必修4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour词汇学案

Unit 3 A taste of English humour词汇学案1.humour n. 幽默，诙谐→adj.幽默的，诙谐的2. content vt. (使)满足；满意n.[u]满足；内容adj.感到满足的content oneself with sth. 满足或满意於某事be/feel content with 对……感到满足be content to do sth. 愿意做某事[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词或翻译。

1). Simple praise is enough to ______ him.2). I like the style of the book but I don’t like the ______.3). She ______ ______ ______(感到非常满足)stay at home looking after her children.3、astonish vt. 使惊诧；使吃惊→adj.令人惊讶的→adj. 感到惊讶的be astonished at/by sth. 因/被……感到惊讶be astonished that 对感到惊讶be astonished to do sth. 对做某事感到惊讶It astonishes sb. that 令某人惊讶的是[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。

1). It astonished me ______ no one has thought of this before.2). We were _______ (astonish) that he appeared at the party.3). I find _______ quite _______ (astonish) that none of you like the play.4). 这个消息令大家惊讶。

4. fortunate adj.幸运的，侥幸的→adv.幸运地，幸亏→adv.不幸地→n.(大量) 财产，大笔的钱(可数)；运气，命运make one's fortune发财e.g.他在叔父去世时得到了一大笔财产。

___________________________________________________________________.5. badly off 过得很差；穷的；缺少的[做表语或定语]反义词：well off 过得很富；富的；富有的[做表语或定语]1). In the old days people ______ ______ ______ (过得很差).2). Though he is always wearing old clothes, he is ______ ______ ______ ______ (并不如你想的那么穷) as you think.3). In fact most people are_______ _______ _______(要富裕)they were five yeas ago.4).他们贫困得根本谈不上度假。

6. ordinary adv. 平常的，普通的【辨析】common意为“普通的，平常的”，指常见的，常发生的，不足为奇的。

usual意为“通常的，习惯性的”，可用于一切频繁发生的事情。

ordinary意为“通常的，普通的，日常的，随时都可以碰到的”，与common意思接近。

【练习】用common，usual，ordinary填空。

1). He arrived later than _______.2). Rabbits and foxes are _______ in Britain.3). Tom Sawyer was a/an _______ American boy who kept getting into trouble.4). Our _______ workday is eight hours.5). He’ s not an officer, but a/an ________ soldier.7. entertain vt.使欢乐；款待→adj.愉快的；有趣的→n. 娱乐；款待entertain sb. with sth./by doing sth. 用某物/通过做某事使某人欢乐[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。

1). He entertained us for hours ________ (介词) his stories and jokes.2). He fell in the water, much to the _________ (entertain) of the children.3). We hired a magician to keep the children _________ (entertain).4). 昨晚鲍勃和利兹设宴招待了我们。

8. pick out 挑出；辨别出pick out sb./sth. from...... 从……中挑出/辨别出某人/物pick up 捡起；让某人搭车；继续；摔倒后站起来；便宜地买到；接收(节目)；无意中学会[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的短语。

1). She _______ _______ _______ from thousands of applicants for the job.2). We’ ll _______ _______ where we finished yesterday.3). She soon _______ _______ French when she went to live in France.4). _______ _______ those books that you’d like to read.辨析pick up ____________pick off______________ pick at_______________9. cut off 切断(供应等)；断绝(联系等)cut短语归纳翻译：cut down cut in cut upcut sth in half/two cut sth into halves/thirds/quarters[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的cut短语或介词。

1). The village was ________ ________from the outside world by the heavy snow fordays.2). She always ________ ________ when other people are talking.3). I won’ t have a cigarette, thanks --- I’ m trying to ________ ________ on them.4). He was asking 400 for the car, but we cut him down ________ (介词)￡350.5). She ________ ________ the vegetables and then put them into the hot pot.10. convince vt. 使信服；使确信adj. 令人信服的convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事convince sb. that 使某人相信be convinced of / that坚信……；确信……1). I soon convinced him ______ (介词) my innocence.2). What convinced you _______ (vote) for them?3). I’m ________ (convince) that he is guilty.4). That was the most _______ (convince) I had ever heard.5).我们说服了他坐火车去，不要搭飞机去。

11. direct vt.&vi.导演，指示，指挥adj.直的，直接的，直率的adv.径直地direct...at/towards sb./sth.把……指向某人/事direct sb. to a place 指引某人到某处direct sb. to do sth. 指示/命令某人做某事direct (that) sb./sth. (should) do/be done 指示/命令某人/事做/被做……1). He was directed _______ (介词) a table beside the window.2). The judge directed that the mother _______ (give) custody of the children.3). There was a police officer _______ (direct) the traffic.12. star in 在……主演；担任主角star sb (in sth.) 使某人担任主角；由某人主演1). Ben Kingsley ________ ________ the film “Gandhi”.2).她将主演一部新影片。

13.particular adj.特殊的，特别的adv. 特殊地，特别地【辨析】specially = on purpose故意地；专门地(不是为了别的，而只是为了某一目的而专门采用的某种方式。

如：I came here specially to see you. 我特地到这儿来看你。

especially = particularly = in particular = in especial特别地；尤其是；特别是，通常用来对前面所叙述的事情作进一步说明或补充，是有意突出到显眼或例外的程度，强调“超过其他，与众不同”，在介词或连词前用得较多。

如：I like Harbin, especially in summer. 我喜爱哈尔滨，尤其是哈尔滨的夏天。

【练习】用specially，especially，particularly填空。

1). I like my hometown, _______ in spring.2). These shoes were _______ made for you.3). A committee has been _______ appointed to look into the matter.4). We did very well in this exam, _______ our monitor.14. whisper v.&n. 耳语；私语；密谈whisper sth. 小声说某事whisper to sb. 小声对某人说whisper sth. to sb. 小声对某人说某事whisper to sb. that… 小声对某人说……whisper that… 小声说……It is whispered that… 据说……[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。