Language points
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1.up to now: until now 直到现在；直到此刻，多用于现在完成时。
英汉互译：
直到此刻他仍保持沉默。
Up to now he has been quiet.
Up to now nobody has been able to work out this problem.
2. content
1)adj. 满足的，满意的；
2)vt. 使满足;
3)n.目录
4）n. 所含之物;内容;所容纳的东西;
She is content/satisfied with the job.
The content of the book is on Page 1.
I will show you the content of my bag.
Nothing contents her; she is always complaining.
be content /satisfied with sth /sb;
be content to do sth 做某事感到满意
翻译句子：
你对你的工作满意吗？
Are you content with your work?
她带在家里照顾孩子,感到非常满足.
She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children.
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3.You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as
find it… to do 发现做(某事)很……

她发现学好英语是很重要的。
She found it very important to learn English well.
能用于这种形式宾语结构的动词还有：feel, think, make 等等。
He makes it a rule to check his homework carefully.
I don’t think it possible to do it.
4……., leaving the family even worse off.
现在分词作结果状语，通常放在后半句， 有时为了突出结果，分词前加thus
Eg Her husband died, leaving her four children.
It snowed heavily last night, thus causing the traffic problems.
5. worse off 穷的，缺少的；境况更差。

I went to her home and found her living condition was______ _____＿＿＿＿＿.
我去她家一看，发现她的生活状况比我的更差。
worse off than mine
We shouldn’t complain about being poor ---many families are much worse off.
我们不应该因为穷而叫苦连天---许多人的家境更糟。
原形: badly off : 潦倒；穷困
反义词：well off 比较级 better off
他们贫困得根本谈不上度假。
They are too badly off to have a holiday.
实际上现在大多数人都比五年前要富裕。
In fact most people are______ _____ ____ they were five yeas ago.
better off than
6.entertain sb. (with sth.): 使 欢乐；款待
他在家里用美食招待客人。
He entertained the guests with delicious food.
The clown(小丑）entertained the children with all kinds of tricks.
这个消息令大家惊讶。
The news astonished everybody.
7.astonish vt. 使惊异；使大为吃惊
拓展
astonished adj 惊讶的
astonishing adj 令人惊讶的
astonishment n 惊讶
be astonished at sth.对…感到惊讶
be astonished to do sth.对…做感到惊讶.
be astonished that 从句 对……感到惊讶
in astonishment 惊奇地
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8…….carrying a walking stick.
现在分词作伴随状语。
Eg She sat there reading a newspaper.
The children walked on the way home ,singing and dancing.
动名词作定语，表示名词的用途。
a swimming pool= a pool for swimming
a reading room=a room for reading
a sleeping bag=
9. a social failure
failure U 失败 C 失败的人/事
1）Failure is the mother of success.
Success came after many failures.
2）He is a failure as an artist, but a success as an art teacher.
fail to do 做……失败 ；没做成 …..
succeed in doing sth
翻译句子：
I might pass, and I might fail.
我有可能及格，也有可能不及格。
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We succeeded in working out the problem.
我们成功的解决了这个问题。
他们成功地登上了山。
They succeed in climbing the mountain.
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10. in search of寻找
search常用的搭配：
　 search sb./sth. 搜查某人/某物
search for sb./sth. 搜寻某人/某物
search sp/sb. for…搜查某地/某人以寻找……
in search of 寻找
search out 发现
注意：

search sb.指“搜查某人”, 指对某人进行搜身。
search for sb.指“搜寻某人”, 指为了要找到某人进行搜寻, 相当于look for。例如：
11. pick out
1）挑选，选出
Please pick out the books that you’d like to read.
2)分辨出，辨认出
Can you pick out your sister in the crowd?
3)理解，领会
I couldn’t pick out what he really meant.
拓展
pick up 捡起 收听到 用车接 （无意中）习得 (生意，气候）好转
pick off 摘去
小练习
It took Mary a long time to ___a new dress at the store.
A pick up B pick out
C take up D take out
12. cut off
1)切下（剪下，砍下）
Mind you don’t cut your fingers off.
2)切断
他们上周把电切断了。
They cut off the electricity last week.
3)使 与外界隔绝
He was in hospital for 6 months. He felt as if he was cut off from the outside world.
他住院六个月。他觉得他好像与外面的世界隔绝了。
拓展
cut in 插嘴
cut up 切碎
cut down 砍到 削减
cut out 切除 切掉
小练习
With the electricity ___,all the machines stopped .
A cut off
B cut up
C was cut down
D was cut off
13.as if
14. convince vt 使 信服(详见学案）
重点用法
convince sb of sth使某人相信某事
convince sb to do 说服某人做某事
convince sb that 使某人相信…
How can I convince you of her honesty?
What he said convinced me that I was wrong.
convincing adj 令人信服的
He made a convincing speech.
他做了一个有说服力的演讲。
翻译句子：
他们试图说服他买一辆更便宜的汽车。
They tried to convince him to buy a cheaper car.
小练习
The girl’s speech was so ___that everyone was __of what she said.
A convinced; convincing
B convincing; convinced
C convinced; convinced
D convincing; convincing
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15. star in 主演， 在 中担任主角
她主演过大约30部影片。
She has starred in about 30 films.
小练习
It’s said that the famous film star Li lianjie is to ___the new film.
A star B be starred
C star in D starring in
summary
up to now
content
leaving the
worse off
entertain
astonish
carrying
failure
pick out
cut off
convince
star in
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