必修4　Unit 3　A taste of English humor

　　單元知識預覽

　　項目 單詞及其詞性變化（語法填空必備）

　　重點單詞 1．humour nhumourous adj.幽默的 2．content adj. n．滿足 vt.使滿足 3．perform vperformer n．表演者；演出者→performance n．執行；演出

　　4．astonish vt.astonished adj.感到驚訝的→astonishing adj.令人感到驚訝的→astonishment n．驚訝 5．fortunate adj.fortune n．運氣，fortunately adv.幸運地 6．ordinary adj.7．entertain vt. & vi.entertaining adj.愉快的，entertainment n．娛樂 8．throughout prep.，

　　adv.到處；始終；全部 9．overcome vt. & vi.

　　10．convince vt.convinced adj.堅信不移的→convincing adj.令人信服的 11．direct vt. & vi. &adj.direction n．指導→director n．導演→directly adv. & conj.直接地，12．outstanding adj.13．gesture n vi.做手勢 14．particular adj. & n，particularly adv.特別地，15．occasion n

　　16．slide vt. & vi.()滑動；(使)滑行 n．滑；滑動；幻燈片 17．whisper n vt. & vi.低語；小聲說 18．react vi.reaction n．反應；回應

　　重點短語 1．up to now2．feel/be content with

　　3．badly off

　　4．pick out

　　5．cut off

　　6．star in

　　7．break into

　　8．worse off

　　9．hrough out the world

　　全世界 10．in search of

　　11．burst into

　　12．bring out

　　13．in the open air

　　，14．keep to

　　經典句型

　　（高考書面表達必備） 1．As Victor Hugo once said, Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”， and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.·雨果曾經說過，，。，·卓別林做得更好。

　　2．Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti. ，。3．Well, it certainly will be this morning， the man said, “because I happen to be flying it！”“哦！那今天上午肯定要晚點了，，

　　4．The tramp, a poor and homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn out shoes and a small round black hat.，，、，。必備語法（高級句型）

　　晨讀范文背誦

　　背誦這篇范文下面是一所國際學校的情況介紹。

　　學校位置： 方便，可直接坐16路公共汽車上下課教學情況： 實行小班制教學，每周24課時課外活動： 體育活動及其他各種活動可與同學分享生活： 與中國家庭生活在一起，可練習漢語并能更好地了解中國家庭的日常生活學費： 每月200元

　　[寫作內容]請你根據上面的介紹寫一篇短文，包括以下內容：學校的位置及學費要求；學生學習及生活情況。[寫作要求]只能使用5個句子表達全部的內容。[評分標準]句子結構準確，信息內容完整，篇章連貫。Here is an introduction to an international school in China, and compared with the other schools, it is a suitable one that you can go to. First, it is very convenient for you to get there by No. 16 bus and next, the classes are very small. There are 24 teaching hours a week and after class, you can enjoy sports and activities with other students. Staying with a Chinese family will provide you with a chance to practise your Chinese and know more about the Chinese family life. The time will suit you and only 200 yuan is paid per month.

　　語言知識精析

　　重點單詞精講

　　考點1．content adj.滿足的，滿意的 n．內容；目錄；容量；滿意；滿足 vt.使滿足

　　【教材原句】I am content with my job，my home，and my family.我對我的工作，住所和家庭都非常滿意。

　　【例句研讀】

　　（1）That rich man is tired of city life，so he is content to live in the country.那位富人厭倦了城市生活，于是他愿意生活在鄉下。

　　（2）We should never content ourselves with book knowledge only.我們永遠不要僅僅滿足于書本知識。

　　【歸納拓展】

　　be content withbe satisfied with 對……感到滿足/滿意 be content to do sth.＝be willing to do sth.愿意做某事 content sb./oneself with sth. 使某人/自己對……滿意 in content and form 在內容和形式上

　　【即時鞏固】

　　(1)Are you ____________ your present salary(2)My parents ________________________ in the country.我父母甘愿住在鄉下。(3)Simple praise is enough to ____________.一點點表揚就足以使他滿足。(4)Show me __________________ your suitcase.給我看看你手提箱里的東西。

　　考點2．astonish vt.

　　【教材原句】You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk.你可能會感到驚奇，查理剛會說話時大人就教他唱歌，剛會走路時大人就教他跳舞。

　　【例句研讀】

　　(1) It astonishes me that he could be so thoughtless.我真沒有料到他會如此輕率。

　　(2) Instead，he was astonished to_discover the opposite.然而，他很吃驚地發現正相反。(3) To our great astonishment，the boss wasn't astonished at the astonishing news at all.

　　使我們非常吃驚的是，老板對這個令人吃驚的消息一點也不吃驚。【歸納拓展】

　　astonishing adj. astonished adj. 感到十分驚訝的 astonishment n. 驚訝 to one‘s astonishment 使某人萬分驚訝的是 in astonishment 驚訝地 be astonished at/by sth. 因某事而吃驚 be astonished to do sth. 因干某事而吃驚

　　【即時鞏固】

　　(1)We __________________ the news of her sudden death.。(2)It ____________ us to hear that you did not receive our letter. 聽說你還沒收到我們的信，。(3)It was an ____________ story.這故事令人驚訝不已。

　　考點3．convince vt.使信服，使確信

　　【教材原句】The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted! 查理的表演是那么有說服力，以至于你會相信這頓飯是他所吃過的最美味的一餐！

　　【例句研讀】

　　(1) We were able to convince the students of the need for wider reading.我們能讓學生們認識到廣泛閱讀的必要性。 (2) I am convinced that sooner or later we will succeed.我確信我們遲早會成功的。(3)His convincing words finally convinced me，and I was convinced that he was innocent.他令人信服的話最終說服了我，我相信他是無辜的。【歸納拓展】

　　convincing adj.convinced adj.確信的；深信的；堅信的 convince sb. of sth. 說服某人相信某事 convince sb. that... 使某人信服(相信) be convinced of... 確信…… be/feel firmly convinced that... 確信；篤信；堅信……

　　【即時鞏固】

　　(1)We finally ____________ them ______ our adventure.We finally ___________ them ____________ our adventure. 我們最終令他們信服了我們的冒險經歷。(2)Her smile ___________ him ______ she was happy. 她的微笑使他確信她快樂。(3)They __________________ the result of the experiment finally.他們最終相信了實驗結果。(4)I __________________ his guilt.我確信他有罪。

　　(5)There is now ____________ evidence that smoking causes lung cancer.。考點4．direct vt.& vi.導演；指示；指揮 adj.直的；直接的；直率的

　　【教材原句】Charlie Chaplin wrote，directed and produced the films he starred in.

　　查理·卓別林自編、自導、自制他主演的電影。

　　【例句研讀】

　　(1) Could you direct me to Trafalgar square，please?你能告訴我去特拉法爾加廣場怎么走嗎？

　　(2) His boss directed_him_to_cancel the meeting.他的老板指示他取消這次會議。(3) At the sound of the gun，the birds flew in_all_directions．聽到槍聲，鳥兒四處飛去。【歸納拓展】

　　direct sth. to/towards sth./sb. direct sth. at/against sth./sb.(某方向或某人) direct sb. to sp. 給某人指路，direct sb. to do sth. 指示/命令某人做某事 that 從句(用虛擬語氣) the direct road/train 直通道路/直達列車

　　be in direct contact with sb. 與某人有直接的聯系 go direct to sp. 直接去某地

　　【即時鞏固】

　　(1)She prefers to ______ rather than ______.，。(2)The police officers had __________________ search the building.

　　警察奉命搜查這棟大樓。(3)The judge _________ that the mother be given custody of the child. 法官判決這孩子由母親照管。考點5．occasion n．時刻；場合

　　【教材原句】On one occasion in a restaurant he ordered a steak tartare.

　　在一個飯店場景里，他訂了一份韃靼牛排。

　　【例句研讀】

　　(1) I have on occasion visited her at home.有時我登門拜訪她。 (2) Occasionally，Alice would look up from her books.艾麗絲偶爾從書本中抬起頭來。

　　【歸納拓展】

　　(1)on occasion(s)偶爾；有時；偶然

　　on the occasion of在……的時候have (no) occasion to do有(沒)理由做……

　　(2)occasionally adv.偶爾【溫馨提示】　occasion，point，situation，state，position，state等詞后跟定語從句并在定語從句中作狀語時，occasion后常用when引導，而其他幾個詞常用where引導定語從句。【即時鞏固】(1) Describe an occasion _______ you had to give a presentation to an audience. (2) Occasions are quite rare ____ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.

　　考點6．entertain vt.款待，招待；使快樂

　　【教材原句】No one was ever bored watching him -his subtle acting made everything entertaining. 看他的表演沒有人會感到無聊——他巧妙的表演使得一切都那么滑稽可笑。

　　【例句研讀】(1) He entertained us with stories curious and weird.他用稀奇古怪的故事逗我們笑。

　　(2) I'll entertain the guests to films.

　　【歸納拓展】

　　entertaining adj. entertainment n. 招待，款待，娛樂 entertain sb. with sth. 用……使某人快樂 entertain sb. to sth. 用……招待/款待某人 give an entertainment to sb. 招待某人

　　【即時鞏固】

　　(1)He often __________ the children ______ funny expressions. 。(2)I usually _________ my friends ______ dinner on Sundays. 我常在星期天請朋友們吃飯。(3)It’s not a very serious film, but a good _______________. 這不是一部嚴肅的電影，。

　　考點7．overcome v.

　　【教材原句】This character was a social failure but was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties. 這個角色是個社會生活中的失敗者，但他樂觀的精神和戰勝困難的決心使他受到人們的喜愛。

　　【例句研讀】

　　The dead woman had been overcome by smoke.這個女人是被煙嗆死的。 【歸納拓展】

　　be overcome by sth.，be overcome with emotion/excitement/horror/grief因情感/興奮/恐怖/悲傷而不能自持

　　【即時鞏固】

　　(1)In the final game Sweden easily ____________ France.，。(2)Her parents __________________ grief at the funeral. 在葬禮上她的父母悲痛欲絕。

　　重點短語精講

　　考點1．pick out挑出；辨別出

　　【教材原句】Then he picks out the lace of the shoe and eats it as if it were spaghetti.

　　然后他挑出鞋帶來吃，像是吃意大利面一樣。

　　【例句研讀】

　　(1) I'd finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine.我早早完成了一份練習題，拿起一本《Time for Kids》雜志來讀。

　　(2) The fruiters picked out their stock of peaches and removed the over－ripe ones.水果商在桃子的存貨中把過熟的揀了出來。(3) She failed to pick up on the humour in his remark.她沒有領悟他話中的幽默。【歸納拓展】

　　pick on (某人或某物)作受罰(挨罵、)的對象 pick up 拾起，，pick off 摘下，(或有選擇地)瞄準射中

　　【即時鞏固】

　　(1)Let me ____________ some good ones for you.。(2)It's easy to __________________ in a crowd because he is very tall. 很容易從人群中辨認出他，。(3)The bus ____________ passengers outside the airport. 公共汽車在機場外接乘客。

　　考點2．badly off窮的，缺少的

　　【例句研讀】

　　（1）We are too badly off to have a holiday.我們太窮，沒有錢度假。

　　（2）The school is rather badly off for equipment.學校相當缺乏設備。

　　【歸納拓展】

　　be badly off ，be badly off for sth. 某物短缺，be short of/lack of be well off 有錢的，be well off for sth.某方面是充裕的

　　【即時鞏固】

　　(1)I have got a big room so I‘m not too____________.，。(2)His family is not ____________. 他家境不太富裕。(3)We _______________ for storage space in the new offices.我們的新辦公室里有很多貯藏東西的地方。(4)She ______________ for friends. 她缺少朋友。

　　(5)I went to his home and found his living conditions were ____________ than mine.，。考點3．cut off (常跟 from)，中斷

　　【例句研讀】

　　We were completely cut off from the outside world.。

　　【歸納拓展】

　　cut across cut away 切掉，，cut down 砍倒；(疾病等)奪去生命；削減，，cut in 插嘴；突然插入 cut into halves/pieces 切成兩半/切碎 cut out 切掉；刪掉 cut up

　　切碎，，【即時鞏固】

　　(1)I had my hair ____________ and sold it.。(2)Just when she had reached the most important point we ______________. 她剛剛講到最要緊的地方，。經典句型剖析

　　考點1 【教材原句】Unfortunately his father died，leaving_the_family_even_worse_off，so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.不幸的是他的父親去世了，使得他的家境更加艱難，因此，卓別林童年時期都在照顧他生病的母親和弟弟。

　　【句法分析】leaving the family even worse off為現在分詞短語作結果狀語。

　　現在分詞作結果狀語常表示意料、情理之中的結果，而不定式作結果狀語常表示出乎意料的結果。

　　【例句研讀】

　　(1) No place is safe from greedy fishermen who take both males and females, leaving few fish to produce young.

　　沒有安全的地方能躲避捕魚者，他們既捕公魚，也捕母魚，使得幾乎沒有魚可以繁殖。

　　(2) He hurried to the bus stop，only to be told the bus had left.他匆匆地去了車站，結果被告知車已經離開。

　　【即時鞏固】

　　(1) 那場大火持續了近一周，沒有剩下什么值錢的東西。

　　The fire lasted nearly a week，__________________________________．

　　(2) A few men were quarrelling noisily at midnight， almost everyone in the building.幾個人在半夜吵架，幾乎把大樓里所有的人都吵醒了。

　　考點2

　　【教材原句】The tramp, a poor and homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn－out shoes and a_small_round_black_hat. 這個流浪漢，一個留著小胡子的窮苦的無家可歸的人，穿著大褲子、破鞋子，頭頂著黑色的小圓帽。

　　【句法分析】a small round black hat 中的 hat前有三個形容詞做定語，(冠詞、、、不定代詞)＋數詞(序數詞、基數詞)＋描繪性形容詞(nice, good, interesting, beautiful...)＋特征形容詞(大小、長短、高低、形狀、年齡、新舊)＋顏色形容詞＋國籍、出處＋物質、材料＋用途、類別＋中心名詞。我們可以用下面的一段順口溜來幫助記憶： 限定描繪大長高，形狀年齡和新老。 ，。

　　【例句研讀】

　　（1）All these last few years所有這些逝去的歲月

　　（2）Some beautiful little red flowers一些美麗的小紅花

　　（3）The first beautiful white Chinese military jeep第一輛漂亮的白色中國軍用吉普車

　　【即時鞏固】

　　—Is it Jim who is driving the new car? —Probably. I know he has recently bought a ______ car. A．shiny black German

　　Bblack shiny German C．shiny German black

　　Dblack German shiny

　　考點3

　　Sb. happens to do sth.

　　【教材原句】Well, it certainly will be this morning，” the man said, “because I happen_to_be flying it！”“啊，那今天上午肯定要晚點了，”那人說，“因為碰巧我要駕駛那班飛機！”

　　【句法分析】

　　happen to do/be

　　Sb. happens to do sth.可以轉換成 It happens that sb. does sth.，【例句研讀】