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Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Ⅰ.单词—在语境中默写,在联想中积累
[写得准] [用得活] [积得多]
1.content adj.& n.& vt. 满足的;满
意的;满足;使满足
2.comedy n. 喜剧
3.throughout prep.& adv. 遍及;贯
穿;到处;始终;全部
4.overcome vt.& vi. 战胜;克服
5.outstanding adj. 突出的;杰出的;
显著的
6.whisper n. 耳语;低语
vt.& vi. 低语;小声说
7.bored adj.厌烦的→boring adj.令人
厌烦的
8.directvt.& vi.导演;指示;指挥
adj.直的;直接的;直率的→directly
adv.直接地;立刻地→direction n.方
向→director n.导演
9.depressed adj. 忧 愁 的 ; 沮 丧 的
→depressing adj. 使 人 沮 丧 的
→depression n.沮丧;不高兴
10.fortune n.幸运;财富→fortunate
adj. 幸 运 的 ; 吉 利 的 →fortunately
adv.幸运地→unfortunately adv.不幸
地
11.entertain vt.&vi. 使 欢 乐 ; 款 待
→entertaining adj.愉快的;有趣的
→entertainment n.款待;愉快
12.convince vt. 使信服→convincing
adj.令人信服的→convinced adj.确信
用所给词的适当形式填
空
1.According to my own
understanding, a good
teacher is also a good
performer (perform) in
class.
2.The play was so
humourous (humour)
that the audience
laughed all the way
through it.
3.After school, she
directly went off in
the direction of the
cinema to see the new
film directed by the
famous
director.(direct)
4.The children in the
mountain village have
no entertainment,_so
their teachers often
tell entertaining
stories to entertain
them after
class.(entertain)
5.His convincing words
1.由 comedy 想到的
①comic adj. 喜剧
的
②tragedy n. 悲剧
③tragic adj. 悲剧的
④drama n. 戏剧
⑤dramatic adj. 戏剧
的
2.表示情绪的高频形容
词集锦
①depressed 沮丧
的
②frustrated 挫败的;
泄气的
③delighted 欣喜的
④bored 厌烦的
⑤disappointed 失 望
的
3.“ous” 后 缀 形 容 词
一览
①humourous 幽默
的
②dangerous 危险的
③mountainous 多山的
④continuous 连续的
⑤poisonous 有毒的
⑥generous 慷慨的
⑦famous 著名的2
的;深信的
13.particular adj. 特 殊 的 ; 特 别 的
n.细节;细目→particularly adv.尤
其;特别地
14.humour n.幽默;滑稽→humourous
adj.幽默的
15.astonish vt.使惊诧→astonishing
adj. 令 人 感 到 惊 讶 的 →astonished
adj.惊讶的
16.performer n . 表 演 者 ; 演 出 者
→perform v.执行;表演→performance
n.执行;演出
finally convinced me,
and I was convinced
that he was
innocent.(convince)
6.The boy is
particularly
interested in making
model planes but he is
not particular about
what he
eats.(particular)
7.The boring film made
almost all the people
present bored.(bore)
8.Fortunately,_when he
went abroad to try his
fortune,_he gained
great wealth.(fortune)
⑧numerous 大量的
4.不一样的“惊讶”
①astonishing 令 人 感
到惊讶的
②amazing 惊奇的;令
人吃惊的
③surprising 惊讶的;
出人意料的
④shocking 令 人 震 惊
的
Ⅱ.短语—在应用中记牢,在归纳中记多
[写得准] [用得活] [积得多]
1.feel/be_content_with
对……满足
2.up_to_now 直到现在
3.badly_off 穷的;缺少的
4.star_in 在 …… 担 任 主
角;主演
5.cut_off 切断;断绝
6.pick_out 挑出;辨别出
7.in_particular 尤其;特
别
8.convince_sb.of_sth.
使某人相信某事
9.pick_up 偶然获得;收
选用左栏短语填空
1.The mountain village
has_been_cut_off from the outside for
a long time, so the villagers here are
still living a primitive and quiet
life.
2.As the summer vacation is
approaching, it ’ s high time that
parents picked_out some training
courses for their children.
3.Don ’ t be too hard on yourself.
Being_content_with what you have is
the key to happiness.
1.“v.+out”常用短语荟萃
①pick out 挑选出
②run out 用光;耗尽
③give out 分发;耗尽;用光
④make out 理解;辨认出
⑤work out 制定;解决;结果
⑥carry out 实行;实施
2.“作出反应”的各种表达聚焦
①react to 对……作出反应
②respond to 响应;回应……
③reply to 回答;答复……
④make response to
对……作出反应3
听;好转
10.react_to 对 …… 作 出
反应;回应
4.Up_to_now,_he hasn’t found a good
way to solve the difficult problem.
5.Everybody thought this young actor
would have a bright future after he
starred_in two films.
⑤reflect on 反省;思考……4
Ⅲ.句式—在解读中学懂,在仿写中学通
[背原句] [记句式] [会仿用]
1.As Victor Hugo once said,
“Laughter is the sun that
drives winter from the human
face”, and up to now nobody
has been able to do this better
than Charlie Chaplin.
维克多·雨果曾经说过:“笑容
如阳光,能驱走人们脸上的冬
天。”关于这一点,直到今天也
没有人能比查理·卓别林做得更
好。
as 引导定语从句,代替后面句子
的内容。
常言道,“熟能生巧”。
(2015·四川高考满分作
文)
As_the_old_saying_goes
, “Practice makes
perfect.”
2.Unfortunately his father
died, leaving the family even
worse off, so Charlie spent his
childhood looking after his
sick mother and his brother.
不幸地是他的父亲去世了,使得
他的家境更加艰难,因此,卓别
林童年时期都在照顾他生病的母
亲和弟弟。
leaving the family even worse
off 为现在分词短语作结果状
语。
大自然为我们的祖国提供
了丰富的自然宝藏,使之
成为我们幸福的家园。
Nature has provided our
country with wealthy
natural treasures,
making_it_a_happy_home
for us.
3.By his teens, Charlie had,
through his humour, become one
of the most popular child
actors in England.
在十多岁的时候,凭借着自己的
幽默,查理已经在英国成为最受
欢迎的童星之一。
by 表示“到……为止”,句子常
用完成时态。
到明年的这个时刻,你们
大家就都成为大学生了。
By this time of next
year, all of you
will_have_become_colle
ge_students.
第一板块核心单词归纳集释
1.content adj.满足的;满意的 n.所容纳之物;目录;容量;满足 vt.使满足
[教材原句] He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they5
could feel more content with their lives.
在人们感到沮丧的时候,他可以使他们开怀大笑,于是人们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。
(1)feel/be content with 对……满足/满意
be content to do sth. 满足于做某事
(2)content oneself with 满足于
①Andy is_content_with the toy. It is the best he has ever got.(2015·四川高
考单选)
安迪对这个玩具很满意,这是他得到的最好的玩具。
②That rich man is tired of city life, so he is content to_live (live) in the
country.
那位富人厌倦了城市生活,所以他愿意生活在乡下。
③As the TV is broken, you’ll have to content yourself with listening to the
radio.
电视机坏了,所以你只好满足于听收音机了。
[熟词生义] 写出加彩单词在语境中的含义
④She dropped her purse and the contents fell out on the floor.所容纳之物
2.convince vt.使人信服;使相信
[高考佳句] He is the only one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in
the back of the room.(2014·浙江高考)
他是唯一一个要被说服的人,他在教室的后面听不见你。
(1)convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事
convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事
convince sb. that ... 使某人相信……
(2)convinced adj. 确信的;深信的
be convinced of 确信……;相信……
be convinced that ... 确信……
(3)convincing adj. 令人信服的;有说服力的
①His mother has been trying to convince_him_to_see a doctor.
他妈妈一直设法说服他去看医生。
②I am firmly convinced (convince) of the significance of honesty, which will
contribute to building a warm and harmonious society.
我坚信诚实的重要性,它有助于建立一个温暖和谐的社会。
③There is now convincing (convince) evidence that smoking causes lung cancer.
现在有令人信服的证据证明吸烟导致肺癌。6
3.astonishing adj.令人感到惊讶的
[教材原句] You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon
as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk.
你可能感到惊奇,查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌,他刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞。
(1)astonish vt. 使惊诧
It astonishes sb.that ... 令某人惊讶的是……
(2)astonishment n. 惊讶
to one’s astonishment 令某人惊讶的是
(3)astonished adj. 感到惊讶的
be astonished that ... 对……感到惊讶
be astonished at/by sth. 因/对某事感到惊讶
be astonished to do sth. 对做某事感到惊讶
①It was astonishing (astonish) that she should accept such a challenging job.
令人吃惊的是她竟然接受这么具有挑战性的工作。
②Much to my astonishment (astonish), she still remembered my name!
使我万分惊讶的是,她仍然记得我的名字!
③But result will come, and you will be astonished (astonish) at the changes.
但是一定会有结果的,而且你一定会对这些变化感到诧异。
4.particularly adv.尤其;特别地;特殊地
[教材原句] Children particularly would burst into laughter at his behaviour.
孩子们尤其对他的表演报之以大笑。
(1)particular adj. 特殊的;特别的;挑剔的
be particular about sth. 对……讲究/挑剔
be particular to do sth. 特地做某事
(2)in particular=particularly 尤其;特别;格外
①The hotel wasn’t particularly (particular) good.But I had stayed in many
worse hotels.
这家旅馆不是特别好,但我曾住过很多更差的旅馆。
②She is_so_particular_about her housework that servants will not work for her.
她对家务如此挑剔以至于佣人们都不愿给她干活了。
[单词集成训练]
Ⅰ.基础点全练
单句语法填空7
1.They are talking in a whisper in order not to wake up the sleeping baby.
2.Not content with his present job, he has been busy hunting for a new one.
3.Credit cards are particularly (particular) useful when traveling.
4.I admire my English teacher.I can remember very few occasions when she stopped
working because of ill health.
5.You never know how he is going to react to the news.
6.We were astonished (astonish) that he appeared at the party.
Ⅱ.重难点多练
convince 面面观
(1)用所给词的适当形式填空
①Convinced_ (convince) of the truth of the report, he told his colleagues about
it.
②Finally, I have convinced my parents to_buy (buy) a car for me as a birthday
present.
③From this experience, I am convinced (convince) that a result is not
everything.
(2)高考小作文
④这幅图画让我深信做一个好女儿甚至比做一个好学生更重要。(2011·江苏高考书面表达)
The_picture_convinces_me_that it is even more important to be a good daughter
than a good student.
Ⅲ.阅读词汇专练
根据语境选出 direct 的词性和词义
A vt.指示;命令 B vt.导演 C adj.直接的;直率的, D adv.直接;径
直 E vt.指挥
①A policeman stood in the middle of the road, directing the traffic.__E__
②I like to make friends with anyone who is open and direct.__C__
③The film directed by Zhang Yimou is popular with young people.__B__
④Go direct ahead, and you will see the department store on the right.__D__
⑤He directed that we (should) keep calm in face of danger.__A__
第二板块短语句型归纳集释
1.pick out 挑出;辨别出;挑选;领会;理解
[教材原句] Then he picks out the lace of the shoe and eats it as if it were
spaghetti.
然后他挑出鞋带来吃,像是吃意大利面条一样。8
[一词多义] 写出下列句中 pick out 的含义
①A competition was held to pick out the best table tennis players.挑出
②Although he had not seen his sister for twenty years, he picked her out as
soon as she got off the plane.辨别出
③Having read the passage many times, I finally picked out its main idea.领
会
pick up 拾起;捡起;收拾;整理;(偶然)学
会;用车接某人;收听到;(身体)好转
pick off 摘掉;摘下来
pick one’s pocket 扒窃;掏包
④It’s surprising that your brother picked_up_Russian so quickly — he hasn’
t lived there very long.(2012·四川高考单选)
真令人吃惊,你弟弟学会俄语如此快,他在俄国没待多久。
⑤My friend began to pick_up after staying in hospital for several days.
在医院待了几天,我的朋友开始好转。
2.cut off 切断;断绝
[高考佳句] Finally he reached a lonely island which was completely cut off from
the outside world.(2013·山东高考单选)
最后他到达了一个完全与外部世界隔绝的孤岛上。
cut in 插嘴;打断(谈话)
cut down 砍倒
cut up 切碎;伤心;难过
cut out 删掉;剪除
①They were_cut (cut) off for not paying their phone bill yesterday.
昨天他们因未付电话费被停机了。
②When you give a speech, you’d better cut_out unimportant details.
当你演讲时,最好删掉那些不重要的细节。
③She was really cut_up when all her friends refused to help her.
当所有的朋友都拒绝帮助她时,她真的很难过。
3.As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human
face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.
维克多·雨果曾经说过:“笑容如阳光,能驱走人们脸上的冬天。”关于这一点,直到今天
也没有人能比查理·卓别林做得更好。
关系代词 as 既可以引导限制性定语从句,也可以引导非限制性定语从句,as 在从句中9
作主语、宾语或表语。
1 as 引导非限制性定语从句时,有“正如”之意,常放于主句之前,有时也可放在主句
之后或主句之中。, 2 as 引导限制性定语从句时,先行词常被 the same, such, as, so
等修饰。
①As is always the case with language learning, Mandarin learning also calls
for lots of practice.(2015·四川高考满分作文)
正如和学习语言一样,学习普通话也需要大量的练习。
②The explorer took only such men and things as he really needed into the jungle.
这个探险者进入丛林时仅仅带了这些他确实需要的人和物品。
[辨析比较] which 与 as 引导非限制性定语从句的区别
试一试 选用 as 和 which 填空
③As the saying goes, “A good beginning is half the battle.”(2014·江西高
考书面表达)
常言道,“良好的开端是成功的一半”。
④I’m glad to learn that you want a student volunteer, which I am quite interested
in.(2015·陕西高考满分作文)
我非常高兴得知你们需要一个学生志愿者,对此我非常感兴趣。
辨一辨
which as
位置上 只能放在先行词的后面 位置灵活,可位于主句前、主句中,也可置于主句后
搭配上 无动词的限制
谓语动词通常是表示感觉或心理活动的动词,如 see,
hear, know, expect, remember, guess, hope 等
句意上 意为“这一点” 表示“正如……;正像……的那样”
4.Unfortunately his father died, leaving_the_family_even_worse_off,_so Charlie
spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.
不幸地是他的父亲去世了,使得他的家境更加艰难,因此,卓别林童年时期都在照顾他生病
的母亲和弟弟。
leaving the family even worse off 为现在分词短语作结果状语。
①The news shocked the public, leading (lead) to great concern about students’
safety at school.
这条新闻使广大民众感到很震惊,引起了人们对在校学生安全的担忧。
②The fire caused by the explosion lasted nearly a week, leaving (leave) nothing
valuable.10
由爆炸引起的那场大火持续了近一周,没有剩下什么值钱的东西。
[名师指津] 现在分词作结果状语常表示意料、情理之中的结果,而不定式作结果状语
常表示出乎意料的结果。
③He picked up a stone, only to_have (have) it dropped on his own foot.
他搬起石头却砸了自己的脚。
[短语句型集成训练]
Ⅰ.基础点全练
1.单句语法填空
①This picture was taken twenty years ago.I wonder if you can pick out my younger
brother.
②I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were cut off.
③Some people try to knock me down, only to_make (make) me more determined to
do things better.
④More children in Beijing will reach school age next year, creating (create)
a shortage of primary school teachers in the capital.
⑤Her British accent was picked up on her visit to London.
⑥Even now some universities are badly (bad) off for qualified English teachers.
2.句型转换
It rained heavily in the south in the summer of 2015, and caused serious flooding
in several provinces.
→It rained heavily in the south in the summer of 2015, causing_serious_flooding
in several provinces.
3.运用所学短语完成下列语段
Zhao Benshan was ①badly_off ( 贫 穷 的 ) when he was young. Not
②being_content_with (满足于) the life in the countryside, he tried his best to be
a famous actor. Having achieved great success, he ③picked_out (挑选出) many
talented young people to be his students, some of whom have been very popular with
us, Xiao Shenyang and Wang Xiaoli ④in_particular (尤其). ⑤Up_to_now (直到现在),
Zhao Benshan has directed many TV series and ⑥starred_in (主演) them.
Ⅱ.重难点多练
as/which 引导定语从句全接触
(1)单句语法填空
①He forgot to bring his pen with him, as was often the case.
②(2015·新课标全国卷Ⅱ书面表达)We’ll also spend some fun time together11
singing, dancing and playing games, which we hope will make them happy.
③As is known to all, the People’s Republic of China is the biggest developing
country in the world.
(2)一句多译(每空一词)
这是一个这么难的问题,没有人理解。
④This is so difficult a problem that nobody can understand it.
⑤This is so difficult a problem as nobody can understand.
⑥This is such a difficult problem as nobody can understand.
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.After the theft, they behaved naturally as if nothing had_happened (happen).
2.Up to now, more than 5,000 trees have_been_planted (plant) in and around the
amusement park.
3.He had_overcome (overcome) the difficulties with his English before he went
abroad.
4.Convinced (convince) that the government can lead them out of the financial
crisis, people are optimistic about the future of the country.
5.Do you remember a certain occasion when you were in trouble and at that moment
I gave you a hand?
6.However amusing (amuse) the story is, I have to put it away and focus on my
paper now.
7.At the magic performance, I found it astonishing (astonish) that a pigeon
appeared out of the magician’s empty hand.
8.(2014·四川高考书面表达)As is known to all, the exam with four subjects
altogether, is held on June 7th and 8th.
9.Mary felt cut off from the outside world, since she lacked an Internet
connection and couldn’t receive any email.
10.He is a failure (fail) as an artist, but a success as an art teacher.
Ⅱ.单句改错
1.Those who are content to their present situations will surely make no more
advances in life.to→with
2.As far as I know, he made fortune by selling used cars.made 后加 a
3.She loves the song in the particular, because her mother used to sing it.12
去掉第二个 the
4.Jeffrey is not such an intelligent person that you think.that→as
5.He picked out some French while he was away on a business trip in Paris.out→up
6.A number of new machines were introduced from abroad, resulted in an increase
in production.resulted→resulting
Ⅲ.用本单元所学知识完成下列写作训练
(一)依据提示补全短文
Zhu Zhiwen, born in a poor family, is an_ordinary_farmer (一位普通的农民).
He is satisfied with his life now. He enjoys singing very much. He often practises
singing in the fields and entertains people with his songs. Though
(though/however/but) his family was poor in the past, he
overcame_a_lot_of_difficulties (克服了很多困难) to sing. ①He devoted himself to
singing and made himself crazy about the music regardless of how busy he was with
the farm work.
②Fortunately, his convincing (convince) voice contributed to his success in
a singing competition in a program at CCTV.③It made him famous throughout China.
Up_to_now ( 直 到 现 在 ), as a farmer singer, he has been
in_particular/particularly (特别地) more popular with people. His persistence and
determination has paid off with a famous title — the Chinese “Uncle Susan”.
(二)按要求将词汇句式升级
1.用本单元高级词汇替换加黑单词或短语
(1)is satisfied with→is_content_with_
(2)poor→badly_off
2.按要求改写句式
(1)用分词作状语改写句①
a . He devoted himself to singing,
making_himself_crazy_about_the_music,_regardless of how busy he was with the farm
work.
b.Devoting_himself_to_singing/Devoted_to_singing,_he made himself crazy about
the music, regardless of how busy he was with the farm work.
(2)用非限制性定语从句把句②、句③合为一句
Fortunately, his convincing voice contributed to his success in a singing
competition in a program at CCTV, which_made_him_famous_throughout_China.