Using LanguageⅡ教学设计

Unit3 A taste of English humor Using LanguageⅡ

1. up to now

I have heard nothing from him up to now. 迄今为止我没得到他一点音信。

Up to now, the number of the death has grown to 228. 到现在，死亡的数目已增加到好228。

2. … so they could fell more content with their lives. 1).content (adj.): satisfied, happy, 满足的; 满意的; She is content with her salary. She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children. She is quite content that she has passed the exam. 1.你对你的工作满意吗？

_____________________________________ 2.她呆在家里年看电视感到非常知足。

_______________________________________________ 3.现在，他每天都能睡到10点多，感到非常知足。

______________________________________________________ 2) n. 所含之物; 内容; 目录

What does “content”mean in the following prhases?

the contents of my desk drawer

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) the contents of the book

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) the content of the speech

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) Ex. 我喜欢这书的风格，但不喜欢它的内容。

_____________________________________________________ 3) content (vt.)使满意, 使满足

用法：content sb./oneself with sth. 使…满足于…

The baby contented himself with a new toy. Ex. 这名运动员不满足于得了块银牌. The player didn’t _______________________________ a silver medal.

3. Not that Charlie’s own life was easy!

not that 用于句首或短语前表达否定含义，指“____________________”。

She didn’t hand in her homework. Not that she was lazy, but that she was ill. Mary has a new job-not that I care.……那我倒不关心. Ex. 并不是说我不喜欢这工作，而是我不适合这工作。（be fit for 适合……）

4. astonish vt. 使惊异；使大为吃惊。

5. …leaving the family even worse off.

badly off 贫困的; ……经济拮据的，比较级为：_______________ 反义：___________

比较级为：_______________ Ex. 我去她家一看，发现她的生活状况比我的更差。

I went to her home and found her living condition was______

_____?＿＿?＿＿＿. 我们不应该因为穷而叫苦连天---许多人的家境更糟。

We shouldn’t complain about being poor ---many families are ______ _____ _____. 6. entertain 7.Character

1) A person in a novel, play, film, etc What’s the name of the major character in this novel?

2)The quality that makes sb/sth different from other people/things; the nature of sb/sth Although they are twins, their characters are quite different. 8.failure 1) A person or a thing that fails

She said she was a _______ ________. 她说她是一个不成功的经理。

2)lack of success ____________ All of my efforts ended in________. 我所有的努力都以失败告终. 9. overcome

1）翻译下列子。

There will be no difficulty in the world that they cannot overcome. He struggled to overcome his shyness. He overcame a bad habit. 2）短语：____________________ 被（悲哀、恐怖等）打倒，

因为……面崩溃/垮掉。

如：She was overcome with/by grief./illness 她因为悲伤而崩溃了。

10. pick out a. (从同类当中) 选出……；选择

如：

She picked out a pink dress for her daughter. Ex. 我已从篮子里把烂土豆拣出来了

____________________________________________________ b. (在许多人当中)看出；辨认出……

如：

Can you pick out your mother in this crowd? 他黑暗中认出她的脸. ________________________________________________________ 拓展与pick有关的短语: pick oneself up（倒下的人）站起来

pick up 拾起，（车，船）搭载客人，驾车去接（人），接收（信号，广播、电视节目），学会（语言）

11. cut off (1) 切下；割下，砍下。如：

Her little finger _____ _____ _____ in an accident at the factory. (2)切断；中断(电力、煤气、自来水等),停止……的供给

如：

We were cut off in the middle of our conversation. Our water supply _____ ______ ______ ______. 我们断水了

cut off the water 断水

cut off the supply of electricity 停止供电

(3) 疾病死亡

He ______ _____ ______when he was still young. (4) 使分离,使隔绝

The country once ____ itself _____from the rest of the world. 这个国家曾一度与外部世界隔绝. The village _____ _____ _____by the heavy snow.

12. as if =__________ (1)

表示与事实相反，用______________ She acted as if she were millionaire. (2) 如果____________________, 用与主句相对应的时态。

It looks as if it is going to rain. 13. convince

v. ___________ (1) How can I convince you of her honesty? 我怎样才能使你相信她很诚实呢? What she said conviced me that I was mistaken

…让我认识到…

(2)派生：convincing

adj. 令人信服的

a convincing speech (3) convince与persuade 的区别

14. direct

vt.

导演；给某人指路；指挥，命令

(1) what does “direct”mean in the following senteces?

The film was directed by Zhang Yimou.

Can you direct me to the post office? He directed them to go away.

The general directed that the prisoners should be set free.(虚拟) (2) direct 与directly 写出下列斜体字的意思。

He gave me a direct answer.

He got up directly the bell rang.

15. star in

The king of comedy, Stehpen chow, has ______ _____ many comedies. 16. inspire

vt.

inspire sb. (with sth.) 引发(某人的)(感情、思想等); His speech inspired them with hope

他的演讲燃起了他们的希望。

inspiration n.灵感

inspired adj. 得到灵感的; 得到神启示的

inspiring adj. 鼓舞的; 激励的