1、Unit3 A taste of English humour 核心单词1. contentadj. 满意的 ，满足的 vt. 使满意，满足 n. 内容；所包含之物He is content despite his great poverty. 他虽然很穷，但很满足。Can you tell me the content of the box? 你能告诉我盒子装的什么吗？常用结构：be/ feel content with=be satisfied /pleased with 对 满意be content to do sth.满意/乐意做某事content oneself with 使某人自己
2、对 感到满足As there is no bread, we must content ourselves with pancakes. 因为没有面包了，我们只好吃煎饼了。Are you content with your present salary? 你对你现在的工资满意吗？No, not at all. 不，一点也不满意。高手过招翻译句子你对你现在的生活满意吗？ （原创）There is a table of contents at the front of the book.答案: Are you content with your present life?书的前面有目录。2. en
3、tertainvt. entertainments for entertainment 3. failuren. U失败；C失败的经历 ；失败的人或事I became successful after many failures. 在多次失败后，我终于成功了。The new restaurant was a failure and soon closed. 那家新饭店经营不善,不久便关门了。联想拓展反义词：success n.成功；成功的人或事fail v. 失败；不及格fail in 失败；不及格；不足；缺乏fail to do sth. （表示否定）未能做某事；没有I failed to
4、persuade him. 我没能说服他。 高手过招完成句子 （原创）At last, he was （了不起的成功者）, while she was （失败者）.I （不能）see why you find it so amusing.答案: a great success；a failure fail to4. convincevt. 使确信；使信服常用结构：be convinced/sure of sth./that确信；坚信convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事convince sb. of sth./that 使某人相信We convinced Anne to
5、 go by train rather than plane. 我们说服安妮乘火车而不是乘飞机去。Its hard to convince my family that we cant afford a new car. 很难让我的家人相信我们买不起新车。联想拓展convincing adj. 有说服力的；令人信服的 convinced adj. 感到信服的；相信的convincible adj.可被说服的，可喻之以理的be convinced of sth./that 相信I am convinced of his honesty. 我对他的诚实深信不疑。高手过招单项填空 （原创）It wi
6、ll be very difficult to them our innocence.A. convince; of B. believe; inC. convince; about D. believe; ofHe couldnt his father that John was telling the truth.A. Convince B. believeC. Admit D. display解析：选A。convince sb. of sth.意为“使某人相信某事”，符合句意。解析：选A。按照句意：他无法使他父亲相信约翰说的是事实。convince 使信服，说服。常用于convince
7、sb. of sth./that .结构。believe不能用于believe sb. that .结构；admit承认，允许进入，接纳；display陈列，展览，显示。5. directvt. so B. so; so C. such; such D. so; such解析：选B。此处 little 意为 “少”，所以第一个空要用so修饰；第二个空后面为many修饰名词，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来，就像是切下一块最好的
8、牛排。句中as if引导状语从句。 as if从句中的内容有时有主观想像或夸大性的比喻，此时从句中常用虚拟语气。若从句中的动词与主句谓语动词同时发生，则从句谓语动词用过去时；若先于主句则用过去完成时，若后于主句，则用过去将来时。He looks as if he were an artist.(同时)他看起来就像是一位艺术家。He speaks English so fluently as if he had studied English in America.(先于)他说英语如此流利好像他在美国学过一样。He learns English so hard as if he would go to the USA.(后于)他学英语如此努力就像他会去美国一样。高手过招完成句子那个小孩和我们谈起话来就像成年人似的。The child talked to us .他的行为就像知道了事实似的。He acts as if .答案: as if he were an adult he had known the fact
