Words and expressions
1. Unrealistic 不切實(shí)際
E.g. Unrealistic expectations 不切實(shí)際的期望
It is unrealistic to expect her daughter to be a biddable kid.
2. Paradise 天堂
一般提到“天堂”我首先想到的是heaven
Paradise 有伊甸園的意思
3. Wretched 可憐的
E.g. She feels wretched because of her financial situation.
Synonym: pitiful
4. Coral 珊瑚
Coral 做形容詞有珊瑚色的意思镇防，女生常用到的：coral lipstick
5. Dinghy 救生筏茬贵，小船
6. Spear gun 捕魚槍
7. Genuinely 名副其實(shí)的冈绊，真的 （注意跟genius區(qū)分開）
Genuinely 這個(gè)詞很好用锅移，比如說genuinely sorry可以不說very sorry
8. We sometimes imagine a desert to be a sort of paradise.
E.g. Methods are to be taken to reduce pollution.
非謂語的三種形式：動(dòng)名詞；過去分詞在抛；不定式
9. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
E.g. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of studying abroad.
10. The other side of the picture us quite the opposite.
Quite the opposite 完全相反，截然不同
11. An element of truth 基本事實(shí)
E.g. There appears to be an element of truth in his story.
12. Starve to death 餓死
E.g. Be starving 餓得很
13. Picture
E.g. Get the picture 明白，了解
In/out of the picture 在局內(nèi)/外
Put sb in the picture 介紹情況授翻，使了解情況
The big picture 大局
As pretty as a picture 美如畫
