Unit3 A taste of English humour
核心单词
1. content
adj. 满意的,满足的
vt. 使满意,满足
n. 内容;所包含之物
He is content despite his great poverty.
他虽然很穷,但很满足。
Can you tell me the content of the box?
你能告诉我盒子装的什么吗?
常用结构:
be/ feel content with=be satisfied /plead with
对…… 满意
be content to do sth.满意/乐意做某事
content onelf with 使某人自己对……感到满足
As there is no bread, we must content ourlves with pancakes.
因为没有面包了,我们只好吃煎饼了。
—Are you content with your prent salary?
你对你现在的工资满意吗?
—No, not at all. 不,一点也不满意。
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翻译句子
①你对你现在的生活满意吗? (原创)
②There is a table of contents at the front of the book.
答案: ① Are you content with your prent life?
②书的前面有目录。
2. entertain
vt.&vi. 使欢乐;招待;款待
He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes.
他给我们讲故事、说笑话,让我们高兴了好几个小时。
We were all entertained by his humorous stories.
他的幽默故事使我们大家都很开心。
常用结构:
entertain sb.with sth. 用……使某人快乐
entertain sb. to sth. 用……招待/款待某人
I often entertain friends to dinner on Sundays.
我常在星期天请朋友们吃饭。
联想拓展
entertaining adj. 使人愉快的;有趣的
entertainment n. 款待;请客;娱乐;消遣
an entertaining story/guest 一个有趣的故事/客人
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完成句子 顾客服务(原创)
①这个孩子正在搭积木玩。
金牌是纯金的吗
The child is his building blocks.
②那个镇上几乎没有娱乐设施。
few in that town.
③这类机器人是为娱乐而设计的。
This type of robot is intended only .
答案: ①entertaining himlf with ② There are; entertainments ③ for entertainment
3. failure
n.[U]失败;[C]失败的经历;失败的人或事
I became successful after many failures.
在多次失败后,我终于成功了。得过且过
The new restaurant was a failure and soon clod.
那家新饭店经营不善,不久便关门了。
联想拓展
反义词:success n.成功;成功的人或事
fail v. 失败;不及格
fail in 失败;不及格;不足;缺乏
fail to do sth. (表示否定)未能做某事;没有
I failed to persuade him. 我没能说服他。
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完成句子 (原创)
①At last, he was (了不起的成功者), while she was (失败者).
②I (不能)e why you find it so amusing.
答案: ① a great success;a failure ② fail to
4. convince
vt. 使确信;使信服
常用结构:
be convinced/sure of sth./that确信;坚信
convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事
convince sb. of sth./that 使某人相信……
亲爱的公主殿下We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane.
我们说服安妮乘火车而不是乘飞机去。
It’s hard to convince my family that we can’t afford a new car. 很难让我的家人相信我们买不起新车。
联想拓展
convincing adj. 有说服力的;令人信服的
convinced adj. 感到信服的;相信的
convincible adj.可被说服的,可喻之以理的
be convinced of sth./that 相信……
I am convinced of his honesty. 我对他的诚实深信不疑。
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单项填空 (原创)
①It will be very difficult to them our innocence.
A. convince; of B. believe; in
C. convince; about D. believe; of
②He couldn’t his father that John was telling the truth.
A. Convince B. believe
C. Admit D. display
①解析:选A。convince sb. of sth.贵州大学分数线意为“使某人相信某事”,符合句意。
②解析:选A。按照句意:他无法使他父亲相信约翰说的是事实。convince 使信服,说服。常用于convince sb. of sth./that ...结构。believe不能用于believe sb. that ...结构;admit承认,允许进入,接纳;display陈列,展览,显示。
5. direct
vt. &vi. 导演;指示;指挥
adj.直接的;笔直的;坦率的
He directed many Shakespearean plays in London.
他在伦敦导演过许多莎士比亚的戏剧。
常用结构:
direct+ sb./ sth. +to do sth. 指示/命令某人/物做某事
Direct +that sb. (should) do sth.
sth. (should) be done
指示某人做某事(虚拟语气)
The general directed that an advance (should)be made the next morning. 将军命令部队第二天早上向前挺进。
联想拓展
directly adv.直接地
direction n. 指导;方向
易混辨析
direct/directly
direct 是指不停步,不绕道,直奔目的地。
directly是指一种直接的方式,着重对事物的直接影响,不着重实际、距离;表示时间,指立刻,不拖延。
We flew direct from London to New York.
我们直接从伦敦飞到纽约。
You will hear everything directly you come.
你一来就会听到所有的情况了。
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选词填空(direct/direction/directly) (原创)
①The next flight doesn’t go to Paris,it goes by way of Rome.
②He refud to answer my questions .
③We’ll come we have finished.
④He drove in the of the farm.
答案: ① direct ② directly ③directly ④ direction
6. particular
adj. 特别的,特殊的,挑剔的
常用结构:
be particular about 对……挑剔
in particular = particularly 特别地,特殊地
He loves playing football in particular.
他特别喜欢踢足球。
易混辨析
particular/especial/special
particular特别的,特殊的,挑剔的,强调与众不同的,特定的,个别的。
especial 特别的,主要的,突出的。 强调的是重要性,有“优越,好感”胜利的反义词是什么之意。