1. 人教修订版
高中一年级(下)
Unit 20

2.   humor a humorous story story full of humor
a famous humorous writer
a humorous actor
have a good sense of humor 
have no much sense of humor 
in good humor

3. Book 1 Unit 20
New Words

4. twister tongue twister
a road full of twists and turns
If you twist my arm, I'll stay for a second beer.
twisted their heads around at the sound of
the doorbell.
twist flowers in one's hair.
bitter
Good medicine tastes bitter.
bitter fruit 苦果
a bitter wind 刺骨的风
a bitter disappointment 痛苦的失望
bitter enemies 不共戴天的仇敌
to the bitter end 到底；到最后

5. Witch be witched by her beauty
Chalk a piece of chalk
Couple
The young couple seem(s) to be happy.
Five couple took the floor.
They keep a couple of dogs.
I will have a couple of drinks and I will come home.
couple and pair
Pair缺一不可， couple可分可合。都可指夫妻，
couple表面的结合,Pair侧重实际的匹配。
I found a couple of socks in the room but they do
not make a pair.
Not every couple is a pair.

6. Minister Comedian
German Germany
Circus
"Last Christmas, the circus
owner, Jimmy Gates,
decided to take some presents
to a children's hospital.“
Clown Cross-dressing
Stage
at an early stage in our history
set the stage for为…做准备；
Stereotype
He is a stereotyped man.
Nationality
What nationality are you?

7. by intension
without intention
intended it
intend to do
intend you to make up
intended reporting
intend that he (shall) set out

8. Certain
There are certain reasons why this information can’t
be made public .
A certain/ Some Mr. Jones phoned you today.
I read it in some magazine.
Make fun of
People make fun of her because she wears such
strange hats.
It is unkind to make fun of a cripple.
It is fun to swim in a summer lake.
It is funny for him to say that.
Amuse amusing amused
Amusement be/ feel amused at

9. Laughter和laugh都指“笑，笑声”。前者不可数，后者可树。
burst into laughter/ tears
I heard a roar of laughter from the next room.
It is a song with a laugh in a tear.
His story raised a laugh in the whole class.
He fell into a hearty laugh.
accent
He speaks with a foreign accent.
actually = in actual fact = in fact = as a matter of fact
sketch
typical
he is a typical Chinese woman.
Crosstalk
Traditional
Our Chinese traditional medicine is quite useful.

10. Date back to = date from
This church dates back to 1173.
The Great Wall dates from the 3rd century BC.
The custom dates from the time when men wore swords.
out of date
to date
put a date to sth
have a date with sb
up to date
under date of May 1
set/fix a date
keep a date
Rapid
make rapid progress
Rhyme
过时的，陈旧的
到目前为止
注明日期
与。。。约会
最新式的
在五月一日
确定日期 赴约

11. applaud applause
Everyone applauded when the play ended.
I applaud your decision.
fluent fluently
He is fluent in five languages.
He speaks English fluently. = He is fluent in English.
= His English is very fluent.
exist existence
Contradictions exist everywhere.
Salt exists mostly in sea water.
So poor they can hardly exist.
One cannot exist without air.
The old lady exists only on rice coffee and bread.
come into existence/ being
The elephant is the largest land animal in existence.

12. appreciate the sentences
is also highly appreciated
appreciate reading
appreciate helping
He would much appreciate it if you could do him that favour.

13. phrase
He took a phrasebook out from his pocket.
suffer suffering
He suffered a great loss after the fire.
I can know your sufferings.
operate
The company was operated by a good leader, Mr. Green.
be on good terms with sb
Direction
in /from the direction of
She drove off in the direction of London.
The enemy troops fled in all directions.
Our school is under the direction of a good headmaster.
Follow the directions for the use of the medicine.

14. Brake
Cyclist bicycle tricycle
Fortunately unfortunately
Drive off drive…away/ out/ into…
Silence
Silence gives consent.沉默即同意.
Silence is gold 沉默是金
silence cabinet 隔音室
They worked in silence.
to silence an opponent
look on / upon…as… = think of…as… = regard …as…
Rude rudely rudeness
be rude to sb a rude drawing
it is a rude awakening.突然的醒悟

15. Confuse confused confusing confusion confusedly
We tried to confuse the enemy.
I was confused by all the noise.
to confuse black and white
to confuse Mr. A with Mr. B