B4U3 language points

Book4Unit 3

A taste of English humour

Language points

1、我们说服了安妮放弃乘飞机而坐火车走。 convinced We ____________ Anne to go by train rather than plane. 2、他相信真理终会得胜。 He believed the faith that truth overcome would_____________. 3、她说话直爽。 She has a _____________way of speaking. direct 4、她沿着冰面滑行。 slid She _________ along the ice. 5、开会时, 她跟你私下交谈了吗? whisper Did she ____________in your ear at the meeting? 6、她既不抬头, 也没有任何反应。 react She didn't look up or _________ in any way.

7、在我小的时候, 我们家很穷, 我们只有在星期天 才吃肉。 badly off We were so ________ ______ when I was a child that we had a meat dish for dinner only on Sunday. 8、他们从菜单上选出最好的菜。 picked ________ the best items They have ________ out on the menu. 9、凯尔从树丛中剪下一些花 cut off Kehr ______ _________ some flowers from the bush. 10、她在这部新影片中担任主角。 starred in She has __________ _______ this new film.

核心词汇梳理

1.content adj. 满足的；满意的句型 be content with sth.对 感到满意或满足

be content to do sth.满足于做某事完成句子 (1)她目前对自己的工作非常满意。 She is content with her job at the moment.

(2)约翰非常满足于一连几小时不停地看电视。

John is quite content to watch television for hours at a stretch.提示 作定语时要用contented。 (3)她带着满足的表情看着我。 contented She looked at me with a ____________________ expression.

2.astonish v. 使惊讶She astonished me with her beautiful handwriting.

她那秀丽的书法让我惊异。I was astonished at the news of his escape.

听到他逃跑的消息，我感到惊讶。派生 astonishing adj.令人吃惊的

astonished adj.惊讶的；惊愕的astonishment n.惊讶；吃惊

搭配 be astonished to do sth.对做某事感到惊讶 be astonished by/at...对……感到惊讶

to one’s astonishment使某人惊讶的是in astonishment吃惊地

用astonish的正确形式填空(1)Sheastonished

us by saying she was leaving.

(2)She seemed

astonished

that I had never been to Paris.astonishing

(3)She ran 100m in an

speed.

(4)He stared in

astonishment

at the stranger.

3.fortunate adj. 幸运的搭配：be fortunate (enough) to do 或be fortunate in doing 意为“ 很幸运”。 It is fortunate that 意为“ 真是幸运”

派生 unfortunate adj.不幸的 fortunately adv.幸运地 fortune n.财产; 命运; 运气

你没有受伤真是幸运。You were fortunate toescape being injured.

他真有福气，有一位贤妻。He is fortunate in having a good wife.

很幸运的, 我们及时赶到那里。It is fortunate that we got there in time. 很幸运地, 我立刻找到了他家。 Fortunately , I found his house at once. fortunately adv. 用来修饰整句话,

意为“幸运 地, 幸亏”, 反义词为unfortunately。

4.entertain v. 使……快乐；使感兴趣；款待；招待He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes. 他给我们讲故事、说笑话，让我们高兴了好几小时。

搭配 entertain sb.to sth.招待某人吃……entertain sb.with sth.以……款待某人完成句子 (1)昨晚鲍勃和利兹设宴招待了我们。 entertained us to dinner Bob and Liz ____________________ last night. (2)我喜欢在家里用音乐和茶点招待朋友。

I like to entertain friends with music and refreshments at home.派生 entertainment n.接待；招待；款待；娱乐；消遣

entertaining adj. 使人快乐的; 有趣的

5.overcome vt. (overcame,overcome)战胜，克服； 胜过，征服 vi.得胜

He has overcome the bad habit of smoking. 他改掉了吸烟的坏习惯。 I believe truth will overcome.我相信真理将会获胜。

完成句子that we can’t overcome There will be no difficulty in the world . (2)你们克服了这样的困难，值得表扬。 that you have overcome such difficulties It is greatly to your credit . (1)世界上没有我们不能克服的困难。

6.convince vt. 使确信；说服搭配 convince sb.of sth.使某人相信某事 convince sb.to do sth.说服某人做某事 be convinced of sth./be convinced that...确信……,坚信……

【派生】 convincing vt.使人信服的; 令人心悦诚服的 convinced adj. 坚信不移的; 有坚定信仰的

完成句子 (1)你要使他们相信你殷切希望得到这份工作。

You’ll need to ____________________ your enthusiasm for the convince them ofjob. (2)我一直劝他去看病。 I’ve been trying to ____________________ see a doctor. convince him to (3)她确信我是无辜的。

She ____________________ my innocence. was convinced of(4)我确信我们做的事情是正确的。 I ____________________ we were doing the right thing. was convinced that

7.direct adj. 直的，不弯曲的支配

v.指导，指引；管理；

Which is the most direct way to New York?到纽约去哪条路最近？

Can you direct me to the post office?你能指示我去邮局吗？辨析 direct与directly两者均是副词，前者指不

走弯路，或不间断地，多具体意义；后者指直接；立刻地，指以直接的方法作某事，多抽象意义。

用direct的正确形式填空 (1)I have ________ that all measures be taken for our defense. directed direct (2)We flew ____________________ to Paris.

directly (3)I’ll see you ____________________ after lunch.

8.whisper n. 耳语；低语

vt.&vi.低语；小声说

搭配 whisper sth. to sb.低声对某人说某事 whisper in sb’s ear附耳低语 say sth./speak in whisper低声说话 翻译句子 他们在课堂上低声说话。(两种译法) They whispered in class. (1)________________________________________________ (2)________________________________________________ They spoke in

whisper in class.

9.react vi. 作出反应；回应搭配react to对……作出反应 react on/upon对……有影响；起作用于…… react against反抗；反对 派生 reaction n.反应 根据汉语意思，完成英文句子。

(1)我们的眼睛对光起反应。 react to Our eyes ____________________ light.(2)朋友间会相互影响。 react on/upon each other Friends will . (3)他强烈反对浪费纸张。 reacts strongly against He ____________________ wasting paper.

重点短语例释

1.be badly off (生活)穷困潦倒；处境糟糕(1)他穷困潦倒。甚至租不起个小房子。 is badly off He ____________________. He even can’t rent a small room. (2)从这个方面讲，黑人的处境甚至比印第安人还要糟糕。 worse off In this aspect the Negroes were even __________than the

Indians.链接 be well off富裕，经济宽裕

2.pick out 挑出；辨别出；看清楚，弄懂联想 pick up捡起；收听；获得；学到根据汉语意思完成英语句子。 (1)请把你想看的书选出来。 Please pick out the books that you’d like to read. (2)你能在这人群中认出你姐姐来吗？ Can you pick out your sister in this crowd? (3)盒子太脏，我们看不清标签(lable)上的说明。 we couldn’t pick out The box was so dirty that ____________________ the directions on the label.

3.cut off 切断；断绝理解 说出下列句中划线部分的意思(1)He had his fingers cut off in an accident at work.

(2)We were cut off in the middle of our conversation.(3)The expedition team was cut off from its base. 答案：(1)切断 (2)断线 (3)失去了联系

He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was ______ from the outside world. B A. cut out B. cut off C. cut up D. cut through 解析: cut out 意为“切下; 删除”; cut off 意为“切断; 使(人、城镇)孤立”; cut up 意为“切碎”; cut through 意为“穿越”; 本句的意思是: 他住院六个月感到似乎与 外界隔绝了。

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