A taste of English humour
Revision of vocabulary
Mr. Bean
humour
He_____(/sta:/) in a series of funny movies, which were ____ (/di’rekt/) by John Davies. And his movies aimed to_____(使娱乐) people as well as_____ (使相信) people that he was a master of humor. Absolutely, people_______(对…满足/满意) his performance.
Mr. Bean
Practice!
1). 根据中文或首字母提示，填写所缺单词的适当形式。
1.By the end of February schools are opened t___________ the country.
2.He is funny. He has a sense of ________.
3.If we work with a strong will, we can o_________ any difficulty, no matter how great it is.
4.The girl came in and ___________ something in the teacher’s ear.
5.He ___________ me of the difficulty of the work.
6.I found it ____________ (令人惊讶的) that the young player beat the chess master in the game.
7.I still remember her ____________ (特别的) way of smiling.
8.My family ____________ (款待) him as an honored guest.
9.Edward _________ on the ice and lost his balance.
10.After graduating from Peking University, he was __________ (幸运的) in having a good job.
throughout
humor
overcome
whispered
convinced
astonishing
particular
entertained
slid
fortunate
2).下列各句均有一处错误，请找出并改正。
Every student as well as teachers are very tired after a busy day.

4. He requested that we must offer some money to him.

3. He pick out the wrong sentences and corrected them.

4. With the electricity cut up, all the machines had to stop working.

5. The scientist is content to work here, but he isn’t content at this small success.
is
should
picked
off
with
3). 完成下列句子。
1.看着他惊讶的表情,我们很困惑。
_____________________________, we were confused.
2.他发现向父母解释自己的困境是很难的。
He found ____ _____ _____ ________his difficulties to his parents.
3. He is ___________ now. (他现在很富裕。)
4. 我对他的解释不满意。(be content with)
__________________________________________
5. 他是我们相信这个事实。
__________________________________________
Looking at his astonished looks
it hard to explain
well off
I am not content with his explanation.
He convinced us of the truth.
Who’s he ?
Charlie Chaplin
4）. 完成下面语法填空，注意单词拼写和词语用法：
Charlie Chaplin, born in a poor family, showed an (astonish) talent as a performer as soon as he could walk. __________ (不幸地), his father died young, leaving his family even (更穷的). In his teens, he could act the fool doing ordinary task, whom no one was bored watching. Later on, Chaplin ________(导演), produced and _______ in a series of funny movies, which made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more ________ with their lives. The little tramp, who was a (home) man with a moustache, large trousers, (穿破的) shoes and a small round black hat, was one of the most __________(杰出的，突出的) parts he had ever played.
astonishing
Unfortunately
worse off
directed
starred
content
worn
outstanding
Class is over. You are released.
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