Unit3 A taste of English humour
核心單詞
1. content
adj. 滿意的，滿足的
vt. 使?jié)M意，滿足
n. 內(nèi)容；所包含之物
He is content despite his great poverty.
他雖然很窮，但很滿足。
Can you tell me the content of the box?
你能告訴我盒子裝的什么嗎？
常用結(jié)構(gòu)：
be/ feel content with=be satisfied /pleased with
對…… 滿意
be content to do sth.滿意/樂意做某事
content oneself with 使某人自己對……感到滿足
As there is no bread, we must content ourselves with pancakes.
因?yàn)闆]有面包了，我們只好吃煎餅了。
—Are you content with your present salary?
你對你現(xiàn)在的工資滿意嗎？
—No, not at all. 不，一點(diǎn)也不滿意。
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翻譯句子
①你對你現(xiàn)在的生活滿意嗎？ （原創(chuàng)）
②There is a table of contents at the front of the book.
答案: ① Are you content with your present life?
②書的前面有目錄。
2. entertain
vt.&vi. 使歡樂；招待；款待
He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes.
他給我們講故事、說笑話，讓我們高興了好幾個小時。
We were all entertained by his humorous stories.
他的幽默故事使我們大家都很開心。
常用結(jié)構(gòu)：
entertain sb.with sth. 用……使某人快樂
entertain sb. to sth. 用……招待/款待某人
I often entertain friends to dinner on Sundays.
我常在星期天請朋友們吃飯。
聯(lián)想拓展
entertaining adj. 使人愉快的；有趣的
entertainment n. 款待；請客；娛樂；消遣
an entertaining story/guest 一個有趣的故事/客人
高手過招
完成句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①這個孩子正在搭積木玩。
The child is his building blocks.
②那個鎮(zhèn)上幾乎沒有娛樂設(shè)施。
few in that town.
③這類機(jī)器人是為娛樂而設(shè)計(jì)的。
This type of robot is intended only .
答案: ①entertaining himself with ② There are; entertainments ③ for entertainment
3. failure
n.［U］失��；［C］失敗的經(jīng)歷；失敗的人或事
I became successful after many failures.
在多次失敗后，我終于成功了。
The new restaurant was a failure and soon closed.
那家新飯店經(jīng)營不善,不久便關(guān)門了。
聯(lián)想拓展
反義詞：success n.成功；成功的人或事
fail v. 失敗；不及格
fail in 失敗；不及格；不足；缺乏
fail to do sth. （表示否定）未能做某事；沒有
I failed to persuade him. 我沒能說服他。
高手過招
完成句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①At last, he was （了不起的成功者）, while she was （失敗者）.
②I （不能）see why you find it so amusing.
答案: ① a great success；a failure ② fail to
4. convince
vt. 使確信；使信服
常用結(jié)構(gòu)：
be convinced/sure of sth./that確信；堅(jiān)信
convince sb. to do sth. 說服某人做某事
convince sb. of sth./that 使某人相信……
We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane.
我們說服安妮乘火車而不是乘飛機(jī)去。
It’s hard to convince my family that we can’t afford a new car. 很難讓我的家人相信我們買不起新車。
聯(lián)想拓展
convincing adj. 有說服力的；令人信服的
convinced adj. 感到信服的；相信的
convincible adj.可被說服的，可喻之以理的
be convinced of sth./that 相信……
I am convinced of his honesty. 我對他的誠實(shí)深信不疑。
高手過招
單項(xiàng)填空 （原創(chuàng)）
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
①解析：選A。convince sb. of sth.意為“使某人相信某事”，符合句意。
②解析：選A。按照句意：他無法使他父親相信約翰說的是事實(shí)。convince 使信服，說服。常用于convince sb. of sth./that ...結(jié)構(gòu)。believe不能用于believe sb. that ...結(jié)構(gòu)；admit承認(rèn)，允許進(jìn)入，接納；display陳列，展覽，顯示。
5. direct
vt. &vi. 導(dǎo)演；指示；指揮
adj.直接的；筆直的；坦率的
He directed many Shakespearean plays in London.
他在倫敦導(dǎo)演過許多莎士比亞的戲劇。
常用結(jié)構(gòu)：
direct+ sb./ sth. +to do sth. 指示/命令某人/物做某事
Direct +that sb. (should) do sth.
sth. (should) be done
指示某人做某事（虛擬語氣）
The general directed that an advance (should)be made the next morning. 將軍命令部隊(duì)第二天早上向前挺進(jìn)。
聯(lián)想拓展
directly adv.直接地
direction n. 指導(dǎo)；方向
易混辨析
direct/directly
direct 是指不停步，不繞道，直奔目的地。
directly是指一種直接的方式，著重對事物的直接影響，不著重實(shí)際、距離；表示時間，指立刻，不拖延。
We flew direct from London to New York.
我們直接從倫敦飛到紐約。
You will hear everything directly you come.
你一就會聽到所有的情況了。
高手過招
選詞填空(direct/direction/directly) （原創(chuàng)）
①The next flight doesn’t go to Paris，it goes by way of Rome.
②He refused to answer my questions .
③We’ll come we have finished.
④He drove in the of the farm.
答案: ① direct ② directly ③directly ④ direction
6. particular
adj. 特別的，特殊的，挑剔的
常用結(jié)構(gòu)：
be particular about 對……挑剔
in particular = particularly 特別地，特殊地
He loves playing football in particular.
他特別喜歡踢足球。
易混辨析
particular/especial/special
particular特別的，特殊的，挑剔的,強(qiáng)調(diào)與眾不同的，特定的，個別的。
especial 特別的，主要的，突出的。 強(qiáng)調(diào)的是重要性，有“優(yōu)越，好感”之意。
special 專門的，特殊的，特別的。強(qiáng)調(diào)的是事物特有的性質(zhì)，性格或?qū)ｉT的目的，用途。
On that particular day, the door was opened. (強(qiáng)調(diào)平常沒有這種現(xiàn)象) 這扇門在特別的一天被打開了。
You need not be on diet but be on regulation especial for overfull.
你不必節(jié)食，但要飲食有度，不能吃得過飽。
You need a special tool to finish the task.
要完成這一任務(wù)，你需要專門的工具。
高手過招
單句改錯 （原創(chuàng)）
①She is very particular for her clothes.
②These documents are of particularly importance.
答案: ①for→ about/over ② particularly → particular
重點(diǎn)短語
7. badly off
窮的；處境差的；缺少的
I am quite badly off recently.
最近我經(jīng)濟(jì)上很拮據(jù)。
聯(lián)想拓展
be badly off for sth. 需要（某物）；（某物）供應(yīng)不足
worse off 境況更差；更窮困
well off 富裕；處境好
（比較級：better off境況更佳）
His health is worse off than before.
他的身體狀況比以前更糟糕了。
The refugees are badly off for blankets, and even worse off for food. 難民需要毯子, 更需要食物。
Capitalism can make you well off.
資本主義可以讓你變得富裕。
高手過招
單項(xiàng)填空
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•安徽泗縣一中檢測）
A. better off B. badly off
C. well off D. worse off
①解析：選C。句意為:雖然他很窮，但是他看不起有錢人。badly off在句中意為“窮困的”。
②解析：選D。句意為：我們不應(yīng)該抱怨貧窮，因?yàn)橛性S多家庭更加窮困。根據(jù)“貧窮”可以排除A、C兩項(xiàng)，much修飾比較級，所以選D。
8. cut off
切斷（水電的供應(yīng)）；中斷，打斷（談話）；隔離
The water supply has been cut off for several days in the city. 這個城市的水供應(yīng)已經(jīng)被切斷好幾天了。
They were cut off in the middle of their conversation on the phone. 他們在通電話時被中斷了。
When the city was cut off, everyone knew that the total defeat was certain. 當(dāng)城市被包圍時，大家都知道失敗已成定局。
聯(lián)想拓展
cut down 砍倒；消減，降低
cut in 插嘴
cut across 取捷徑；走近路
cut up 切碎
高手過招
單項(xiàng)填空
①He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he
was from the outside world.
（2010•01•東萊州檢測）
A. cut out B. cut off
C. cut up D. cut through
②With the electricity , all the machines stopped. （原創(chuàng)）
A. cut off B. cut down
C. was cut off D. was cut down
①解析：選B�？疾槎陶Z辨析。cut out刪去；cut off隔離，常與from連用；cut up切碎；cut through抄近路。由句意可知，選B項(xiàng)。
②解析：選A。the electricity 與cut off之間呈被動關(guān)系，所以用“with+ sth.+ done”的結(jié)構(gòu)。
9. pick out
挑出；選出；辨認(rèn)出某人或某物
She was picked out from hundreds of applicants for the job.
她是從數(shù)百位申請人里挑選出做這份工作的。
He picked out his sister from the crowd.
他從人群中認(rèn)出了他的姐姐。
聯(lián)想拓展
pick at 小口地吃
pick on 選擇；（作為挨罵或受罰對象）挑中（某人）
pick up 撿起；改良；進(jìn)步；增加；獲得；收聽
高手過招
單項(xiàng)填空
①This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can my father. （2010•01•陜西寶雞檢測）
A. find out B. pick out
C. look out D. speak out
②—How are you getting on with your business, Tom?
—I’m glad to say it is . （2010•1•陜西師大附中檢測）
A. picking up B. making up
C. taking up D. turning up
①解析：選B。表示從人群中“辨認(rèn)出”，用pick out，故選B。
②解析：選A。pick up在句中意為“有起色，好轉(zhuǎn)”。
重點(diǎn)句型
10. Not that Charlie’s own life was easy!
然而卓別林自己的生活也并不容易!
not that并非，倒不是說，用于句首或短語之前，表否定含義。
Who were you with last night? Not that I care, of course.
你昨晚和誰在一起？我當(dāng)然不計(jì)較。
高手過招
完成句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①ate had lost some weight— (我倒不關(guān)心).
(我并不是說這個很要緊), but how did you spend the money I gave you?
答案: ① not that I care ② Not that it matters
11. They are so hungry that they try boiling a pair of leather shoes for their dinner. 他們餓極了，只好煮了一雙皮鞋充饑。
so...that 如此……以至，在句中引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句。 so 為副詞，后跟形容詞或副詞。
易混辨析
so...that/such...that
so...that 中的so 為副詞，后跟形容詞或副詞。
such...that中的such 為形容詞，后跟名詞（名詞前可有形容詞修飾），當(dāng)that前面有many, much, few, little等詞修飾時，只能用so,不可以用such。
He became so angry that he couldn’t speak.
他變得很生氣，以至說不出話。
It was such a sunny day that we could go out for a walk.
天氣如此的晴朗，所以我們可以出去散步。
聯(lián)想拓展
①當(dāng)little意為“小”的時候，要用such,不用so。
It is such a little sheep that it can’t run fast.
這只綿羊如此的小以至于不能跑快。
②that 前面是單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，并且前面有形容詞修飾時，兩者可以互換使用。
He is such a kind man that we all like him.
=He is so kind a man that we all like him.
他如此善良以至于我們都喜歡他。
③so...that中的so位于句首時，要求后面的主句進(jìn)行部分倒裝。
So fast did he run that I couldn’t catch up with him.
他跑得如此快以至于我趕不上。
高手過招
單項(xiàng)填空
There is little water that it is not enough for many people. （2010•01•東青島模塊檢測）
such; so B. so; so C. such; such D. so; such
解析：選B。此處 little 意為“少”，所以第一個空要用so修飾；第二個空后面為many修飾名詞，故也用so。
12. Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak.
然后他把皮鞋上端的皮子切下，就像是切下一塊最好的牛排。
句中as if引導(dǎo)狀語從句。as if從句中的內(nèi)容有時有主觀想像或夸大性的比喻，此時從句中常用虛擬語氣。若從句中的動詞與主句謂語動詞同時發(fā)生，則從句謂語動詞用過去時；若先于主句則用過去完成時，若后于主句，則用過去將時。
He looks as if he were an artist.(同時)
他看起就像是一位藝術(shù)家。
He speaks English so fluently as if he had studied English in America.(先于)他說英語如此流利好像他在美國學(xué)過一樣。
He learns English so hard as if he would go to the USA.(后于)他學(xué)英語如此努力就像他會去美國一樣。
高手過招
完成句子
①那個小孩和我們談起話就像成年人似的。
The child talked to us .
②他的行為就像知道了事實(shí)似的。
He acts as if .
答案: ①as if he were an adult
② he had known the fact
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