Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema

Teaching aim: Everyday English and cultural corner

1. He particularly enjoyed playing a trick on the three men. 他特别喜欢捉弄这三人。

Play a trick/ tricks on sb. 捉弄某人，对某人恶作剧

We played a trick on tom yesterday.

The kids are always playing tricks on their teacher.

do sth. by a trick 靠诡计做某事 play a joke on sb. 开某人的玩笑 make fun of 取笑某人

2．I decided to go to the next village and make up a story about the steamboat. 我决定去下 一个村子去编造一个关于汽船的故事。

make up 编造（说法、解释）

The boy made up a story; it was not true.

He made up an excuse for his being late.

3．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is set in the USA in the mid-19th century. 《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》是以19世纪中期的美国为背景的。

set ( a play, novel, etc) in 设置（戏剧、小说等）背景

The novel is set in pre-war London.

That is a play set in the Cultural Revolution in China.

4．Which film doesn't Billy feel in the mood for? 比利没心情看哪部电影？

mood 用作名词，意为"心情，情绪；心境，心态；气氛，氛围"。

be/ feel in the mood for sth./ to do sth. 有心情做某事；有意做某事

I'm just not in the mood for joking. 我没有心情开玩笑。

be in a good/ bad mood 情绪好/不好

be in no mood for stj /to do sth 没心情做某事

be in a mood 心情不好

be in one of one's moods 闹情绪；情绪不好

She's very tied, and in no mood for dancing. 她很累，没心情跳舞。

The teacher is in a bad mood today. 她闹情绪了。

(1) I wonder why he is ________________(情绪这么坏) today. ( in such a bad mood)

(2) I'm not ________________(心情)to talk about it. ( in the mood)