Unit 3 A taste of English humour
【诵读·积累】
幽默可以说是一种优美的、健康的品质, 它能使人们平淡的生活充满情趣, 是生活的润滑剂和开心果。可以说, 哪里有幽默, 哪里就有活跃的气氛；哪里有幽默, 哪里就有笑声和成功的喜悦。请用120个词左右论述一下幽默的作用。
A sense of humour is universally considered a most valuable personality. A person without humour is just like a spring without flowers.
Humour can improve physical as well as mental wellbeing. It helps us bear our burdens, lessen our tension, and overcome our frustration. With a piece of joke, all our worries and sadness disappear like smoke, and we are full of energy once again.
Humour helps us live in harmony with others. It is unavoidable to have misunderstanding with others during work and study, but humour can ease these problems quicker than angry words or quarrels. With it you can always keep on good terms with others.
A sense of humour is really one of the keys to happiness. It gives fun to life to make it worth living.
【尝试运用】
词汇翻译
幽默感 ________________
战胜挫折 ________________________
充满精力 ____________
与……关系好 ___________________
a sense of humour
overcome one’s frustration
full of energy
on good terms with. . .
句式演练
①落日恰如一幅画。(just like)
The sunset is just like a picture.
②科学种田是进一步发展农业的关键。(the key to)
Scientific farming is the key to further development of agriculture.
Ⅰ. 单词盘点
核心速记
1. _______ (adj. ) 满足的; 满意的
(n. ) 满足
(vt. ) 使满足
2. ________ (adj. ) 平常的；普通的
3. __________ (prep. ) 遍及；贯穿
(adv. ) 到处；始终；全部
content
ordinary
throughout
4. _____(adj. ) 用旧的；用坏的; 破烂的
5. ______ (n. ) 失败(者)
6. _________ (vt. & vi. ) 战胜；克服
7. ________ (n. ) 时刻；场合
8. ____ (vt. & vi. ) (使)滑动；(使)滑行
(n. ) 滑；滑动；幻灯片
9. _______(n. ) 耳语；低语
(vt. & vi. ) 低语; 小声说
worn
failure
overcome
occasion
slide
whisper
联想串记
10. _______ (n. ) 幽默；滑稽→__________ (adj. )幽默的
11. _________ (n. )表演者；演出者→________ (vt. )执行；表
演→____________(n. )执行；演出
12. ________ (vt. ) 使惊诧→__________ (adj. )令人感到惊讶的
→____________ (n. )惊诧；震惊
13. _________ (adj. )幸运的；吉利的→____________ (adv. )(反
义词)不幸地→_______ (n. )运气, 财富
14. ________(vt. & vi. ) 使欢乐；款待→_____________ (n. )娱
乐→___________ (adj. )有趣的；愉快的
15. ________ (vt. ) 使信服→__________ (adj. )令人信服的
humour
humourous
performer
perform
performance
astonish
astonishing
astonishment
fortunate
unfortunately
fortune
entertain
entertainment
entertaining
convince
convincing
16. ______ (vt. & vi. )导演；指示；指挥(adj. )直的；直接的；
直率的→________ (n. )指导; 方向→_______ (n. )导演
→_______ (adv. & conj. )直接地, 径直地；一……就……
17. _________(adj. )特殊的; 特别的(n. )细节; 细目→
___________ (adv. )特殊地；特别地
18. _____ (vi. )作出反应, 回应→________(n. )反应, 回应
direct
direction
director
directly
particular
particularly
react
reaction
Ⅱ. 短语互译
1. 强行闯入, 进入 _________
2. 直到现在 _________
3. 挑出, 辨别出 _______
4. 切断；断绝 ______
5. feel/be content with ___________
6. badly off ____________
7. star in ______________
break into
up to now
pick out
cut off
对……满足
穷的, 缺少的
担任主角, 主演
Ⅲ. 句型透视
1. it作形式宾语
You may ________________(发现它是令人震惊的)that
Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and
dance as soon as he could walk.
2. “v. -ing形式”作结果状语
Unfortunately his father died, __________________________
___ (使得家境更加贫困), so Charlie spent his childhood looking
after his sick mother and his brother.
find it astonishing
leaving the family even worse
off
3. as引导的时间状语从句
______________(随着时间的推移), he began making films.
4. “so. . . that”结构
They are _____________(如此饥饿以至于)the little tramp tries
boiling one of his leather shoes for dinner.
5. as if引导的状语从句
Then he picks out the lace of the shoe and eats it ___________
(好像它是) spaghetti.
As time went by
so hungry that
as if it
were
Ⅳ. 语篇完形
Charlie Chaplin, born in a poor family, showed an
1. __________ talent as a performer as soon as he could walk.
2. _____________, his father died young, 3. _______ his family even worse off. In his teens, he could act the fool doing
4. ________ everyday tasks. No one was 5. ______ watching him.
astonishing
Unfortunately
leaving
ordinary
bored
Later on, Chaplin directed, produced and 6. _______ in a series of funny movies, which made people laugh at a time when they felt 7. _________, so they could feel more 8. _______ with their lives. The little tramp, who was a homeless man with a moustache, large trousers, 9. ________ shoes and a small round black hat, was one of the most 10. ___________ parts he had ever played.
starred
depressed
content
worn-out
outstanding
1. 选词填空
(1)We shouldn’t complain about being poor—many families are much ________. (worse off/better off)
(2)The data we have collected is not enough to be __________. (convinced/convincing)
worse off
convincing
(3)There was a police officer ________ the traffic. (directed/directing)
(4)Hawking is one of the ___________ scientists in the world,
who puts forward the new theory of the black hole. (outstand/outstanding)
(5)You work hard to keep everyone __________, and you
enjoy it as much as they do. (entertained/entertaining)
directing
outstanding
entertained
2. 选用句型透视中的句式仿写句子
(1)您可能会发现, 令人兴奋的是您只要上网就可以与在另外城市的朋友取得联系。
You may _____________ that you can get in touch with your friends in other cities as soon as you get online.
(2)母亲死后, 留下两个孩子。
The mother died, _________________________
(3)他是如此精力集中地看书, 以至于忘了吃饭。
He was ____________________________ he even forgot his dinner.
find it exciting
leaving two children behind.
so concentrated on his book that
1. content adj. 满意的, 满足的
n. 满足, 满意；内容, 含量
vt. 使满足
(1)be content to do sth. 乐于做某事
be content with. . . 对……满足/满意
be content that. . . 对……满足/满意
(2)content sb. /oneself with sth. 使某人/自己满足于某事
①He got a new job in a hotel and he was content with it.
他在一家旅馆里得到一份新工作并对此很满意。
②She dropped her purse and the contents fell out on the floor.
她的钱包掉了, 里面的东西散落在地板上。
③That rich man is tired of city life, so he is ____ _______ __ ____ in the country.
那位富人厌倦了城市生活, 因此他很愿意生活在乡下。
④As he had to drive home after the party, he _________ _______ ____ two glasses of beer.
由于聚会后要开车回家, 所以他只喝了两杯啤酒就心满意足了。
well
content
to
live
contented
himself
with
2. astonish vt. 使惊诧；使吃惊
(1)be astonished at/by sth. 因/对某事感到惊讶
be astonished to do sth. 对做某事感到惊讶
It astonishes sb. that 令某人惊讶的是
be astonished that 对……感到惊讶
(2)to one’s astonishment 令某人惊讶的是
astonishing adj. 令人惊讶的
astonished adj. 感到惊讶的
①The news astonished everybody.
这个消息令大家惊讶。
②I was astonished to hear the loud sound.
我被那巨大的声响吓了一跳。
③She gave him an astonished look.
她惊讶地看了他一眼。
④We _____ __________ __ the news of her sudden death.
她突然去世的消息使我们震惊。
⑤__ __________ ___ that no one had thought of this before.
以前谁也没想到这一点, 这让我感到惊讶。
were
astonished
at
It
astonished
me
【高考链接】
(2010·辽宁高考)We were astonished _____ the temple still in its original condition.
A. finding B. to find
C. find D. to be found
【解析】选B。句意：我们吃惊地发现那座庙仍然还是原来的状况。在glad, surprised, sorry, angry, happy 等表情绪变化的形容词后要用不定式表原因, 而不用分词, 所以排除A、C两项, find 这个动作是逻辑主语主动发出的, 所以要用不定式的主动形式, 故选B。
3. entertain (vt. &vi. )使欢乐；款待
(1)entertain sb. with sth. /by doing sth.
用某物/通过做某事使某人欢乐
entertain sb. to sth. 用……招待/款待某人
entertain oneself 自娱自乐
(2)entertaining adj. 使人愉快的；有趣的
entertainment n. 款待；请客；娱乐；消遣
①Children’s television program not only entertains but also teaches kids.
儿童电视节目不仅有娱乐性而且还有教育意义。
②Could you entertain the children for an hour when I make supper?
我做晚饭时, 你能哄孩子们玩一个小时吗?
③Bob and Liz __________ us __ dinner last night.
昨晚鲍勃和利兹设宴招待了我们。
entertained
to
4. convince vt. 使确信；使信服
(1)convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事
be convinced of sth. /that 确信；坚信；深信
convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事
(2)convinced adj. 坚定不移的；有坚定信仰的
convincing adj. 令人信服的
①I managed to convince them that the story was true.
我设法使他们相信那个故事是真的。
②There is now convincing evidence that smoking causes lung cancer. 现在有令人信服的证据证明吸烟导致肺癌。
③You need to ________ your interviewer __ your ability to master the work.
你需要让你的面试官相信你有驾驭这份工作的能力。
④His mother has been trying to ________ ____ __ ___ a doctor.
他妈妈一直设法说服他去看医生。
convince
of
convince
him
to
see
5. direct vt. &vi. 导演；指示；指挥
adj. 直的；直接的；直率的
adv. 直接地
(1)direct sb. to a place 指引某人到某处
direct sb. to do sth. 指示/命令某人做某事
direct. . . at/towards sb. /sth. 把……指向某人/事
direct (that) sb. /sth. (should) do/be done
指示/命令某人/事做/被做
(2)direction n. 方向；指导；指挥；(常用复
数)说明书
in every direction＝ in all directions
朝四面八方
in the direction of 朝……方向
at/under the direction of sb. 在某人的指导下
(3)directly adv. 直接地, 立即
conj. 一……就(常用于引导时
间状语从句)
①The judge directed that the child (should) be taken good care of by his mother.
法官判决孩子由母亲好好照看。
②He directed many Shakespearian plays in London.
他在伦敦导演过许多莎士比亚的戏剧。
③His boss ________ ____ __ cancel the meeting.
他的老板指示他取消这次会议。
directed
him
to
④Can you ______ ___ __ the station?
你告诉我到车站怎么走好吗?
⑤He realized that he was heading __ ___ ____