Unit 3 A taste of English humor language points

Learning aims 1.Get familiar with the new words (pronunciation and meaning) 2. Study the useful words and expressions by cooperating and self-learning. 3.Able to use the new words and expressions into practice.

humour comedy ordinary bored throughout homeless moustache worn 幽默；滑稽 喜剧 平常的；普通的 厌烦的 遍及；贯穿 / 到处；始终；全部 无家可归的 小胡子 用旧的；用坏的；破烂的

failure leather chew outstanding Switzerland overcome 失败 ( 者 ) 皮革 嚼碎；咀嚼 ( 食物） 突出的；杰出的；显著的 瑞士 战胜；克服

up to now feel / be content with badly off pick out cut off star in break into throughout the world 直到现在 对 … 满足 穷的；缺少的 挑出；辨别出 切断；断绝 主演；担任主角 破门而入 全世界

perform v. 执行；表演 →n. performer 表演者；演出者 →n. performance 执行；演出 convince vt. 使信服 →adj. 坚信不移的 convinced →adj. 令人信服的 convincing

direct v.adj 导演；指挥；直的；直接的 → n. 指导 ; 说明书 direction →n. 导演 director →adv.conj 直接地 ; 径直地；一 … 就 astonish vt. 使惊诧 →adj. 感到惊讶的 astonished →adj. 令人感到惊讶的 astonishing →n. 惊讶 astonishment

fortunate adj. 幸运的；吉利的 →n. 运气，财富 fortune →adv. 幸运地 fortunately entertain v. 使欢乐；款待 →adj. 愉快的；有趣的 entertaining →n. 娱乐 entertainment

1.Floods in that country made thousands of people _h_________. 2. I think that you are _f________ to have such a good teacher. 3. Young as he is, he has _o________ a lot of difficulties. 4. The film ______ ( 导演 )by Chaplin was very interesting. 5. The news that our team had won _________( 使惊讶） everyone. omeless ortunate vercome directed astonished

6. I was no longer satisfied with the life that had once _c______ me. 7. Chaplin’s __________ ( 愉快的；有趣的） silent movies are still popular today. 8. The government managed to stop the bird flu from spreading t__________ the country. ontented entertaining hroughout

Group works Discuss part 3 in groups,check your homework together and make a summary of the usages of the new words and phrases.

content 1. 你对现在的薪水满意吗？ Are you ___________ your present salary? 2. 我父母愿意住在乡下。 My parents ________________ in the countryside. 3. 给我看看你手提箱里的东西。 Show me _____________ your suitcase. content with are content to live the contents of

astonish 1. 这个故事令人惊讶不已。 It was an __________ story. 2. 她突然去世的消息使我们震惊。 We _____________ the news of her sudden death. 3. 听说你没通过考试，我们感到很惊讶。 We ___________________ that you didn’t pass the exam. astonishing were astonished at were astonished to hear

entertain 1. 他经常用滑稽的表情逗孩子们玩儿。 He often ___________the children ____funny expressions. 2. 我常在星期天请朋友们吃饭。 I usually _______ my friends ___dinner on Sundays. entertains with entertainto

convince 1. 我们最终令他信服了我们的冒险经历。 We finally ____________________ adventure. 2. 他们最终相信了实验结果。 They were convinced of the result of the experiment finally. 3. 我确信他有罪。 I am convinced of his guilty/ that he is guilty. convinced them of our

pick out 1. 让我替你挑几个好的。 Let me pick out some good ones for you. 2. 很容易从人群中挑出他，因为他个子高。 It’s easy to pick him out in a crowd because he is very tall.

pick up 1.He picked up the dictionary at hand and began to look up the new word in it. 2.The train stopped several times to pick up passengers. 3. Wait here and I’ll pick you up at two o’clock. 4. Looking through the evening paper last night, I picked up a wonderful poem. 5.I managed to pick up an American news broadcast. 6.Please pick up all your toys when you’ve finished playing. 拾起；拿起 用车搭载某人 用车接人 学到 收听 收拾；整理

badly off 1. 他的家境不太富裕。 His family is not well off. 2. 我去他家一看，发现他的生活状况比我更差。 I went to his home and found his living conditions were ______________________ 3. 她缺少朋友。 She is badly for friends. worse off than mine.

cut off 1.They cut ______the big tree. 2. Don’t cut ____when others are talking. 3.We were cut ____in the middle of our telephone conversation. 4.You’d better cut the article_____ to about 2,000 words. 5. He cut ____the meat on his plate. 6. We were completely cut ___from the outside world. 7. I cut this article ____of the newspaper. down in off down up off out

1.Read the _____ carefully before you take the medicine. a. directions b. explanations c. situations d. occupations 2. You should feel content, because there are lots of people far_____. a. badly off b. well off c. worse off d. better off 3.How can I convince you ____ her honesty. a. of b. by c. with d. on

4. If you ensure your idea is ___, fun and interesting, it will work. a. entertained b. entertaining c. entertainment d. being entertained 5. At that time they could not produce ___clothes, not to speak of high-grade ones. a. ordinary b. common c. general d. usual

6. He stopped the machine by ___ the electricity. a.cutting down b. cutting off c. cutting up d. cutting in 7. Although so many people in the square, I could ___ my friend. a.pick up b. pick out c. make up d. set out

task Make a summary of the passage by using the new words and expressions we learned today.

Home work Write the usage of the key words and phrases in your note book and remember them by heart.