Unit 3　A taste of English humour

Period 1　新知预习课

学习目标

　　1.Memorize the spelling and meaning of the important words in this part:entertain,astonish,overcome,convince,direct,particular,etc.

　　2.Use the following phrases to make simple sentences:badly off,up to now,pick out,cut off,star in,etc.

识记词汇

　　1.Fill in the chart below and note the connection between the nouns,verbs,adjectives and adverbs.

Noun Verb Adjective Adverb fortune contentment perform humour astonishment bore charm entertainment 　　

精讲词汇

　　1.astonish vt.使惊诧

　　【完成句子】

　　(1)We were 　　　 that he turned up at the party.

　　我们都很惊奇他会在聚会上出现。

　　(2)He stood there,looking　　　.

　　他站在那儿,看起来很惊诧。

　　(3)There was an 　　　look on her face.

　　她的脸上充满惊奇。

　　(4)His success was really 　　　.

　　他的成功令人惊奇。

astonish有两个形容词形式:　　　和　　　。一般情况下,　　　用来修饰物,　　　用来修饰人。但当用于修饰人的表情、眼神等时,应用　　　。

　　2.entertain v.使欢乐;款待

　　(1)He will entertain his friends 　　　 dinner this evening.

　　今晚,他将会宴请他的朋友。

　　(2)I entertained the guests 　　　 strawberries.

　　我用草莓招待客人。

　　(3)He entertained us 　　　 his stories and jokes.

他讲故事和笑话让我们高兴。