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entertain sb. with sth. 用......使某人快乐

He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes. 他给我们讲故事、说笑话，让我们高兴了好几个小时。

【知识拓展】entertaining adj. 使人愉快的；有趣的 entertainment n. 款待；请客；娱乐；消遣

4. convince

1)vt. 使信服；

What he said convinced me that I was wrong. 他的一番话使我相信我错了。

2)vt. (＋of) 使某人确信

How can I convince you of my honesty? 我怎么才能使你相信（我很诚实）呢？

convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事

We convinced Nancy to go by train rather than plane. 我们说服南希乘火车而不是乘飞机去。

【知识拓展】convincing adj. 有说服力的；令人信服的 convinced adj. 感到信服的；相信的

convincible adj.可被说服的，可喻之以理的

be convinced of sth./that 相信......

I am convinced of his honesty. 我对他的诚实深信不疑。

【即学即练】根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。

1) What she said _______ (convince) me that I was mistaken.

2) I soon convinced him ______ (介词) my innocence.

3) What convinced you _______ (vote) for them?

4) I'm ________ (convince) that he is guilty.

5) That was the most _______ (convince) I had ever heard.

5. failure n.［U］失败；［C］失败的经历；失败的人或事

I became a successful man after many failures. 在多次失败后，我终于成为一名成功人士了。

The new shop was a failure and soon closed. 那家新店经营不善,不久便关门了。

fail to do sth. （表示否定）未能做某事；没有

I failed to pass the mathematic exam. 我没能通过数学考试。

6. particular adj. 特别的，特殊的，挑剔的

He is a particular friend of my father's. 他是我父亲的一位特殊的朋友。

be particular about/over sth 对......挑剔

She is very particular about her clothes. 她对衣服很挑剔。

in particular = particularly 特别地，特殊地

He loves playing football in particular. 他特别喜欢踢足球。

7. amuse vt. 使快乐，使（某人）笑

His foolish mistakes amused all of us. 他的愚笨的错误使我们都发笑。

The children were amused at /by the jokes. 小孩子们听了笑话，觉得很好笑。

8. whisper

1) vi. & vt.低声说，耳语；把(秘密等)悄悄传开

The two girls were whispering in the library. 这两个女孩在图书馆里低声说话。

whisper to sb. 对某人窃窃私语