L12(2)：Life on a desert island
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.
音标:ɛl12(2)：laɪf ɒn ə ˈdɛzət ˈaɪlənd
tuː mɛn huː ˈriːsntli spɛnt faɪv deɪz ɒn ə ˈkɒrəl ˈaɪlənd wɪʃt ðeɪ hæd steɪd ðeə ˈlɒŋgə. ðeɪ wɜː ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ˈbædli ˈdæmɪʤd bəʊt frɒm ðə ˈvɜːʤɪn ˈaɪləndz tuː maɪˈæmi tuː hæv ɪt rɪˈpeəd. ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə ˈʤɜːni, ðeə bəʊt bɪˈgæn tuː sɪŋk. ðeɪ ˈkwɪkli ˈləʊdɪd ə smɔːl ˈrʌbə ˈdɪŋgi wɪð fuːd, ˈmæʧɪz, ænd kænz ɒv bɪər ænd rəʊd fɔːr ə fjuː maɪlz əˈkrɒs ðə ˌkærɪˈbiːən ənˈtɪl ðeɪ əˈraɪvd æt ə ˈtaɪni ˈkɒrəl ˈaɪlənd. ðeə wɜː ˈhɑːdli ˈɛni triːz ɒn ði ˈaɪlənd ænd ðeə wɒz nəʊ ˈwɔːtə, bʌt ðɪs dɪd nɒt pruːv tuː biː ə ˈprɒbləm. ðə mɛn kəˈlɛktɪd ˈreɪnˌwɔːtər ɪn ðə ˈrʌbə ˈdɪŋgi. æz ðeɪ hæd brɔːt ə spɪə gʌn wɪð ðɛm, ðeɪ hæd ˈplɛnti tuː iːt. ðeɪ kɔːt ˈlɒbstər ænd fɪʃ ˈɛvri deɪ，ænd, æz wʌn ɒv ðɛm pʊt ɪt ɛt laɪk kɪŋz. wɛn ə ˈpɑːsɪŋ ˈtæŋkə ˈrɛskjuːd ðɛm faɪv deɪz ˈleɪtə, bəʊθ mɛn wɜː ˈʤɛnjʊɪnli ˈsɒri ðæt ðeɪ hæd tuː liːv.
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记:Virgin Islands威尔京群岛
Miami迈阿密
dinghy救生筏
Caribbean加勒比海
spear gun捕鱼枪
lobster龙虾
tanker油轮
genuinely由衷地
as one of them put it正如其中一位所说的
练习感悟:除夕夜快乐，爸妈在看春晚，欧巴在娱乐，我在练英语口语。读到麻木，录音总爱错某个单词，比如tanker, dinghy,rainwater,简单的事情重复做，重复的事情认真做。坚持做有用的事，提升技能。甭管Ta直接作用
