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Unit 3 A taste of English humour

Ⅰ.重点单词聚焦

1.I found it________(令人惊讶的) that the young player beat the chess master in the game.

答案:astonishing

2.He is a________(失败者) as an artist,but a success as an art teacher.

答案:failure

3.If we work with a strong will,we can ________(克服) any difficulty,no matter how great it is. 答案:overcome

4.They often________(款待) their friends at weekends.

答案:entertain

5.Elizabeth Fry helped to improve prison conditions and gave the________(无家可归的) work and education.

答案:homeless

6.After graduating from Peking University,he was________(幸运的) in having a good job.

答案:fortunate

7.I lived in an area of________(显著的) natural beauty.

答案:outstanding

8.Most________(表演者) feel nervous before they go on stage.

答案:performers

9.So far there is no________(令人信服的) evidence that there exists life in outer space.

答案:convincing

10.Some kids are very ________(挑剔的、特别的) about food.That’s why they don’t have a balanced diet.

答案:particular

Ⅱ.重点短语扫描

1.up now直到现在

2.badly 穷的;缺少的

3.cut 切断;断绝

4.cut 砍倒,缩小,削减

5.burst laughter突然笑起来

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6.feel content 对……满足

7.pick 挑出;辨别出

8.star 担任主角;主演

9.pay attention 注意

10.the open air在户外

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off

off

down

into

with

out

in

to

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Ⅲ.课文原句突破

1.不幸的是他的父亲去世了,使得他的家庭状况更糟了,因此查理的童年是在照顾生病的母亲和弟弟中度过的。

Unfortunately his father died,__________ ________ ________ ____________ ________ ________,so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.

答案:leaving the family even worse off

2.查理首先挑出鞋带来吃,像是吃意大利面条一样。

Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them________ ________ they were spaghetti.

答案:as if

3.在十多岁的时候,凭借着自己的幽默,查理已经在英国成为受欢迎的童星之一。

By his teens,Charlie________,through his humour,________one of the most popular child actors in England.

答案:had;become

4.随着时间的推移,他开始拍电影。

________time went by,he began making films.

答案:As

content adj.满足的,满意的;n.内容,目录,容量;满足;vt.使满足

教材原句P18:He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed,so they could feel more content with their lives.

在人们感到沮丧的时候,他可以使他们开怀大笑,于是人们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。

①To be honest,I’m very content with my life at present.

诚实的说,我对目前的生活心满意足。

②That rich man is tired of city life,so he is content to live in the country.那位富人厌倦了城市生活,于是他愿意生活在乡下。

③We should never content ourselves with book knowledge only.

我们永远不要仅仅满足于书本知识。

④She dropped her purse and the contents fell out on the floor.

她的皮包掉下,里面的东西散落在地板上。

⑤It is advisable to look at the contents page of a book before buying it.买书前最好先看一看目录。

1.完成句子

Those________________________________(满足于现状的人) will surely make no more advance in life.

答案:who are content with their present situations

astonish vt.使惊诧

教材原句P18: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.你可能会感到惊奇,查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌,他刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞了。

①It astonished me that he could be so thoughtless.

我真没料到他会如此轻率。

②I was astonished to hear that he had got the job.

听说他得到那份工作我很吃惊。

③China is developing at an astonishing speed,and will soon be one of the most powerful

countries in the world.中国以令人惊讶的速度发展,不久将成为世界上最强大国家之一。

2.用astonish的适当形式填空:

To our great________,the boss wasn’t________ at the________news at all.

答案:astonishment;astonished;astonishing

direct vt.& vi.导演;指挥;指示;adj.径直的;直接的;直率的;adv.直接地

教材原句P18:Charlie Chaplin wrote,directed and produced the films he starred in.

查理·卓别林自编、自导、自制他主演的电影。

①The opera was directed by the well-known Chinese director,Zhang Yimou.歌剧由中国著名导演张艺谋执导。

②The old man is willing to stand on the bend and directs the traffic.这位老人乐意站在转弯处指挥交通。

③I like to make friends with anyone who is open and direct.

我喜欢和任何坦诚直爽的人交朋友。

④It’s only a small improvement but at least it’s a step in the right direction.虽然这只是一个小小的改进,但至少是朝着正确的方向迈出的一步。

⑤Directly the teacher came in everyone was quiet.

老师一进来大家就安静了。

3.When I was in hospital,my mother made a promise that she would take me to Qingdao________I was well enough to travel,which________my recovery.

A.direct;contributed to

B.directly;contributed to

C.directly;attributed to

D.direct;attributed to

解析:directly作连词,表示“一……就……”,direct没有此用法;contribute to有助于……。句意为:在我住院的时候,妈妈向我承诺一旦我恢复到可以出行了,就带我去青岛,这有助于我的康复。

答案: B

particular adj.特殊的;特别的;挑剔的;n.细节;细目

教材原句P20:Children particularly would burst into laughter at his behaviour.孩子们尤其对他的表演报之以大笑。

be particular about/over sth.对……讲究,挑剔

in particular尤其,特别,格外

particularly adv.尤其,特别

①I have nothing particular to do this evening,so let’s go out for a walk.今晚我没有什么特别的事要做,咱们出去散散步吧!

②He is very particular about food while he doesn’t care about money.他对吃的东西特别挑剔,而不在乎金钱。

③Text messages are very popular in recent years,particularly among young people.近年来手机短信大受欢迎,尤其在年轻人当中。

4.完成句子

我们应该尊重每一个人,尤其是我们的父母和老人。

We should respect everyone,our parents and the elderly________________.

答案:in particular

whisper vi.& vt.低语,小声说;把(秘密等)悄悄传开;n.耳语,低语

教材原句P22:Sherlock Holmes looked up at the stars and whispered,“Watson,when you look at that beautiful sky,what do you think of?”夏洛克·福尔摩斯仰望着繁星,轻声问道:“华生,当你望着美丽的天空时,你想到了什么?”

whisper to sb.与某人耳语

in a whisper=in whispers=in a low voice耳语地,低声地

It is/was whispered that...据秘密传闻……

①She leaned over and whispered something in his ear.

她探过身去附耳给他说了些什么。

②It was whispered that he would soon die and he did.

有人私下说他不久于人世,他果然去世了。

③They sat at the back of the room,talking in whispers.

他们坐在房间的后面低声谈话。

5.In order not to let the others hear what he said,he________the news to me.

A.shouted

B.told

C.whispered

D.said

解析:句意为:为了不让别人听见他说的话,他低声告诉了我这个消息。whisper低声说;低语,符合题意。

答案: C

convince vt.使信服;使相信

教材原句P18:The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted!令人心悦诚服的表演使你相信这是他吃过的最可口的饭菜了!

①You need to convince your interviewer of your ability to master the work.你需要让你的面试官相信你有驾驭这份工作的能力。

②His mother has been trying to convince him to see a doctor.

他妈妈一直设法说服他去看医生。

③I managed to convince them that the story was true.

我设法使他们相信那故事是真的。

④Scientists are convinced the positive effect of laughter on physical and mental health.

科学家们坚信笑对身心健康有积极影响。

⑤There is now convincing evidence that smoking causes lung cancer.现有令人信服的证据说吸烟能导致肺癌。

6.Scientists are convinced________the positive effect of laughter________physical and mental health.

A.of;at

B.by;in

C.of;on

D.on;at

解析:句意为:科学家们坚信笑对身心健康有积极影响。be convinced of坚信,深信,确信;effect常与on连用,意为“对……的影响”。以上两个均属于固定搭配,故选C。

答案: C

badly off穷的;缺少的

教材原句P18:Unfortunately his father died,leaving the family even worse off,so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.不幸的是他父亲去世了,他的家境更加贫困,因此查理的童年是在照顾生病的母亲和弟弟中度过的。

①We aren’t too badly off but we can’t afford a house like that.

我们并不是一文不名,但我们负担不起那样的房子。

②The school is rather badly off for books and equipment.

这所学校相当缺乏书和设备。

③I went to her home and found her living condition was worse off than mine.我去她家一看,发现她的生活状况比我的更差。

④If he had worked harder when young,he would be well off now.如果他年轻时多努力一点,现在就能过得舒服些。

⑤To make matters worse/What’s worse,it began to rain while we were marching.使事情更糟的是,在我们行进过程中,天下起了雨。

7.We shouldn’t complain about being poor,because many families are much_______after the big earthquake.

A.better off

B.badly off

C.well off

D.worse off

解析:由句意和句子成分分析可知,空格处应用比较级,表示“更拮据,更贫穷,境况更不好”,故选D。well off情况很好,富裕;badly off穷的,缺少的。

答案: D

pick out挑出;辨别出

教材原句P18:Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti.

查理首先挑出鞋带来吃,像是吃意大利面条一样。

①It took Mary a long time to pick out a new dress at the store.

玛丽花了很长时间才从那家商店挑选了一件新衣服。

②A competition was held to pick out the best table tennis players.为选拔出最好的乒乓球选手举行了一场比赛。

pick up拾起,捡起;收拾,整理;(偶然)学会;用车接某人;

收听到;身体好转

pick up with sb.结识某人

pick and choose挑三拣四

③He picked up some French while he was away on a business trip in Paris.他在巴黎出差时顺便学会了一些法语。

④You’ll soon pick up health when you get to the seaside.

到了海滨,你就很快地恢复健康。

8.(2010·山东卷)Sam________some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working

on it.

A.brought up

B.looked up

C.picked up

D.set up

解析:句意为:Sam只通过观看别人操作电脑便学到了一些电脑知识。考查动词短语辨析。bring up抚养;look up抬头看,查询;pick up好转,开车接人,认出,学会;set up建造,搭起。根据句意故选C项。

答案: C

9.—How could you________my sister so easily in the crowd?

—Because she stood out in her bright red dress.

A.pick up

B.pick out

C.take up

D.take out

解析:句意为:“在人群中你怎么那么容易认出我妹妹来的?”“因为她穿着鲜艳的红裙子,十分显眼。”pick out认出,挑出,符合句意。pick up拣出;take up从事,学习;take out拿出,均不符合题意。

答案: B

Unfortunately his father died,leaving the family even worse off,so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.

不幸的是他的父亲去世了,使得他的家庭状况更糟了,因此查理的童年是在照顾生病的母亲和弟弟中度过的。

①His parents died,leaving him an orphan.

他的父母去世了,使他成为孤儿。

②The child fell,striking his head against the door.

小孩摔了一跤,头在门上碰了一下。

③European football is played in 80 countries,making it the most popular sport in the world.

八十个国家踢欧式足球,使它成为世界上最流行的运动。

现在分词作结果状语常表示“意料、情理之中”,而不定式作结果状语常表出乎意料的结果。

④He hurried to the bus stop,only to find the bus had left.

他匆匆地去了车站,结果发现车已离开。

⑤Her father disappeared,never to be heard from again.

她的父亲离家出走,从此杳无音讯。

10.(2010·重庆卷)The news shocked the public,________to gre at concern about students’ safety at school.

A.having led

B.led

C.leading

D.to lead

解析:句意为:这条新闻使广大民众感到很震惊,引起了人们对在校学生安全的担忧。考查非谓语动词作结果状语。首先排除B和D两项;having done指动作先于谓语动词发生,在此不符合语境,故只能选择C。

答案: C

By his teens,Charlie had,through his humour,become one of the most popular child actors in England.在十多岁的时候,凭借着自己的幽默,查理已经在英国成为最受欢迎的童星之一。by在加时间点引导的时间状语句子中,表示“到……为止,到……底”时,句子经常用完成时态。

①By 2010 the population of our city will have risen to over 20 million.到2010年,我们城市的人口将超过两千万。

②By this time of next year,all of you will have become college students.到明年的这个时刻,你们大家就都成为大学生了。

11.(山东高考)By the time he realizes he________into a trap,it’ll be too late for him to do anything about it.

A.walks

B.walked

C.has walked

D.had walked

解析:句意为:到他认识到已经中计的时候,再做任何事情也就无济于事了。根据句意,可知本句讲的是现在的事情,故用现在时,排除B、D两项,本句强调“已经中计”,用完成时,故答案为C。

答案: C

Ⅰ.选词填空

1.__________________,Xu Jinglei has starred in a great number of famous films.

答案:Up to now

2.What worries us is that this is the third time the electricity has been__________________this week.

答案:cut off

cut off;badly off;content with;pick out;be caught in;at times;up to now;in a mess

3.It’s very difficult to__________________the best composition,since they’re all so good.

答案:pick out

4.He__________________a heavy traffic jam and arrived late for the job interview.

答案:was caught in

5.You shouldn’t complain so much.Other people are much__________________than you.

答案:worse off

6.Not__________________his present job,he has been busy hunting for a new one.

答案:content with

7.Peter can be reall y difficult__________________even though he’s a nice person in general.

答案:at times

8.Tom is very untidy;he always leaves his room________________.

答案:in a mess

Ⅱ.巧思妙解

1. (福建高考)What’s the________of having a public open space where you can’t eat,drink or even simply hang out for a while?

A.sense

B.matter

C.case

D.opinion

解析:句意为:在这样一个公共场所,你不可以吃、喝,甚至不可以走动,你会有什么样的感觉?sense感觉;matter问题;case情况,状况;opinion观点。根据题意选A。

答案: A

2.I am sure David will be able to find the library—he has a pretty good________of direction.

A.idea

B.feeling

C.experience

D.sense

解析:have a sense of...有……的感觉,该句意为“我敢肯定戴维能找到图书馆,他有很好的方向感”。

答案: D

3.No matter how I tried to read it,I just couldn’t make______of this sentence.

A.meaning

B.thought

C.sense

D.idea

解析:make sense of理解,明白。句意为“不管我怎么努力读,可就是不明白这个句子的意思”。

答案: C

4.My aunt always loses her way when she is out by herself,because she has no________of direction.

A.sense

B.feeling

C.touch

D.scene

解析:have no sense of direction是习惯用法,指没有方向感。sense of sight/hearing/smell/taste/touch视/听/嗅/味/触觉。

答案: A

Ⅲ.语法专练

本单元语法——v.-ing作表语、宾语和宾语补足语

1.(2011·东城检测)The driver braked hard to avoid________a child coming in his way.

A.hit

B.to hit

C.hitting

D.to have hit

解析:考查非谓语动词。此处谓语动词avoid后面要跟动名词作宾语,类似的动词与词组有enjoy,suggest,imagine,consider,dislike,risk,insist on,get used to,can’t help等,据此选C项。

答案: C

2.(2011·陕西教学检测)It looks like my cousin,but I don’t remember him________a pair of glasses.

A.to wear

B.wore

C.wear

D.wearing

解析:考查非谓语动词。wear和其逻辑主语之间是主动关系,故这里用现在分词作宾语补足语。

答案: D

3.(2010·湖南卷)Listen!Do you hear someone________for help?

A.calling

B.call

C.to call

D.called

解析:句意为:听!你听到有人正在求救吗?本题考查非谓语动词作宾补。设空处与宾语之间为逻辑上的主谓关系,故排除D项;不定式作感官动词或使役动词的宾补要省去to且不表示动作正在进行,故排除C项;因为表示动作正在进行,故排除B项;现在分词calling 表主动且表正在进行,故为答案。

答案: A

4.(2010·南昌二模)The plan to be carried out next month needs________among the members of the labor union before________.

A.to discuss;carrying out

B.to be discussed;carried out

C.discussing;being carried out

D.discussed;to be carried out

解析:考查非谓语动词。need表示“需要”,主语是物时,其后可以接动词的-ing形式,此时用主动形式表示被动含义;第二空前的before在此是介词,其后接名词或动名词,故答案为C。

答案: C

5. (2011·成都第一次诊断)At the airport,a man dressed in a black suit was caught________on the clean floor.

A.spit

B.spitting

C.spat

D.to spit

解析:现在分词作主语补足语。catch sb.doing sth.意为“发现某人正在做某事”。

答案: B