BOOK4 Unit3 A taste of English humour Reading&Comprehending(1)

Proverb(谚语)：I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated.

我成功是因为有决心，从不犹豫。

Learning Goals(学习目标)：

.Words and expressions

astonish convince direct entertain, throughout, homeless, worn-out, failure, overcome, difficulty, fortunate, outstanding, particular feel/be content with, badly off, pick out, cut off, star in,up to now

Researching in class (课堂探究)

Step 1：leading in

Ask Ss to retell the passage in third person with the help of Ex1 of Comprehending on P19.

Step 2：Reading and thinking

Language points(横线填空主要是写出中文意思或单词,介副词构成的短语)

1. and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.

up to now = up till now___________常与________连用。

I haven't got any letters from him up to now.

Her life has run smoothly up to now.

up to _______ be up to sth __________该由某人做出决定; 取决于某人___________

2. so they could feel more content with their lives.

Content adj. _______________ vt. ___________ n. ____________(中文意思)

As there is no bread, we must content ourselves with pancakes.

-Are you content with your present salary? -No, not at all.

Can you tell me the content of the box?

常用结构：be/ feel content with=be satisfied /pleased with_______________

be content to do sth.__________________content oneself with _______________________

练习(1)你对你现在的生活满意吗？

(2)There is a table of contents at the front of the book.

(3)We sat there, ______with what we listened to.

A.satisfying B. to satisfy C. contented D. content

3 .astonish: v. ________________ 比 surprise的语气要强。

The earthquake astonished me.

I was astonished at/by the news.

To our astonishment, the small boy swam across the river.