1、人教课标 高一 必修 4Unit 3,A taste of English humour,1. content仔细阅读下列句子，并试着总结content的含义及用法。1) Most of his poems have a lot of political content. content n. 意为“（作品等的）内容（与形式相对）”2) High daytime temperatures increase the sugar content of the grapes. content n. “含量”,3) Now my grandmother began to live in peace a
2、nd content. content n. “ 满足，心满意足”，不可数名词4) I always read the contents of a book before judging it. content n.意为“目录”5) Can you give a description of the contents of your lost wallet? content n.“里面的东西，内容” ， 常用复数形式zxxk,6) Great people are never content with small success.7) Being tired of city life, she
3、 is content to live in peace in the countryside. content adj.，意为“_” ，be content with .意为“_”，be content to do sth.愿意做某事。,满意的，满足的,对满足,8) Martina contented herself with a bowl of soup.9) My apology seemed to content him. content v.，意为“满足，使满足” ，content oneself with sth.使自己满足于。,翻译下列句子。1. 我们不应该使自己仅仅满足于课本知
4、识。 We should not content ourselves with book knowledge only. 2. 我愿意等候。 I was / am content to wait.,区别: content; contented; satisfiedcontent与contented意思接近, 指“虽然各种愿望没有实现, 但人应安于现状不再多求”, content 一般作表语, 而contented一般作定语; satisfied指“愿望、渴望或需求都得到了满足, 因而心满意足了”。,2. astonish to surprise sb. greatly 使（某人）吃惊， 震惊。
5、比surprise的语气要强。 The earthquake astonished me. 地震使我惊慌失措。 be astonished 吃惊 I was astonished to see her in Australia. 我在澳大利亚见到她，很惊异。,be astonished+ at (by) /to do/that 被(因)惊吓She was astonished to find he was drunk. 发现他喝醉了, 她很吃惊。He was much astonished that you had failed. 你居然失败，他大感惊讶。I was astonished at
6、/by the news. 这消息使我大吃一惊。Zxx,k,astonishing adj. 令人吃惊的 an astonishing remark 惊人之语astonishment n. 惊异；惊愕；惊奇in astonishment 愕然， 吃惊地 如：She stared at me in astonishment. 她吃惊地瞪着我。,to ones astonishment 令惊异的是 如：To our astonishment the little boy swam across the river. 令我们惊奇的是那小男孩居然游过了那条河。,3. entertain仔细阅读下列句子
7、，并试着总结entertain的含义及用法。1) We were all entertained by his humourous stories. entertain作_词，意为“使欢乐，使有兴趣”,动,2) They often entertained their friends on weekends.3) Barbecues are a favourite way of entertaining friends. “_”拓展 entertainment n. 招待，款待，娱乐entertaining adj. 有趣的，娱乐的，愉快的,招待，款待,用entertain的适当形式填空。1.
8、 Every summer they _ the neighbours at an outdoor party. 2. Childrens TV programmes nowadays are much more _.,entertain,entertaining,4. badly off仔细阅读下列句子，并试着总结badly off的含义及用法。1) Mrs. Smith was quite badly off for a while after her husband died.2) No matter how badly off we were, we never went to bed
9、 hungry. badly off多与be连用，意为“_”,穷的，生活困难的,3) The school is rather badly off for equipment.4) Our junior middle school was then badly off for teachers. “_” badly off for意为“缺乏”。,缺少的,拓展well off有钱的，富裕的（badly off的反义词）worse off境况差一些（更糟）的（badly off的比较级）better off较富裕的，环境较好的（well off的比较级）,选出最佳选项。 1. They dont
10、seem too badly _ they have nice clothes and a good house. A. on B. over C. for D. off2. The people there were badly off _ medicine and food after the big earthquake. A. with B. for C. from D. on,D,B,5. throughout prep. 1)（表示地区）遍及, 整个 如：The company has branches throughout the country.这家公司的分店遍及全国。,2)（
11、表示时间）整个，从头到尾 如： It rained throughout the day. 雨下了一整天。 He led a poor life throughout his life. 他一生过着穷苦的生活。,throughout adv. 1) 整个地，在所有各处，全部，如： The hill was green throughout. 那座山整个都是绿的。 2) 自始至终，到最后 如： She remained silent throughout. 她从头到尾都保持沉默。,6.homeless adj. 无家可归的 -less是表示否定意义的形容词后缀, 加在某些名词的后面构成否定意义的
12、形容词。类似的 如：helpless 无力的，无计可施的； 无助的，无依无靠的careless 粗心的，轻率的,childless 没有儿女的harmless 无害的，无损害的； 没有恶意的，无邪的ceaseless 不断的，不停的countless 数不尽的，无数的tireless 不会疲倦的，不知疲倦的， 不休止的,7. worn-out adj.1)（衣类、机器等）磨破的；磨损 的；用旧的 如： worn-out shoes 穿旧的鞋2) 精疲力尽的；憔悴的（一般不用在 名词前） 如： She looks worn-out. 她看起来憔悴不堪。,I was so worn out aft
13、er running.跑完步之后，我已经筋疲力尽。,He often wears a worn-out coat.他常穿一件破烂不堪的大衣。 a worn-out coat 一件穿破的大衣a worn out automobile 一辆破旧的汽车a worn out age 风烛残年,8. failure n. a. a person or a thing that fails 失败；失败者 如： She said she was a failure as a manager. 她说她是一个失败的经理。 His first attempt at ice-skating was a misera
14、ble failure. 他第一次尝试滑冰很糟糕。,b. lack of success失败；不成功。如： All of my efforts ended in failure. 我所有的努力都以失败告终。 Failure is the teacher of success. 失败是成功之母。,9. overcome v. 过去式overcame; 过去分词overcome 意为“克服（困难等）；打败（敌人等）”。如：,He overcame a bad habit.他克服了一项恶习。短语：be overcome with/by 被（悲哀、恐怖等）打倒， 因为面崩溃/垮掉。如：She was
15、overcome with/by grief. 她因为悲伤而崩溃了。,10. pick out a. (从同类当中) 选出；选择 如： She picked out a pink dress for her daughter. 她给女儿挑了粉红色的衣服。 b. (在许多人当中)看出；辨认出 如： Can you pick out your mother in this crowd? 你能在人群中找到令堂吗？,拓展与pick有关的短语:pick off 摘取pick oneself up（倒下的人）站起来pick up 拾起，（车，船）搭载客人驾车去接（人），接收（信号，广播、电视节目），学会（
16、语言）pick up with 在偶然机会认识（人）,11. cut off仔细阅读下列句子，并试着总结cut off的含义及用法。1) We were cut off in the middle of our phone conversation. cut off意为“使电话中断”2) If you dont pay your gas bill on time, you may be cut off. cut off意为“切断，停掉”,3) They were then almost completely cut off from the outside world. cut off意为“隔
17、绝，断绝” 。联想 cut in 插进来说，插嘴，夹塞，干预 cut down 压缩，削减（数量、开支 等），砍倒,用含cut的短语填空。1. The floods _ us _ from our homes.2. Julia had been completely _ by all her family and friends.,cut,off,cut off,12. mouthful n. 一口；满口 ful为形容词后缀，加在名词之后， 表示“充满的”的意思。如:,He took a mouthful of the bitter medicine and made a face. 他喝了一
18、口苦药，做了个鬼脸。 I felt so full that I couldnt eat another mouthful. 我太饱了， 一口也吃不下了。,短语：at a mouthful 一大口类似的如： handful 一撮，一把 a handful of sand 一把沙子 cupful 一满杯 two cupfuls of milk 两杯牛奶 spoonful 一匙；满匙 two spoonfuls of sugar 两匙糖,houseful 满屋；一屋子armful （单臂或双臂）一抱之量 an armful of books 一抱的书,13. direct v. “导演”，此外，它
19、还有其它意思。 a. adj. 直的；直线的；直达的 如：,There is no direct train from here to Taiyuan.此地没有直达太原的火车。a direct road to London 直通伦敦的路fly in a direct line 直线飞行,b. adj. 坦白的；率直的。 如： He has a direct way of speaking. 他说话坦白。 He gave me a direct answer. 他给我率直的回答。,14. star（在电影中）主演，由主演；以为主角 如： The director wants to star Ji
20、m in his new film. 这位导演想让吉姆主演他的新片。 She has starred in a lot of good films. 她主演了许多好电影。,用所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。1. Judging from his expression, he was _ (content) with his work.2. The car rushed at an _ (astonish) speed.3. We took pity on the _ (home) girl and took her into our house.4. My clothes are _ (wear out) and I have to mend them.,content,astonishing,homeless,worn out,5. There is no difficulty in the world that cannot be _ (overcome).6. The play was _ (direct) by a very famous director.7. When he read the book a second time, he found it _ (entertain).,overcome,directed,entertaining,
