Unit 3　A taste of English humour

　　重要词汇

重要词汇 相关提示 up to now 直到现在 牢记up to now作状语的用法及up to now常用于现在完成时态的句子中 content adj.满足的；满意的　n．满足　vt. 使满足 记住be/feel content to do sth，content sb with sth的用法，并记住content作动词时同义词为satisfy astonish vt.使惊诧 辨析astonished与astonishing的用法 badly off 穷的；缺少的 牢记badly off 及其反义词组well off 和比较级worse off及better off的意义及用法 entertain vt.& vi.使欢乐；款待 认真掌握entertain的用法及其派生名词entertainment overcome vt.& vi. 战胜；克服 掌握overcome的过去式和过去分词以及overcome常与介词with和by连用的用法 pick out挑出；辨别出 注意掌握pick out的用法以及pick的另一常用短语pick up的用法 cut off切断；断绝 熟记以cut为核心的其他常用词组：cut in，cut away，cup up和cut down等 convince vt.使信服 注意convince作及物动词的用法 direct v. 导演；指示；指挥

adj. 直的；直接的；直率的 重点掌握direct作动词时的一些用法，并记住其名词形式为direction star in担任主角；主演 注意star in的各种用法，并掌握star作动词的用法 slide vt.& vi.(使)滑动；(使)滑行　n．滑；滑动；幻灯片 认真掌握slide的用法并注意slide into，let...slide的用法；区别slide和slip作"滑"讲时的意义 whisper n．耳语；低语

vt.& vi.低语；小声说 注意whisper的常用词组in a whisper的用法 react vi.作出反应；回应 掌握react to和react against等常用词组的用法 　　重点句型

　　1．You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk.

　　that引导宾语从句

　　2．Unfortunately his father died，leaving the family even worse off...

　　leaving...是动词­ing形式短语作结果状语

　　3．He tries cutting and chewing the bottom of the shoe as if it were the finest steak.

　　as if引导的方式状语从句

　　4．The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted.

　　so...that引导结果状语从句

　　5．I saw a man sliding on a banana skin.

　　see sb doing sth看到某人在做某事

　　6．I couldn't help laughing when...

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