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Unit 3

A taste of English humor 一．单词考点

Section A Warming-up,Reading&Comprehending 1.up to now(=up till now/till now/until now/so far)直到现在，常与现在完成时连用。可放在句首、句中或句尾。

eg:We haven't heard from her up to now. 句型：

It's up to sb.由某人决定。

up to sth.忙于某事

2.depressed adj“忧愁的；沮丧的”的用法

eg:He was very depressed because she lost her job. 3.content的用法

⑴作adj时，“满意的；满足的”

搭配：

be/feel content with...对……感到满意

be content to do sth.愿意做某事

be content that...满意……

eg:①Are you content with your present achievement?

②I'm content to do shopping online.

③I'm content that I have a happy family. ⑵作n时，[pl]“所容纳的东西(书、刊登的)目录”；[U]“(文字作品等的)内容；满足，满意”

搭配：

with content满意(足)地

eg:Looking at his grandson,the granny smiled with content. ⑶作vt时，“使某人满意或满足”

搭配：

content oneself with...满(意)足，知足

eg:My son content himself with an ice-cream every day in summer. 4.astonishing的用法

astonishing adj令人感到惊讶的—astonished adj(人)惊异的；感到吃惊的—astonish vt使惊讶；使大为吃惊—astonishment n惊讶；惊异

搭配：

be astonished that...惊讶……

be astonished to do sth.惊讶地做某事

be astonished at/by sth.对某事感到惊讶

astonish sb.with/by sth.用(通过)某事使某人惊讶

eg:The news our teacher brought astonished everybody in the class. 5.unfortunately adv(=unluckily)不幸地；遗憾地；可惜地；可悲地

eg:Unfortunately,I fell on the ice and hurt my knee. 6.badly off adj

⑴“境况不好的；贫穷的，拮据的”的用法

eg:She has been badly off for a while after her husband died. ⑵“短缺，缺少”

搭配：

be badly off for...短缺……，缺少……

eg:Even now some universities are badly off for English teachers. 注：badly off的比较级为worse off

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badly off的反义词为well off，比较级为better off 7.ordinary adj平常的，普通的

eg:It was just an ordinary Saturday morning. 区别：common,usual,normal,ordinary,regular ⑴common意为“常见的，共同的”，指因常见而显得普通。

⑵usual意为“惯常的，通常的”，指一贯如此，强调习惯性

⑶normal意为“正常的”，强调符合公认的标准或不超过一定的范围。

⑷ordinary指普普通通，没有特别之处或在一个群体中看不出区别。

⑸regular意为“有规律的，定期的”，

8.bored adj厌烦的

搭配：

with sb./sth.对某人/某物感到厌倦

be bored

with doing sth.厌倦做某事

to death/tears厌烦透了的

eg:①Steve is bored with the game

②The boy is bored with going to school. 9.entertaining adj愉快的；有趣的；娱乐的；使人愉快的

eg:The book is short but entertaining. 注：entertain vt使欢乐；款待

搭配：

entertain sb.to sth.(=treat sb.to sth.)用某物宴请/招待/款待某人

entertain sb.(with sth.)(用某物)使某人快乐

eg:She entertained her classmates to beef. 10.failuren[U]“失败”[C]“失败的人或事”、“不足；缺乏；失灵；故障”

的用法

eg:①The new company was a failure and soon closed.

②Failure is the mother of success. 注1：failure,success,honor,surprise,comfort,pleasure等抽象名词的用法相同，表示抽象名词时是[U],但表示具体化名词时是[C]。

注2：failv失败；(健康)衰退；变弱；消失

搭配：

fail to do sth.做某事失败；没做成

eg:His eyesight was beginning to fail. 11.overcome “战胜(=defeat sb.)”

vt“克服；解决”搭配：

overcome difficulties/bad habits克服困难/恶习

eg:①The shy girl struggled to overcome her shyness.

②In the final game Russia easily overcome Germany. 12.difficultyn[C](具体的)困难，难处

[U](抽象的)困难，费力

搭配：

have/find difficulty (in)doing sth.做某事有困难

have difficulty with sth,在某事上有困难

with/without difficulty容易地，毫不费力地/困难地，吃力地

eg:①He speaks with difficulty.

②The book is full of difficulties.

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13.cut off的用法

⑴切(剪/砍)下

eg:According to the school regulations,both boys and girls are required to cut off long hair. ⑵切(隔)断；切断……的去(来)路；使……与外界隔绝

eg:They cut off the electricity last week. ⑶打断(某人并阻止其讲话) eg:Don’t cut me off when I’m talking. cut短语：

cut away切除；剪去

cut across/through走捷径；走近路

cut down砍倒；减少，削减

cut in插嘴；突然插入

cut into切入；打断

cut out删掉；剪除；剪裁

cut up切碎；使伤心

cut down砍倒；降低；削减

14.pick out“挑选，选出；分辨出，辨认出；了解，领会”

pick短语：

pick on故意刁难

pick over精心挑选，筛选

pick off去除

pick up捡起；开车接；(偶然)学会；收听

eg:①My good friend picked out a new car for me.

②The witness picked out the thief from a crowd of people.

③Can you pick out the real meaning of the music?

15.convincingadj令人信服的；有说服力的

eg:What he said at the meeting was very convincing to me. 注：convincevt使相信，使信服

搭配：

convince sb.of sth.使某人相信某事

convince sb.to do sth.说服某人做某事

convince sb.that从句

使某人相信……

convinced of...信服，对……确信

Sb.be convinced that...某人坚信……

16.direct的用法—director n导演；指挥者；主管；董事—direction n方向；指导，管理[pl]用法说明；操作指南—directly adv直接地conj一……就(引导时间状语从句) ⑴作v时，“导演；指示；指挥”

搭配：

direct sb.to do sth.指导/指示某人做某事

direct sb.to介...给某人指去……的路

eg:Could you direct me to the station? ⑵作adj时，“径直的；直接的；直率的”

eg:We took the direct flight from London to New York. ⑶作adv时，“直接地；直达地”

eg:It costs me more to fly direct Hongkong. 区别：direct,directly

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⑴direct adj/adv作adv时，表示旅程、路线“直接”“径直”，指途中不耽搁，不走弯路，表示具体的含义。

⑵directly adv/conj作adv时，表示做事的方式，“直接地，径直地，坦率地”，表示抽象的含义。

17.in search of“寻找，寻求”介词短语，后接寻找的对象或目标，表示状态，作状语或表语。

eg:I looked everywhere in search of my lost pen. search的动词短语：

search for(=look/hunt/seek for)寻找

search sp./sb.搜查某地/搜某人的身

search sp./sb.for...搜查某地/搜某人的身以寻找……

18.instead,instead of区别

⑴instead“反而，代替”为adv，作状语。位于句首时，可用逗号隔开；位于句末，则不用逗号隔开。

eg:She is too busy;let me go instead. ⑵instead of“代替，而不是”为prep短语，作状语。位置较灵活，宾语多为名词、代词、动名词或介词短语。

19.star vt“由……主演”vi“担任主角”的用法

搭配：

star sb.由某人主演，使某人担任主角

star in...(在电影、戏剧中)主演，担任主角

eg:①I have seen a film which Jackie Chen stars in.

②My favorite film stars Li Lianjie. 20.confidence n[U]“信心；信念”“自信心”—confident adj“自信的；有信心的”

搭配：

have confidence in sb./sth.对……有信心

lose/gain/lack confidence失去/增强/缺乏信心

with confidence自信地；有把握地

eg:①Our English teacher has confidence in our abilities.

②I can say with confidence that our targets has now been met. Section B Learning about Language 1.particularly adv(=in particular)“特殊地；特别地；尤其”—particular adj特殊的，特别的—particularn细节，详情(常用复数形式) 搭配：

be particular about...对……挑剔(过分讲究、认真)

in particular=particularly特别，尤其

eg:①The boy likes the Internet games in particular.

②He has a particular preference for Chinese art.

③She is very particular about what she eats.

④The work must be done correctly in all particulars. 2.occasion n“时刻；场合”(—occasionally adj.“偶尔地”) 搭配：

on occasion(=occasionally)有时；偶尔

on one occasion(=once)有一次

on this/that occasion这次/那次；在这种/那种场合

eg:①On one occasion we had to walk all the way home.

②I'll let you off on this occasion. Section C Using Language

1.play (up)on words v.“说俏皮话；玩文字游戏”n“双关语，俏皮话”

eg:①The students are playing on words and enjoying themselves.

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②There are thousands of jokes in English which have "play on words". 2.amuse vt“使发笑；使愉快”—amused adv“感到好笑的”—amusing adj“好笑的；有趣的”—amusement n“娱乐；娱乐”

搭配：

amuse sb.to do sth.因做某事而逗乐某人

amuse oneself (by doing sth.)自娱自乐

amuse sb.at sth.因某事而逗乐某人

sb.be amused at/by/with以……为乐，觉得……有趣(好笑) eg:①Her stories never fail to amuse me.

②I often amuse by listening to MP3 while going out for a walk. 3.look up抬头看；在书中查阅(资料等)；(形势、生意等)好转，改善

eg:Look up the new words in the dictionary. 短语：

look into调查，研究

look through仔细查阅

look out注意，留神

look forward to介盼望

look up to介尊重，仰视

look ahead向前看，展望未来

look down on看不起，轻视

look up at抬头看

4.whisper的用法

⑴作v时，“低语；小声说；耳语；私下里说；暗中传播”

搭配：

whisper sth.to sth.把某事悄悄地告诉某人

whisper sth.in one's ear在某人耳旁小声说某事

It is/was whispered that...据秘密传闻……

eg:It's whispered that the mayor has been arrested. ⑵作n时，[C]“耳语，低语”

搭配：

in a whisper(=in whispers=in a low voice)低声地

hear a whisper about...听到关于……的传闻

eg:Don't speak in a whisper.I didn't hear. 5.mess n脏或乱的状态；麻烦；困境；混乱

搭配：

What a mess!真乱啊！

be in a mess(=be in trouble)处于困境中

get into a mess(=get into mess)陷入困境中

get sb.into a mess使某人陷入困境

make a mess of sth.把某事搞糟

eg:①The company was in a complete mess when she took over.

②I feel I've made a mess of things. 6.react vi的用法

⑴作出反应；回应

搭配：

react to...对……起反应(作出反应) eg:Local residents have reacted angrily to the news. ⑵对……过敏(有不良反应)

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搭配：

react against...反抗(对)……

eg:The boy often reacts against his parents. 7.manage“管理，经营”“应付；设法做成(与can,could,be able to连用)”的用法

搭配：

manage to do sth.(=succeed in doing sth.)“设法做成某事”强调结果。

manage it设法做成某事，常用于交际用语中。

区别：manage to do sth.,try to do sth. ⑴manage to do(=succeed in doing sth.)“设法做成某事”强调结果。

⑵try to do sth.(=attempt to do sth.=seek to do sth.)“设法去做某事”，但不一定成功。

8.pretend“假装，佯装”“自称”的用法

搭配：

sth.假装……

pretend

to be+n./adj假装是……

to do假装……/自称……(不接动名词)

that...假装/自称

9.as well as并列连词

的用法

⑴作连词时，“不但……而且……，既……又……，和，也”用于连接两个名词、代词、形容词、分词、介词短语等并列成分。强调的是as well as前的成分。

注：as well as连接两个并列主语时，谓语动词形式要和前面的主语保持一致。

eg:①The children is lively as well as healthy.

②Lucy as well as Tom and Li Ping is going shopping this Sunday. ⑵作介词时，“除……之外(还)”(=besides=in addition to) eg:As well as eating five apples,they drank seven bottles of wine. 注：as...as...表示“和……一样好”

eg:He spoke Chinese as well as Jane. 10.“把……看作/当作……”的几种表达形式

treat...as...=regard...as...=think of...as...=look on...as...=consider...(as)...=take...as... eg:I decided to treat his words as a joke. 二．课文考点

三．语法知识

V.-ing形式的用法

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