练习材料：

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.

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：

新词：coral 珊瑚；Miami 美国的迈阿密城市；rubber 橡胶；dinghy 救生艇；spear 棒，枪；

练习感悟：

大年三十的练习太尴尬了……早上开始一直胃疼，出门回来后紧紧张张换了件衣服来读，连认真抠知识笔记的时间都没有，只能明天再补上。

真的，身体第一次这样一阵一阵地发作。