Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour

漫畫欣賞畫面描述寓意理解你能否對此加以擴展，寫一篇120詞左右的小短文？Amanishungonascale，whichisbalancedbytheweight.Themaniscarryingsomethingwhilehiseyesarestaringattheweight，whichstandsforvalue.Themaniseagertogetmoreinreturnforwhathehasdoneforthesociety.Withoutpayhewouldprobablydonothing.短文填空根據課文ATasteofEnglishHumor完成下列短文。Somehumorcanbecruel，butsomepeopleseemtoenjoyseeingotherpeople’sbadluckattimes.Perhapsitmakesusfeelmore

withourlifebecausewefeelthereissomeoneelse

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offthanourselves.However，someactorscanastonishuswiththedeepfeelingstheycaninspireinusforacharacter.CharlieChaplin，themostfamousactorduringtheperiodofsilentfilms，wassuchanactor.Hewasabletomaketerriblesituationsfunnyandatthesametimeshowthehumanityandkindnessthatcanbefoundinthemostdifficultcircumstances.contentworse

TheGoldRushforexample.Thefilmisset____Californiainthemiddleofthenineteenthcentury.Chaplinandhisfriendwashsandfromtheriverinapanofwaterandexpecttofindgoldbuttheyhavebeennot

(fortune)enoughtofindany.

，they

(catch)inasnowstorminasmallwoodenhouse，

theyhavenothingtoeat.Theyaresohungry

theyhavetoboilapairofleathershoesandeatit.Chaplinseemstoeateverymouthfulwithgreatenjoymentandmakesitseemasifit

(be)oneofthebestmealshehaseverhad!TakeinfortunateInsteadarecaughtwherethatwereⅠ.單詞拼寫1．Hewascaughtina

(暴風雪)whenhewasdoinghisresearchinMountEverest(喜馬拉雅山)．2．Iwas________(幸運)tohaveagoodteacher，soIlearnedEnglishverywellinmiddleschool.3．He

(使歡樂)usforhourswithhisstoriesandjokesyesterday.4．It

(使吃驚)methatnoonehasthoughtofthisbefore.snowstormfortunateentertainedastonishes5．ThebookIwantisrightatthe________(底部)ofthepile.6．T

theirmarriagehehadonlyonceseenhercry.7．DrYangZhenningwontheNobelPrizeforhiso

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workinphysicsin1957.8．Fisthemotherofsuccess.9．Isthereanypcolouryouwouldpreferto?10．Heiscwithhispresentjob，sohedecidestostay.bottomhroughoututstandingailurearticularontentⅡ.短語填空1．

，nowonderdrughasbeenfoundwhichcancurecancers.2．Heseemsto

afairlyminorroleinthegovernment.3．Sarahhasmissedherchanceof

intheschoolplay.4．Thieves________thebankbydiggingatunnelandtookawaylotsofmoney.5．Wehavetwolessonsthismorning，butthere’ssomefreetime

.Uptonowbecontentwithstarringinbrokeintoinbetween6．Astime________，mycredithistorywasgraduallybuildingup.7．Theywere________fornotpayingtheirphonebill.8．Hewent

adoctorforhissickwife.9．Shewas

fromdozensofapplicantsforthejob.10．Tomhasbeenoutofworkforyears.Heisnowquite________.wentbycutoffinsearchofpickedoutbadlyoffⅢ.完成句子1．Somehumourcanbecruelbutsomepeopleseemto

(喜歡看別人倒霉)attimes.(enjoy)2．Firsthepicksoutthelacesandeatsthem____________________(好像它們是)spaghetti.(as)3．____________________(碰巧)thisflowerwasanewspecieswhichIhadbeengrowingthroughoutthesummer.(happen)enjoyseeingotherpeople’sbadluckasiftheywereIthappenedthat核心詞匯梳理1．astonishv.

使驚訝Sheastonishedmewithherbeautifulhandwriting.她那秀麗的書法讓我驚異。Iwasastonishedatthenewsofhisescape.聽到他逃跑的消息，我感到驚訝。

派生astonishingadj.令人吃驚的astonishedadj.驚訝的；驚愕的astonishmentn．驚訝；吃驚搭配

beastonishedtodosth.對做某事感到驚訝beastonishedby/at...對……感到驚訝toone’sastonishment使某人驚訝的是inastonishment吃驚地用astonish的正確形式填空(1)She

usbysayingshewasleaving.(2)Sheseemed

thatIhadneverbeentoParis.(3)Sheran100minan

speed.(4)Hestaredin

atthestranger.astonishedastonishedastonishingastonishment2．overcomevt.(overcame，overcome)戰勝，克服；勝過，征服vi.得勝Hehasovercomethebadhabitofsmoking.他改掉了吸煙的壞習慣。Ibelievetruthwillovercome.我相信真理將會獲勝。完成句子(1)世界上沒有我們不能克服的困難。Therewillbenodifficultyintheworld

.(2)你們克服了這樣的困難，值得表揚。Itisgreatlytoyourcredit

.thatwecan’tovercomethatyouhaveovercomesuchdifficulties3．contentadj.

滿足的；滿意的

句型becontentwithsth.對……感到滿意或滿足becontenttodosth.滿足于做某事

完成句子(1)她目前對自己的工作非常滿意。She

herjobatthemoment.(2)約翰非常滿足于一連幾小時不停地看電視。Johnisquite

forhoursatastretch.

提示作定語時要用contented。(3)她帶著滿足的表情看著我。Shelookedatmewitha____________________expression.iscontentwithcontenttowatchtelevisioncontented聯想besatisfiedwith對……感到滿意bepleasedwith對……感到滿意4.convincevt.

使確信；說服

搭配convincesb.ofsth.使某人相信某事convincesb.todosth.說服某人做某事beconvincedofsth./beconvincedthat...確信……，堅信……完成句子(1)你要使他們相信你殷切希望得到這份工作。You’llneedto____________________yourenthusiasmforthejob.(2)我一直勸他去看病。I’vebeentryingto____________________seeadoctor.(3)她確信我是無辜的。She____________________myinnocence.(4)我確信我們做的事情是正確的。I____________________weweredoingtherightthing.convincethemofconvincehimtowasconvincedofwasconvincedthat5．particularadj.

特別的；特殊的；特定的；講究的；挑剔的Isthereanyparticularthingthat’sworryingyou？有什么特別讓你煩惱的事嗎？

搭配beparticularabout對……很挑剔或很講究inparticular特別地；特別是完成句子(1)她對衣著特別挑剔。She’svery

.(2)他對吃的東西很挑剔。Heisveryparticularabout____________________.(3)她特別喜愛這首歌，因為她媽媽過去常唱。Shelovesthesong____________________，becausehermotherusedtosingit.particularaboutherclotheswhatheeatsinparticular6．entertainv.

使……快樂；使感興趣；款待；招待Heentertainedusforhourswithhisstoriesandjokes.他給我們講故事、說笑話，讓我們高興了好幾小時。

搭配entertainsb.tosth.招待某人吃……entertainsb.withsth.以……款待某人完成句子(1)昨晚鮑勃和利茲設宴招待了我們。BobandLiz____________________lastnight.(2)我喜歡在家里用音樂和茶點招待朋友。Iliketo

andrefreshmentsathome.entertainedustodinnerentertainfriendswithmusic派生entertainmentn．接待；招待；款待；娛樂；消遣Shewasbusypreparingfortheentertainmentoftheguests.她忙著準備接待客人。7.occasionn.

場合，時機，機會；(pl.)工作，職業Herdressbefitstheoccasion.她的服裝適合那種場合。

聯想onoccasion有時byoccasionof由于，因為fortheoccasion臨時8.fortunateadj.

幸運的，吉祥的Youwereforunatetoescapebeinginjured.你沒有受傷真是幸運。Heisfortunateinhavingagoodwife.他真有福氣，有一位賢妻。

聯想fortunen．命運；機會；運氣[C]財產chance機會；偶然的事opportunity機會occasion時機fate命運辨析fortune/wealth/possession作“財產”講，fortune和possession是可數名詞。wealth是不可數名詞；possession強調的是個人的所屬品。完成句子(1)

(他很幸運)thathejustleftthecitywhentheearthquakehappened.用fortune，wealth，possession填空(2)Heisamanof____________________andposition.(3)Hisfatherlefthima____________________.(4)Thechild’sfavorite____________________wasalittledog.(5)Whatagood____________________shehasafinehusband!Itwasfortunateforhimwealthfortunepossessionfortune9.sensev.

感覺；覺察；意識到n．[C]意識；理性；有道理Ididnotsensehismeaning.我沒有領會到他的意思。

搭配makesense講得通，有意義makesenseof理解inasense在某種意義上歸納

asenseofhearing聽覺havenosenseofshame無羞恥心Shehasastrongsenseofduty.她有強烈的責任感。loseone’ssenses喪失理智outofone’ssenses神志不清cometoone’ssenses清醒過來(1)Ithinkhemayberight________asense.(2)Noonecanmake________whatyouwrite，soIthinkthissentencedoesn’tmake________.insenseofsense10．directadj.

直的，不彎曲的v．指導，指引；管理；支配WhichisthemostdirectwaytoNewYork？到紐約去哪條路最近？Canyoudirectmetothepostoffice？你能指示我去郵局嗎？

辨析direct/directlydirect與directly兩者均是副詞，前者指不走彎路，或不間斷地，多具體意義；后者指直接；立刻地，指以直接的方法作某事，多抽象意義。用direct的正確形式填空(1)Ihave________thatallmeasures________(take)forourdefense.(2)Weflew____________________toParis.(3)I’llseeyou____________________afterlunch.directedbetakendirect(directly)directly11.whispern.

耳語；低語vt.&vi.低語；小聲說

搭配whispersth.tosb.低聲對某人說某事whisperinsb’sear附耳低語saysth./speakinwhisper低聲說話翻譯句子他們在課堂上低聲說話。(兩種譯法)(1)________________________________________________(2)________________________________________________Theywhisperedinclass.Theyspokeinwhisperinclass.12．reactvi.

作出反應；回應

搭配reactto對……作出反應reacton/upon對……有影響；起作用于……reactagainst反抗；反對

派生reactionn．反應根據漢語意思，完成英文句子。(1)我們的眼睛對光起反應。Oureyes____________________light.(2)朋友間會相互影響。Friendswill

.(3)他強烈反對浪費紙張。He____________________wastingpaper.reacttoreacton/uponeachotherreactsstronglyagainst重點短語例釋1．bebadlyoff(生活)窮困潦倒；處境糟糕(1)他窮困潦倒。甚至租不起個小房子。He____________________.Heevencan’trentasmallroom.(2)從這個方面講，黑人的處境甚至比印第安人還要糟糕。InthisaspecttheNegroeswereeven__________thantheIndians.

鏈接bewelloff富裕，經濟寬裕isbadlyoffworseoff2.pickout挑出；辨別出；看清楚，弄懂

聯想pickup撿起；收聽；獲得；學到根據漢語意思完成英語句子。(1)請把你想看的書選出來。

thatyou’dliketoread.(2)你能在這人群中認出你姐姐來嗎？

inthiscrowd?(3)盒子太臟，我們看不清標簽(lable)上的說明。Theboxwassodirtythat____________________thedirectionsonthelabel.PleasepickoutthebooksCanyoupickoutyoursisterwecouldn’tpickout3．cutoff切斷；斷絕

理解說出下列句中劃線部分的意思(1)Hehadhisfingerscutoffinanaccidentatwork.(2)Wewerecutoffinthemiddleofourconversation.(3)Theexpeditionteamwascutofffromitsbase.

答案：(1)切斷(2)斷線(3)失去了聯系4．starin擔任主角；主演Shehasstarredinsomethirtyfilms.她主演過大約三十部影片。5．attimes有時；偶爾AttimesIgoouttothebeach.有時候我去海灘。Wehaveapiefordinnerattimes.有時我們吃飯會吃一些肉餡餅(果餡餅)。

聯想atonetime一度；從前；一次；同時atatime一次；同時；連續地atthesametime同時；但是atalltimes老是；時常nowandthen有時，偶爾onceinawhile有時，偶爾6.besetin以……為背景(寫作、拍攝)；(故事)發生在(1)那部電影以20世紀20年代的巴黎為背景。Thesceneofthatmovie____________________inthe1920s.(2)故事發生在十八世紀的倫敦。Thestory

inLondon.issetinParisissetinthe18thcentury疑難語句細解1．Theactingissoconvincingthatitmakesyoubelievethatitisoneofthebestmealshehasevertasted.

(卓別林)這場表演是那么有說服力，以至于你會認為這頓飯是他所吃過最美味的一餐。

句型oneof＋最高級＋復數名詞＋定語從句(完成時)翻譯下列句子或按中文意思補全句子。(1)他是我見過最有意志力的運動員。Hewasoneofthemostdeterminedathletes____________________.(2)這是我看過的最有特色的一屆運動會。Thiswas

thatIhadeverwatched.(3)汶川大地震是中國人民所經歷的最嚴重的一次自然災害。ThebigearthquakeinWenchuanwasoneof

.disastersthatChinese____________________.thatIhadeverseenoneofthemostcharmingOlympicsthemostserioushadgonethrough2．Finallyhetriescuttingandeatingthebottomoftheshoe.最后他使勁切割鞋底來吃。

點撥trydoingsth.意為“試著做某事(看一看結果如何)”，而trytodosth.則意為“試圖做某事；設法做某事；努力去做某事(以爭取成功或達到目的)”。

(1)如果前門沒人應，你可試著敲一敲后門。Ifnobodyanswersatthefrontdoor，

.(2)我試圖說些什么，但我嘴里塞滿了藥棉。I____________________，butmymouthwasfullofcottonwool.tryknockingatthebackdoortriedtosaysomething聯想

stopdoing停止做stoptodo停下來去做rememberdoing記得做過remembertodo記住去做forgetdoing忘記曾經做過fogettodo忘了去做技巧八：巧用排除方法，縮小選擇范圍。有時我們會遇到這樣的情況，對正確選項的含義，用法不甚明白，但發現其他選項有顯而易見的錯誤。這時可以嘗試采用排除法。所謂排除法就是將選項逐一檢查、驗證，發現錯誤的立即剔除。隨著選擇范圍的縮小，選中正確選項的幾率逐漸增大。排除法如果運用得好，可以大大節省時間和精力。Hekeptsneezing(打噴嚏)andhisnosewasrunning...Fortwodayshewas50byhismother.Asherestedmore，hisdefensestrengthenedandIbegantofeelthe

51(pressure)．(2009·重慶卷)50．A.protectedB．nursedC．scoldedD．affected

解析：可以用排除法來解答此題。前文說“Hekeptsneezing...”可知，他感冒了，由此可以判斷A、C、D三項均不符合語境，只有B項才合情理。

答案：B典例Iwantedtobeadancer，notanurse.MygoalwastoliveanddanceprofessionallyinNewYorkCity.Afriendwhowasstudyingnursing1methatifItookacoupleofyearsofftoreceiveanursingdegree，Icouldhaveagoodjob.Ithoughthersuggestionwasagreatidea，eventhoughIfeltthatmyplaceinlifewastomakepeoplehappyby2them.ButwhenIbeganworkinginthehospitalasanurse，mylifewas3.I4thatasaperformerImadepeoplehappyforafewminutesbutIdidnothavea5influenceontheirlives.Nurses6aboutpeople.Oneday，Iwastoldweweregettinga(n)7injuredpatient.Soonaftertheoperation，herbrainactivitystopped.Ihada8.connectiontothispatientsinceshewasonlytwoyearsyoungerthanI.Twodayslater，shebegantoopenhereyes，whichmadeus9.Afewdayslater，shestoodup.The10intheeyesofhermomwassatisfactoryenoughtolastalifetime.ThismademebelievethatIwaswhereIneededtobeinmylife.【文章大意】

也許對大多數人來說，做一名舞蹈家遠比做一名護士更有吸引力。雖然“作者”最終選擇了后者，但她在人生的舞臺上同樣奉獻了一場最偉大的演出。1．A.cheatedB．allowedC．remindedD