Unit 3,A taste of English humour,Language points,Teaching aims: Enable students to learn what humor means and what is nonverbal humor. Key points: Help students divide the text into several parts according to the meaning. Difficult points: Divide the paragraphs and give the main ideas.,content adj.意為“滿足的；滿意的”，be content to do意為“樂意去做某事”；be content with sb / sth意為“對(duì)某人或某事感到滿意”，相當(dāng)于be pleased with或be satisfied with。,1. content,Im content to help you to set up a website on the Internet.,Those who are not content with the progress they have made will have greater success.,注：worse off是badly off的比較級(jí)，意思是“境況比更差”；better off意為“境況比好”。,To my surprise, I found his living conditions were much worse off than mine. With the development of economy, more and more people are better off.,content還可作動(dòng)詞，意為“使?jié)M足”；作名詞時(shí)，表示“滿足；心滿意足”，也可表示“（書、報(bào)紙等的）內(nèi)容；目錄；含量”。,My explanation seemed to content him.,astonish vt意為“使大為吃驚；使驚異”，比surprise程度強(qiáng)，比shock程度弱。,I was astonished to hear that the professor had broken down because of his hard work.,astonish,(1) astonishing adj意為“令人驚異的”。,The astonishing news made the world astonished, and a great many people expressed their opinions on the Internet.,(2) astonished adj指(某人)處于驚異、吃驚狀況，常用be astonished at sth。,He was astonished at what Tom had said and done.,(3) astonishment n.意為“驚訝”，可用to ones astonishment表示“使某人吃驚的是”。,To my astonishment, she still remembered my birthday.,particular adj.意為“專指的；特別的；格外的；不尋常的”。be particular about / over sth意為“對(duì)某事很講究 / 很挑剔”。in particular意為“特別地”。,I'm not particular about my clothes; I don't mind what I wear.,particular,(1) 意為“磨損的；損壞的；穿破的 (用壞的以至完全無用的)”。,Since your shoes are worn-out, why not buy another pair?,worn-out,(2) 意為“筋疲力盡的；耗盡的”，相當(dāng)于be tired out。,He was worn-out after the long journey.,(1) failure意為“失敗”時(shí)，是不可數(shù)名詞；意為“失敗者；失敗的事”時(shí)，是可數(shù)名詞。,As we all know, failure is the mother of success.,At last, he was a great success, while she was a failure.,failure & overcome,(2) overcome v.意為“控制(感情)；克服(困難)；征服；戰(zhàn)勝”，可用于to overcome difficulties / obstacles / problems / resistance等。,He made great efforts to overcome the difficulty.,fail還可作動(dòng)詞，意為“失??；不及格；無法做到”，可用fail to do sth或者fail in doing sth。,I failed to persuade him to give up smoking. = I failed in persuading him to give up smoking.,in search of意為“尋找”。類似的詞組有：in theaones search forof，make a search forof，在這三個(gè)短語中search是名詞。,Today, many countryside people have rush to the city in search of good jobs.,注意：in search of 中of不可換用for。,in search of,search還可以是作動(dòng)詞，意為“搜尋”，search 的賓語是尋找的東西所在的處所，即search someplace for sth，意為“搜查某地找”。,They searched the building for the robber.,而search sb for sth意為“搜某人身以找到某物”。,He searched the boy for the lost pen.,People who are searching after inner peace sometimes turn to religion.,search afterfor = look for = hunt for意為“到處尋找”。,cut off意為“切下來；剪下來”。,He cut off piece of cloth and wrapped the wound.,cut off還可譯為“切斷；停掉；使電話中斷”。,Theyve cut off the water temporarily because they are repairing one of the main pipes.,cut off,verbal skill 運(yùn)用語言的能力,I wrote a memorandum to confirm our verbal agreement. 我寫了份備忘錄以確認(rèn)我們的口頭協(xié)議。,verbal,