北师大版高中英语模块10--Unit30(4)-1

[00:00.00]Unit 30
[00:06.27]Task:who will go on Shipwrecked?
[00:10.50]1 Read about a new TV programme
[00:14.45]called Shipwrecked!
[00:16.90]Shipwrecked!will be a major new TV series
[00:19.77]featuring six volinteers(plus any children they
[00:23.49]have)who will go and live on a remote island in
[00:26.39]the Pacific Ocean for a whole year.
[00:29.59]They will be accompanied by a cameraman who
[00:31.86]will have complete freedom to film them
[00:35.17]The aims of the programme are to see how modern
[00:37.23]people survive in primitive¹ conditions,and how
[00:40.20]the group manage to get on with each other.
[00:43.68]The participants will be paid ￡50,000 each if
[00:46.82]they complete the year successfully,but nothing
[00:49.67]if they leave even a day early.
[00:53.15]The island chosen is uninhabited and the
[00:55.86]climate is tropical².
[00:57.42]It can only be reached by boat and helicopter,
[01:00.61]and it is an eight-hour journey to the nearest
[01:02.88]hospital.
[01:04.34]Participants will be given basic building
[01:06.87]materials,and emergency food supplies,but they
[01:10.14]will be expected to gather and hunt for food
[01:13.41]themselves,
[01:15.13]The cameraman will have a radio to call for
[01:17.53]help in emergencies,or if anyone decides
[01:20.23]to leave.
[01:21.93]From several thousand applicants,a shortlist of
[01:24.49]ten have just attended an assessment³ weekend,
[01:28.26]after which the final six will be chosen.
[01:28.26]

1 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

2 tropical   

adj.热带的，热带的，炎热的

参考例句：

• You must grow these tropical flowers in a glasshouse.你必须把这些热带花卉种在温室里。
• This disease is widespread in tropical areas.这种疾病在热带地区蔓延很广。

3 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？