Learning about Language教学设计一等奖

Unit 3: A taste of English humour

Warming Up & Reading

—Language Points

I: Review（复习与回顾）

1．

n．幽默；滑稽→

adj.有幽默感的；富于幽默的

2．

vt.使惊诧→

adj.令人感到吃惊的→

adj.惊讶的→

n．惊讶

3．

adj.幸运的；吉利的→

adv.不幸地

4． adj.厌烦的→

adj.令人厌烦的→

vt.使厌烦

5．

vt.& vi.使欢乐；款待→

adj.愉快的；有趣的→

n．娱乐(节目) 6．

adj.无家可归的；无家的

→

n．家；家园

7．

n．失败(者)→

v．失败

8．

vt.使信服→

adj.令人信服的

根据汉语意思补全短语

1. up

now直到现在

2．badly

穷的，缺少的

3．pick

挑选出，辨别出

4．cut

切断，断绝

5．star

担任主角，主演

II. Words and phrases

1.up to now到现在为止(一般用于现在完成时)(P18) (1) Up to now，I haven’t worked out the meaning of the word.

直到现在，我还没有明白那词的意思。

(2) Her life has run smoothly up to now. 她的生活到目前仍一帆风顺。

拓展：up to (1) I can take up to four people in my car. 我的汽车最多能带四个人。

(2) He is not up to his work. 他不适合他的工作。

(3) Shall we go out for supper or stay at home？It’s up to you. 我们到外面还是在家里吃晚饭呢？这由你决定。

[归纳拓展] up to还可表示下列含义：

(1)“多达；至多”；后面常接数字

(2)“从事于；忙于”；有时含有“密谋干坏事”之意

(3)“由……决定”，常用it作主语

(4)“胜任；适合”

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[即境活用]: 完成句子

到目前为止，我们已学了第四册的三个单元。

，we

＿＿＿three units

of Book 4. 解释：up to now 意思上与so far, up till now一样，用法上都搭配现在完成时

2. feel/be content with 对……满意(P18) （1）I am content with my job，and my family. 我对我的工作和家庭都感到满意。

（2）I was no longer content with the life that had once contented me. 我已经不再满足于曾经使我满足的生活了。

（3）I am well content to remain here. 我很愿意留在这里。

（4）The TV was broken，so we have to content ourselves with listening to the radio. 电视坏了，我们只好满足于听收音机

（5）We can swim in the river to our hearts’ content. 我们可以在河里尽情地游泳。

[归纳拓展]

(1)content oneself with

满足于某事

(2) be content to do sth.

愿意/满意做某事

(3) to one’s heart’s content

尽情地/心满意足地做某事

(4) content : adj. & vt & n

adj.满足的；满意的

vt.使满足

n．[U]满足；内容; 目录（常用复数）

含量；容器所含之物

[即境活用]：完成句子

（1）你对你现在的薪水满意吗？

Are you your＿＿

＿＿＿

present salary? （2）看来约翰整晚坐在电视机前已感心满意足。

John seems ________ ________ ________ in front of the television all night. （3）他们非常满意的呆在这，尽情的唱歌跳舞。

They were content to stay here, singing and dancing ___

_____

_________

________. 答案（１）content with（２）content to sit（３）to their hearts’ content

3. badly off 穷的；缺少的(worse off是badly off的比较级)(P18) ①She has been quite badly off for a while after her husband died. 在丈夫去世后的一段时期内，她过得很贫困。

②Even now some universities are badly off for English teachers. 即使是现在有些大学也缺少英语教师。

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③There is always someone worse off than you. 总有人不如你。

④If he had worked hard when young，he would be well off now. 如果他年轻时努力工作，现在就能过得舒服些。

[归纳拓展] （１）be badly off for sth.某物短缺；不够(相当于be short of / be lacking in) （２）be well off 有钱的；富裕的；境况良好

（３）be well off for sth.……充裕

（４）better off(well off的比较级)境况比……较好

[即境活用]：完成句子

①他家不太富裕。

His family is not very ________ ________. ②马克的工作丢了，情况比以前更糟。

Mark has lost his job and is ________ ________ than ever. 答案：①well off

②worse off

4.entertain vi.& vt.使欢乐；款待(P18) ①We intend to entertain the guests in the restaurant. 我们打算在饭店里招待客人。

②He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes. 他既讲故事又说笑话，把我们逗乐了好几个小时。

③I usually entertain friends to dinner on Sundays. 我常常在星期天请朋友们吃饭。

④She was always so funny and entertaining. 她总是那么风趣，令人愉快。

[归纳拓展] (1) adj.令人感到愉快的entertaining (2) n．娱乐(活动)；招待entertainment (3) entertain sb.with sth.＝sb.be entertained with sth.用……使某人快乐

(4) entertain sb.to sth. 用……招待某人

[即境活用] 用entertain的适当形式填空

①It seems to her that everything is ________. ②The local ________ are listed in the newspaper. ③Bob ________ us to dinner yesterday. 答案：①entertaining

②entertainments

③entertained 5. pick out(P18): (1) My elder brother picked out a new car for me. 我哥哥给我挑选了一辆新车。

(2) The witness picked out the thief from a crowd of people. 目击者从一群人中认出了窃贼。

(3) Can you pick out the real meaning of the music? 你能领会这首曲子的真正含义吗？

总结：pick out ______________

_______________

_______________

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[归纳拓展] pick up: 捡起，拿起；接(某人)；(偶然，无意间)学会；

(精神等)恢复；收拾整理; 收听（节目）；跌倒了爬起来

e.g: She picked up Spanish when she was living in Mexico. 她旅居墨西哥时学会了西班牙语。

e.g: I’ll pick you up at five. 我五点钟来接你。

[即境活用]:完成句子

①我父亲帮我选了一本新书。

My father helped me ________ ________ a new book. ②很容易从人群中辨认出他，因为他个子很高。

It’s easy to ________ ________ ________ in a crowd because he is very tall.③我从妈妈那学来的这个技术。

I ________ ________ this skill from my mother. 答案：①pick out

②pick him out

③picked up

6. cut off：(P18) (1) He cut off the branches from the trunk. 他把树干上的小分枝都剪掉了。

(2) They were cut off for not paying their phone bill. 他们未付电话费，被停机了。

(3) My explanation was cut off by loud protests. 我的解释被强烈的抗议声打断了。

(4) He was cut off from all human contact. 他被断绝了与所有人的联系。

总结：cut off (1)切断、剪掉

(2)停止；终止；中断(供给) (3)打断(某人并阻止其讲话) (4)使……与外界隔绝，断绝。常用于：

cut sb./sth.off from... 拓展：

（1）I usually cut across the park on my way home.

我回家常抄近路，从公园里走。

（2）He cut up the meat on his plate. 他在盘子上把肉切碎成小块。

（3）She kept cutting in on our conversation. 我们谈话时她老是插嘴。

（4）When you give a speech，you’d better cut out unimportant details. 你演讲时最好删掉那些不重要的细节。

（5）The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking. 医生告诉他减少酒量/饮酒。

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[归纳拓展

（1）cut across

抄近路穿过；取捷径通过

（2）cut down

砍倒；削减；减少

（3）cut in

插嘴

（4）cut out 剪除；删除

（5）cut up

切碎

[即境活用] 用cut短语的适当形式填空

①On no account should we ________(减少)the production. ②I had my hair ___________(切断)and sold it. ③Don’t ________(插嘴)when someone else is talking. 答案：①cut down

②cut off

③cut in

7. convince vt.使信服；使相信，使确信；说服，劝说

(1) I try to convince him of the reality of the danger. 我试图使他相信危险的确存在。

(2) He convinced me that I should study law. 他使我相信，我应该学法律。

(3) How can I convince you of the fact? 我如何才能让你相信事实呢？

(4) I’ve been trying to convince him to see a doctor. 我一直劝他去看病。

(5) I am convinced that Tom is lying. 我相信Tom在说谎。

[归纳拓展] (1)convince vt.使信服；说服

convince sb.of sth.使某人确信/ 明白某事

convince sb.that...使某人相信……

convince sb.to do sth.说服某人做某事

(2)convinced adj.确信的；信服的

be convinced that / of...(某人)相信……

[即境活用] 完成句子

①他使我确信了他的诚实。

He ________ me ________ his ________. ②我们确信这些产品是安全的。

We ________ ________ ________ the safety of these products. 答案：①convinced；of；honesty

②are convinced of

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