Unit3 A taste of English humour
1. content
be/ feel content with=be __________/___________ with
be content____________.=__________________________满意/乐意做某事
①你对你现在的生活满意吗?
②There is a table of contents at the front of the book.
2. entertain
entertain sb.with sth. 用……使某人快乐
entertain sb. to sth. 用……招待/款待某人
联想拓展
____________ adj. 使人愉快的;有趣的
entertainment n. 款待;请客;娱乐;消遣
完成句子 (原创)
①I often entertain friends_______ ___________ on Sundays.
我常在星期天请朋友们吃饭。
②那个镇上几乎没有娱乐设施。
There few in that town.
③这类机器人是为娱乐而设计的。
This type of robot is intended only .
3. failure
The new restaurant was a failure and soon closed.
____________________一件令人吃惊的事
____________________一件快乐的事
____________________一个给人安慰的人或物
联想拓展
_________________. (表示否定)未能做某事;没有
I failed to persuade him.
①At last, he was (了不起的成功者), while she was ________ ________(失败者).
②I see why you find it so amusing. 我弄不懂你为什么觉得这个好笑。
4. convince
Sb be convinced of sth 某人确信;坚信
convince sb. to do sth. ____________________
convince sb. of sth ___________________
联想拓展
______________ adj. 有说服力的;令人信服的
______________ adj. 感到信服的;相信的
①It will be very difficult to them our innocence.
A. convince; of B. believe; in
C. convince; about D. believe; of
②He couldn’t his father that John was telling the truth.
A. Convince B. believe
C. Admit
D. display
5. particular
_________________________ 对……挑剔
in particular = ______________ 特别地,特殊地
Eg:He loves playing football in particular.
单句改错
She is very particular for her clothes.
②These documents are of particularly importance.
6. depress ___________
depressing____________
depressed ____________
Wet weather always __________ me.
The test results were very ______________.
His actions made me ___________.
7. badly off
be badly off for sth. 需要(某物);(某物)供应不足
worse off 境况更差;更穷困
well off 富裕;处境好
(比较级:better off境况更佳)
His health is worse off than before.
①Though he was , he looked down upon those who had a lot of money.
A. well of B. rich
C. badly off D. well–known
②We shouldn’t complain about being poor because many families are much .(2010·01·安徽泗县一中检测)
A. better off B. badly off
C. well off D. worse off
8. cut off
切断(水电的供应);中断,打断(谈话);隔离;包围
The water supply has been cut off for several days in the city. ________
They were cut off in the middle of their conversation on the phone.
When the city was cut off, everyone knew that the total defeat was certain.
当城市被__________时,大家都知道失败已成定局。
联想拓展
_________________ 砍倒;消减,降低
_________________ 插嘴
_________________ 取捷径;走近路
_________________ 切碎
单项填空
①He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he
was from the outside world.
(2010·01·山东莱州检测)
A. cut out B. cut off
C. cut up D. cut through
②With the electricity , all the machines stopped.
A. cut off B. cut down
C. was cut off D. was cut down
9. pick out
挑出;选出;辨认出某人或某物
He picked out his sister from the crowd.
联想拓展
________________ 捡起;改良;进步;增加;获得;收听
________________摘下
单项填空
①This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can my father. (2010·01·陕西宝鸡检测)
A. find out B. pick out
C. look out D. speak out
10. Not that Charlie’s own life was easy!
然而卓别林自己的生活也并不容易!
___________并非,倒不是说,用于句首或短语之前,表否定含义。
(原创)
Kate had lost some weight— (我倒不关心).
②_______ _______ I am unwilling to go with you, _____ that I am busy now.并不是我不愿跟你一起去,而是我现在很忙。
③I don’t want to buy the dress. ________ _______ I can’t afford it, ______ _____ I don’t like its color.
归纳:_____________________________不是因为……而是因为……,不是……而是……
11. occasion 时刻,场合
I have never seen such a great occasion.
On the occasion of the arrival of New Year, please accept my sincere greeting.
在______________________________________,请接受我最美好的祝福。
12. whisper .n .耳语;私语; vi.&vt 耳语低声说
______________ 向某人低声说
in a whisper = in whispers = in a low voice
It is / was whispered that 据秘密传闻……
I told them ____ _____ ______ what I had seen.我低声告诉他们我所所看到的情况。
He ____________ the news to me. 他私下告诉我这个消息。
13. up to now
=______________ =_______________ 句子用_____________
_______________________________时不时,偶尔
到现在为止,我见过他两次。____________________________________________
14.he has brightned the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.
In between_____________
There are too many TV advertisements ______ _______ _______ ________
这个电视节目中的广告太多了。