Unit 3 a taste of English humor学案

　　learning about language

　　Ⅰ．单词拼写

　　1．He failed again, so he looked rather depressed (沮丧的)．

　　2．The area is covered with snow throughout (贯穿) the year．

　　3．Can I sit down? I'm worn­out (疲惫不堪的)．

　　4．We should try our best to overcome (克服) all difficulties．

　　5．With a mouthful (满口) of rice, he could hardly say anything．

　　6．Can the outstanding (杰出的) scientist win the national prize for science?

　　7．This form of sign language is rich in gesture (手势)．

　　Ⅱ．拓展词汇

　　1．humourn．幽默；滑稽→humorous adj．幽默的→humourist n．幽默家

　　2．performern．表演者；演出者→perform v．表演；履行→performance n．表演

　　3．astonishvt．使惊诧→astonishingadj．令人感到惊讶的→astonishment n．惊异，惊讶

　　4．fortunateadj．幸运的；吉利的→unfortunatelyadv．不幸地→fortunately adv．幸运地

　　5．entertainvt．&vi．使欢乐；款待→entertainingadj．愉快的；有趣的→

　　entertainment n．娱乐

　　6．homelessadj．无家的；无家可归的→home n．家

　　7．failuren．失败(者)→fail v．失败

　　8．convincevt．使信服→convincingadj．令人信服的

　　9．directvt．&vi．导演；指示；指挥 adj．直的；直接的；直率的→director n．指挥，导演

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词 humorous n．＋­ous→adj． performer v．＋­er→n． fortunately adj．＋­ly→adv． 　　Ⅲ．补全短语

　　1．up to now　　　　　　　直到现在

　　2．feel/be content with对......感到满意

　　3．badly off穷的；缺少的

　　4．pick out挑出；辨别出

　　5．cut off切断；断绝

　　6．star in担任主角；主演

　　7．break into破门而入

　　8．in search of寻找

　　9．go by(时间)过去；流逝；依照；遵循

　　10．make use of利用

　　1．[教材原句]As Victor Hugo once said, "Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face"， and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin．

正如维克多·雨果曾经说过，"笑声如驱走人们脸上寒冬的太阳"。关于这一点，直