1、Unit 3 A taste of English humour,Do you know who are they?,Looking at the up pictures, fill in the blanks in warming up.A joke (:play on words) 奇迹 在一场激动人心的足球比赛中，一个球员左手的两个手指伤得很厉 害。球赛结束后，他在回家途中，到一家诊所去治疗。 “医生。”他万分焦急地问，“我的手治愈后，能不能弹钢琴啊？” 那准行，”医生向他保证。 “那未，这倒是个奇迹。医生。我以前从来不会弹。”,Guess the words meaning:Do yo
2、u find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin? 2. He became famous for using a particular form of acting. 3. The telephone is at the bottom of the stares.4. The book I want is (right)at the bottom of the pile.5. Sign your name at the bottom of the page, please.6. A worn-out coat7. You look
3、 worn-out after your long journey.8. Overcome a bad habit9. Dont you know its rude to whisper?10. He whispered a word in my ear.,11. Its very cruel to kill wild animals for money.12. They do a lot of entertaining, ie often give dinner parties.Watching the film :The Gold Rush,Read the following state
4、ments and judge them right or wrong according to what you learned in the unit.1) Humour is always kind.2) All actors can astonish us with the deep feelings for a character they are playing.3) Jokes using a play on wordsare funny because one doesnt understand the other.4) Monodrama is another form of
5、 humour.5) English humour is quite different from Chinese humour.,language points:1.find it to see (it 是形式宾语；to see是真宾语) 我觉得他这个人很难了解。我会把帮助她当成我的责任。你觉得告诉他们明智吗？,I find it difficult to understand him.,Do you consider it wise to tell them about it?,See sb doing(类似的动词有:hear feel smell watch find ,notice ,
6、look at ,listen to) 你闻到什么东西烧焦的气味了吗?我听到史密斯先生在隔壁唱歌.,I ll take it my business to help her.,Can you smell anything burning?,I heard Mr Smith singing in the next door.我感到有人拍了派我的肩膀.,I felt someone patting on my shoulder.3.(1)be (feel) content with sth a. to do sth 对满足,满意她呆在家里照顾孩子,感到非常满足.你对你现在的工资待遇满足吗?,She
7、 is quite content to stay at home looking after her children.,Are you content with your present salary?,(2)content (n.)所含之物,内容.我喜欢她写作的风格,但不喜欢她写的内容.,I like the style of her writing but I dont like the content.,4.badly off 潦倒,穷困(反义词well off)他们穷困得根本谈不上度假.实际上现在大多数人都比五年前要富裕.,They are too badly off to hav
8、e a holiday.,In fact most people are better off than they were five years ago.,5.(1)inspire sb (with sth)/inspire sth (in sb) 鼓励;鼓舞某人他的演讲燃起了他们的希望.这激起了我们对学习的热爱.,His speech inspired them with hope.,This inspired in us a love for learning.,(2)insprie sb (to do sth)赋予某人灵感;启示; 启迪他的榜样激发我们更加努力工作.,We are in
9、spired to work harder by his example.,6.character (n.)(1) a person in a novel,play film人物 这部小说的主角叫什么名字?,Whats the name of major character in this novel?,(2) the quality品质;特征 她是个性格极好的女人.,She is a woman of good character.,7.astonish (v.)=to surprise sb greatly 使吃惊;震惊一条令人震惊的消息,an astonish piece of news
10、,听到这个消息我们很震惊.,We were astonished to hear the news.,8.throughout (prep. adv.) 遍及到处,从头至尾,在整个期间,他们在镇上到处寻找那个走失的孩子.那房子全部刷成了绿色.他们整年都那样工作.,They searched throughout the town for the lost child .,The house was painted green throughout.,They worked like that throughout the year.,9.a small round black hat多词修饰一
11、个名词的顺序:限定词(冠词.指示代词.物主代词.所有格.数词)+形容词(性质+大小+形状+年龄+颜色)+国籍.材料.用途/出处这座白色的小木屋闻起来好象很多年每人居住.,The little white wooden house smells as if it hasnt been lived in for years.,10.a small walking stick 动词的ing作定语,这个公园有一个美丽的游泳池.,There is a beautiful swimming pool in our school.,老师批评了上课睡觉的男孩.这部有趣的电影我已看过三次了.,The teach
12、er criticized the sleeping boy in class.,I have seen the interesting film three times.,11.difficulty-difficuties (1)可数n. “困难的事,难题”（2） 不可数n. have difficulty in (doing) sth /with sth There is difficulty in doing sth 干有困难 她在非洲旅游时遇到了许多困难.,She met with many difficulties when she was traveling in Africa.所
13、有难题都必须克服.我解这个数学题有困难.这篇文章不好理解.,All kinds of difficulties have to be overcome.,I have difficulty in solving the maths problem/with the maths problem.,There is some difficulty in understanding the passage.,12.in set in 以为背景那部小说以18世纪的巴黎为背景.,The novel is set in Paris in the 18th century.这本书以17世纪的西班牙为背景.,
14、The book in set in 17 th century Spain.13.in search of=looking for sb/sth 寻找某人(某物)我去找修车场看是否能买到汽油. 直升飞机开始往南飞去寻找坠毁的飞机.,I went off in search of a garage where I could buy some petrol.,The helicopter began to fly south in search on the crashed plane.,14.be caught in 被绊倒,受阻我们遇到了交通堵塞,开会来晚了.,We were caught
15、 in a heary traffic jam and arrived late for the meeting.,15. Cut off 割掉,减掉我们的谈话被切断了.大雪把他们的与外界隔绝了. 由于没电,很多城镇及农村的水供应被切断了.,We were cut off in the middle of our conversation.,They were cut off from the outside would by the heavy snow.,Many towns and villages had their water supply cut off became there
16、was on electricity.16.引导的方式状语从句,在第一.三人称单数作主语后常用“were” He looks as if he were sick.She spoke to me as if I were deaf.其他：It looks as if it is going to snow.I feel as if my leg was going to fall off.17. mouthful. 一口handful cupful dishful spoonful,boatful houseful armful他喝了一口苦药，做了个鬼脸。我太饱了，一口也吃不下。,He too
17、k a mouthful of the bitter medicine and made a face.,I felt so full that I couldnt eat another mouthful.,18.to eat a shoe 动词不定式短语作结果状语。我做了什么值得得到这么多？她出国了，就再也没有回来。,What have I done to deserve so much?,She went aboard never to return.,19.special 特别的，专门，专用 =particular 值得引起注意的， 具有独特性质的 Those T-shirt are usually $35 each, but today they have a special price of $19 in the Shopping Center.,
