Unit 3 A taste of English humour

一、以旧识新

1. 表演；履行 v. _______________→表演；表现 n. ________________→表演者 n. ________________ 2. 使惊讶 vt. _____________→令人惊讶的 adj. _________________→惊讶的 adj. _________________ →惊讶 n.________________ 拓展：表 “使惊讶”的同义单词________________________________ 3. 幸运的 adj. _______________→幸运地 adv. ________________→不幸地 adv. ________________ →运气；财富 n. _______________ 短语：发财；赚大钱_______________________

4. 男演员 n. __________→女演员 n. ____________→导演 n. _____________→制片人 n. _____________ 5. 款待；娱乐 n. ____________→使欢乐；款待 v. ___________→有趣的；令人愉快的 adj. _____________ 翻译：他们收入的大约五分之一花在招待客人上。

6. 方向；指示n. _____________→导演；指示 v. ____________→导演；主任n. ______________ →直接地；径直地adv. _______________ 二、以义思词

1. _____________ very unhappy 2. _____________ not different or special 3. _____________ extremely large 4. _____________ very obvious; extremely good; excellent 5. _____________ to describe sth that is damaged and old because it has been used for a long time 6. _____________ having taken so much alcohol that it is impossible to speak or think clearly 7. _____________ a police officer whose job is to discover information about crimes and catch criminals 8. _____________ a movement that you make with your hands to show a particular meaning 9. _____________ to move easily over a smooth or wet surface 10. ____________ to invite people to eat or drink with you as your guests, especially in your home 三、同义词或词组替换

1. Are you satisfied with the result of experiment? ___________________ 2. So far, doctors have been able to do very little to treat this disease. _________________ 3. They were so poor at that time that they couldn’t afford to buy shoes for their children. __________________ 4. He acted the most important role in this film. ____________________ 5. After taking a drink of the bitter Chinese medicine, little Tom made a face. ____________ 6. See if you can recognize me in this photo. _______________________ 7. She managed to defeat her shyness, and stood up to answer the question. ______________ 8. Paris is always full of tourists, especially during the summer months._________________ 9. I get a lot of pleasure from my daughter. _________________ 10. I feel exhausted after working so long. ____________________ 四、单句填空

1. Oil prices ____________ (反应) sharply to the news of the crisis in the Middle East as expected. 2. She has already tried her best. Please don’t be too p___________ about her job. 3. ①You must c________ your food well before you swallow it.

②Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be ______ (咀嚼) and ________ (消化). 4. I prefer Shakespeare’s c____________ to his tragedies.

5. U_______________, her parents were out of work, leaving the family much ________________ (穷困的). 6. The comedian must have said something h___________ as the audience were laughing from beginning to end. 7. ①Do you find it funny to see someone __________ on a banana skin? ②Daniel _________ (悄悄溜走) out of the room when no one was looking.

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8. He made faces _______________ (逗笑) the crying baby.

9. ①I am on a tight ____________ (预算) , so I’m not going to fly unless the airlines lower ticket prices. ②The project was completed _________________ (未超预算) (短语)

10. Fog and rain is very common in the ____________ (多山的) areas near the border. 11. The disease spread rapidly _____________ (遍及) Europe.

12. ①I’ve seen Jana with them on several ______________ (时刻；场合). ②_______________ (偶尔) Alice would look up from her books.

③____________ (时刻；场合) are quite rare _________ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.

13. The long journey was dull and _________ (bore), so they played a game to relieve the __________ (bore). 14. The advertising campaign was a total __________ (fail).

15. ①What are you two ___________ (小声说) about over there? ②“Where are we going?” he asked in a ____________ (低声).

③In order not to let the others hear what he said, he w__________ the news to me.

16. —What about your task? —Oh. I’m optimistic about that. Up to now, the major work ____________ (finish). 五、重点词汇讲解

1. content vt. (使)满足；n. [u]满足，[pl]目录，所含之物，[s]含量；adj. 感到满足的

content oneself with sth. ______________ 对...感到满意________________ be content to do _______________ (1)我们不应该仅仅满足于书本的知识。__________________________________________________________ (2)He put ___________________________ (把包里的东西) on the table. (3)It’s advisable to look at the contents of a book before buying it. (翻译) (4)少吃些脂肪含量高的食物。

2. Read the following sentences and try to summarize the meanings of pick up. ①He picked up the phone and dialed the number. ______________ ②I picked up a few words of Greek when I was there last year. ______________ ③I will pick you up at the airport. ______________ ④I seem to have picked up a terrible cold from somewhere. ______________ ⑤We were able to pick up the BBC world service. ______________ 3. 切断；断绝 _____________

①She __________ a small piece of bread and gave it to me.

②With the electricity ____________, all the machines had to stop working. ③He was in hospital for six months. 他感觉好像与世隔绝了一般。____________________________________ 用cut的相关短语填空

1) The village was ____________ from the outside world by the heavy snow for days. 2) She always ___________ when other people are talking.

3) I won’ t have a cigarette, thanks—I’ m trying to _____________ on them. 4) We need to cut the article down ______ 500 words.

5) She ___________ the vegetables and then put them into the hot pot. 4. 使信服 _______________; 令人信服的 ______________

convince sb/oneself of sth /that从句________________ convince sb to do sth ________________ be (firmly) convinced of /that __________________ make sb. __________ (convince) of sth.让某人相信... ①他花费了很长时间才让我们相信他是清白的。

②你需要让你未来的老板相信你有做好这份工作的能力。

③There is no ___________________ (令人信服的解释) of the origin of the universe.

5. in a mess ___________ make a mess of sth. ______________ mess up ______________ ①The burglars (窃贼) left the house ______________. ②谁把厨房弄得一团糟？

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