1. Unit 20: Humour Reading 2

2. 1.Make fun of : 取笑 e.g. The kids at school always made fun of Tom’s clothes. Have fun =have an enjoyable time For fun 开玩笑，不是认真的 2.Date back to 回溯至： The church dates back to the 13 th century. Date from : The friendship between the two nationalities dates from ancient time. Date back 不可用于被动语态 Out of date 过时的 Make a date 定下日期

3. 3.Make use of : We must make the best possible use of the resources we have. 常见词组： Bring sth into use 开始使用 come into use 开始被使用 Put… to use 利用，使用 get out of use 开始不用 4.We are on good/bad terms with each other. Come to terms with 甘心忍受的 In the long term 从长远观点来看 5. We keep dogs in the yard to drive off thieves. Our brave soldiers finally drove off the enemies from our land.

4. 6.We all look on our English teacher as our friend. Look back 回想，记起 look down /upon 轻视，看不起 Look forward to look out 当心，注意 Look up ：look up new words in the dictionary 7.have/bear/keep … in mind 把… 记在心里 Make up one’s mind 下决心 8.Looking after 25 noisy children is no laughing matter.（不是闹着玩的事）

5. 9.Think about =consider I’ve thought about the plan for some time. Think of 想起，思念，考虑，评价 I can’t think of his name at the moment. She said she thought of us from time to time. 注意：think of 作“评价”讲，提问时用“what”,修饰的adv.有 much,highly,little, etc. What do people think of the book ? They all think highly of it. Think over 仔细考虑 Please think over the tips given by your father. Think out 想出，研究出（计划） They finally thought how to put the plan into practice.

6. 10.Find sth adj./adv./n./doing/done/介词短语 宾语与宾补在逻辑上有主谓关系： She found her necklace lost/missing no the way home. When waking up, she found herself home/on the floor. 11.A rapid flow of fun 连绵不绝的乐趣 a flow of 某事物的持续或连续供应 Cut off the flow of oil 切断石油输送 A flow of thought 不断涌现的想法 A flow of traffic 车水马龙 12.Roar with laughter 哄堂大笑 burst into laughter 突然爆发一阵大笑声 scream with laughter 捧腹大笑

7. 13.She went off in the opposite direction In which direction are you going, north or south? 14.Knock sb/sth down 撞倒，打倒 She was nearly knocked down by a truck. Knock sb/sth over 打翻 the hunter knocked the tiger over. Knock at 敲击 can you hear sb knocking at the door ? Knock out 敲打出，毁坏 Mother knocked out the seeds from the seed heads. Knock into 撞着某人/某物 The wall is so hard that I can’t knock nails into it.

8. 15.Appreciate : 欣赏，喜欢： People appreciate his honest character. 理解，体会：It’s difficult to fully appreciate what he means. 感激，感谢(某行为) He highly appreciated his help. I would appreciate it very much if you could lend me the book. 16.Intend sb to do that 计划，打算 doing 愿意要，意指…,通常用作被动 The dictionary is intended for children. This was intended to be a picture of cat. I came with the intention of staying, but now I have decided to leave.