【看美劇學英語】從《荒島余生》學托福閱讀

荒島余生 At the edge of the world, his journey begins...

暑假刷劇不免發(fā)現(xiàn)，僵尸類題材已成為美劇的一大亮點，然而不少看客無非只是沖著如何極限生存、食物管理而來�！痘膷u余生》（CAST AWAY）可以更豪放的帶你來到一個一窮二白的世界。

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Chuck 是一名美國聯(lián)邦快遞的系統(tǒng)工程師。忙碌，分身乏術(shù)的Chuck根本無暇顧及女朋友凱莉。然而一場飛機失事改變了這一切。所有人都以為查克喪生于這場災(zāi)難中，然而事實上他存活了下來，被困在一個荒無人煙的小島上�；膷u上的生活就連吃喝都成問題，查克成為了現(xiàn)代版的魯濱遜。當他失去現(xiàn)代生活的便利以及人與人之間的互動，生活唯一的目的就是求生，他的人生觀反而逐漸有所轉(zhuǎn)變。

影片中的排球叫做 vilson，主人公在島上的5年時光中對著vilson說話、思考、與它爭辯。主人公對vilson心存感激，付出了感情，以至于最后vilson漂走時他會悲痛的哭泣，那個畫面應(yīng)該是整個影片中主人公落淚的唯一場景。當他發(fā)現(xiàn)生活的壓力頓時消失，便開始反思人生的目的，最后對于工作、感情，甚至生命本身都有了全新的體會和領(lǐng)悟。當他再回到現(xiàn)代社會時，人生價值觀也隨之改變了。

荒島生活的一窮二白，讓他沒了工具的幫助，吃個椰子，也是能被累死的~

▼用扔的~

▼用敲的~

 ▼用砸的~

▼用打的~

▼然而這顆頑強的椰子，竟然把石頭嗑碎了，也是沒sei了~

▼鉆木取火~你可能會鉆一天哦

▼然而沒有火的日子，也沒法過了

▼沒有火的世界，吃螃蟹是要用吸管的（真心被這畫風惡心到了）

最后再來吐槽一下歪果人留長發(fā)+胡子的樣子，簡直可以成為現(xiàn)代版《瘋狂原始人》了。

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這么艱難的探索，也難怪我們的 ancestors 吃不飽，睡不安穩(wěn)，哈哈哈，這也就不奇怪ETS會如此鐘愛"The Origin of Agriculture " "The First Civilizations"這類的題材。

下面來看TPO33的一篇閱讀，重點詞匯要注意哦~~

Evidence suggests that an important stimulus behind the rise of early civilizations was the development of settled agriculture, which unleashed a series of changes in the organization of human communities that culminated in the rise of large ancient empires.

【詞匯拓展】
stimulus  n.刺激，激勵
stimulate  v.刺激，激勵
simulate  v.模仿，冒充  adj.模仿的，假裝的
simultaneous adj. 同時發(fā)生的
culmination=peak=summit=acme=vertex 頂點，頂峰

The exact time and place that crops were first cultivated successfully is uncertain. Many prehistorians believe that farming may have emerged in dependently in several different areas of the world when small communities, driven by increasing population and a decline in available food resources, began to plant seeds in the ground in an effort to guarantee their survival. The first farmers, who may have lived as long as 10,000 years ago, undoubtedly used simple techniques and still relied primarily on other forms of food production, such as hunting, foraging, or pastoralism. The real breakthrough took place when farmers began to cultivate crops along the floodplains of river systems. The advantage was that crops grown in such areas were not as dependent on rainfall and therefore produced a more reliable harvest. An additional benefit was that the sediment carried by the river waters deposited nutrients in the soil, thus enabling the farmer to cultivate a single plot of ground for many years without moving to a new location. Thus, the first truly sedentary (that is, nonmigratory) societies were born. As time went on, such communities gradually learned how to direct the flow of water to enhance the productive capacity of the land, while the introduction of the iron plow eventually led to the cultivation of heavy soils not previously susceptible to agriculture.

【詞匯拓展】
in an effort to 致力于
primarily  adv.首先，主要的，根本的
primal  n.主要的，原始的
deposit  n. 沉淀，存款   v. 沉積
settlement  n. 沉積物
precipitation  n. 沉積，降水
while  然而 （表對比）
be susceptible to 受。。。影響

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