这个词。
The goal is to identify sets that have even numbers.

    这道题的目的是找到含有偶数的集合。sets集合，中学学数学的时候常看到这个词，那么这里指什么样的集合？是含有偶数的集合，even numbers 偶数。