必修4 Unit 3 A taste of English humor language points学案

一、日常口语突破

情 感

(1)- What do you think of the lecture? 你认为那讲座如何呀？ - How wonderful. 好极了。

(2)- The party is so fun. 晚会是那么有趣。 - I'm pleased you are amused at it. 很高兴你被它逗乐了。

二、核心单词例析

1. astonish vt 使惊讶(= surprise sb. greatly)

The earthquake astonished the whole country. 这次地震震惊了全国。

辨析：astonishing adj.令人震惊的；astonished adj.感到惊呀的

2. particular 非一般的，特别的，特殊的

He left for no particular reason. 他无缘无故就走了。

To Jane, her diary is a particular friend. 对简来说，日记是她的特殊朋友。

搭配：in particular =especially特别是

3. entertain vt. & vi. 使欢乐, 招待, 款待

We were all entertained by his humorous stories. 他的幽默故事使我们大家都很开心。

They often entertained their friends at weekends. 他们常在周末招待朋友。

I don't entertain very often. 我不常在家请客.

派生：entertaining adj. 使人愉快的，有趣：his entertaining silent movies他那逗乐的无声电影，an entertaining story/guess一个有趣的故事/客人。

4. throughout prep. 遍及, 贯穿adv. 到处, 始终, 全部

It rained throughout the night. 雨下了一整夜。

I watched the film and cried throughout. 我看那个电影时从头哭到尾。

5. failure n.失败(不可数)；失败的经历，失败的人或事(可数)

Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。

I became successful after many failures. 在多次失败后，我终于成功了。

She was a failure as a manager. 她是一个不称职的经理。

6. overcome v. 克服，战胜(defeat)；找到解决......的办法)

He has overcome the bad habit of smoking. 他改掉了吸烟的坏习惯。

After hours of hard working, they overcame the difficulty. 经过几个小时的努力，他们终于把这难题解决了。

搭配：be overcome with /by因......不能自持

He was overcome by the heat. 他热得受不了。

7. fortunate adj. 幸运的，交好运的(=lucky)

He is a fortunate man (=a lucky dog). 他是个幸运的人。

I was fortunate to have a good teacher. 我很幸运，有位好老师。

派生：fortunately adv.幸好(=luckily常置于句首)；unfortunate adj. 不幸的(=unlucky) ；unfortunately adv. 不幸的是(=unluckily)；fortune n. 运气，财富，巨款

8. mouthful n. 一口, 满口

I'm so full I couldn't eat another mouthful. 我吃得太饱了，一口也不能多吃了。

He took a mouthful of fresh air. 他吸一口新鲜空气。

注：不要因以ful结尾而误以为是形容词，这类名词还有handful(一把)等。

9. direct vt. & vi. 导演，指示, 指挥adj. 直接的adv. 直接地

Chaplin directed the film. 卓别林导演这部电影。

He took a direct flight to New York. 他直飞纽约。

We flew direct from London to New York. 我们直接从伦敦飞到纽约。

10. outstanding adj. 突出的, 杰出的，显著的

She is an outstanding actress. 她是一个杰出的演员。