Unit 3 A taste of English humour 1.adj. 滿足的 n. 滿足 2.n. 表演者/演出者 3.v. 使驚詫 4.adj. 令人驚訝的 5.adj. 幸運/吉利的 6.adv. 不幸地 7.adj. 平常的,普通的 8.adj. 厭煩的 9.v. 使歡樂,款待 10. prep. 遍及;貫穿1. content2.performer3.astonish4.astonishing5.fortunate6.unfortunately7. ordinary 8.bored 9.entertain10. throughout 11.adj. 無家可歸的 12.n. 小胡子 13.adj. 用舊/破爛的 14.n. 失?。ㄕ撸?15.v. 戰(zhàn)勝;克服 16.n. 皮革 17.v.嚼碎;咀嚼 18.v. 使信服 19.adj. 令人信服的 20.v.導(dǎo)演,指示,指揮11.homeless12. moustache13.worn14.failure15.overcome16.leather17.chew18.convince19.convincing20.direct 21. adj.杰出的 22.n. 瑞士 23.n./v. 姿態(tài);手勢 24.adj.特殊的 n.細節(jié) 25.n. 時刻,場合 26.n. 預(yù)算,開支 27.n. 女演員 28.v.幻燈片 29.直到現(xiàn)在 30.對滿意 21.outstanding 22.Switzerland 23.gesture 24.particular 25.occasion 26.budget 27.actress 28.slide 29.up to now 30.be content with humorous adj. 幽默的，詼諧的humorist n. 幽默作家；談吐 詼諧的人humo(u)rless adj.缺乏幽默感的comedy n.喜劇 comedian n.喜劇演員1.humo(u)r n. 幽默，詼諧 2.up to now 直到現(xiàn)在 be up to sb 由某人決定 up to date = up-to-date adj. 最近的,最新的 be up to sth 勝任 up and down 上上下下 Whats up ? 什么事？ 3. bright adj. 明亮/陽光/生動/聰明/有前途的 brighten vt. 使變亮,使生輝 He brightened (up) when he heard the good news. 他聽到這個好消息時喜形於色。 The sky / weather is brightening. 天空 / 天氣轉(zhuǎn)晴。 brightness n. 光亮/明亮/聰明 4 so they could fell more content with their lives. 1).content (adj.) =satisfied, pleased滿足的,滿意的; be content with sth. 滿足于某事 be content to do sth. 愿意做某事 be content that 滿足. be satisfied /pleased with 滿足. 2) content n.所含之物,內(nèi)容,目錄 I like the style of his book but I dont like the content. the contents of my desk drawer 我抽屜存放的東西 the content of the speech 演講的內(nèi)容 3) content vt.使?jié)M意, 使?jié)M足 content sb./oneself with sth. 使某人/自己滿足于 I content myself with a glass of coffee everyday. 5. astonish vt. 使驚異;使大為吃驚 1) astonish sb. 使某人驚奇 The news astonished everybody. 2) be astonished+ at (by) /to do/that 被(因)驚嚇 我被那些巨大的聲響嚇了一跳。 I was astonished to hear the loud sound. 他出現(xiàn)在宴會上,使我們感到驚訝。 We were astonished that he appeared at the party. to ones astonishment 令驚異的是 To our astonishment the small boy swam across the river. astonishing adj. 令人吃驚的 an astonishing remark 驚人之語 astonishment n. 驚異；驚愕；驚奇 in astonishment 愕然， 吃驚地 如： She stared at me in astonishment. 6.fortunate adj. 幸運的，吉利的. fortune n. 幸運,運氣 fortunately adv.幸運地 unfortunately adv.不幸地 be fortunate in doing 在方面幸運 be fortunate to do sth. 幸運的能做某事 我很幸運有健康的身體。 Im fortunate to have good health. It is fortunate that 是幸運的 說來幸運,他被恰好駛過的船救起。 It was fortunate that he was saved by the passing boat. 7. leave the family even worse off / leaving his family sleeping in the tree leave sb / sth + n. adj. doing done prep. phrases 留下某人 / 物 1.His father died, leaving him _(很多錢).2.Who left the door _(開著)?3.He went out ,leaving his work _(沒完成的).4.The teacher left him _(站在外面).5.The parents left the child _(房間里面). much money open unfinished standing outside in the room 8. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family the family even worse off. be badly off 貧困,潦倒,境況不好的;缺少的 (句中的 worse off 為其比較級) I am quite badly off recently. 最近我經(jīng)濟上很拮據(jù)。 The refugees are badly off for blankets, and even worse off for food.難民需要毯子，更需要食物。 be worse off 情況帶壞,惡化 be well off 富裕的,處境好的 be better off (尤指經(jīng)濟)境況較好 我去她家一看,發(fā)現(xiàn)她的生活狀況比我的更差。 I went to her home and found her living condition was worse off than mine. 我們不應(yīng)該因為窮而叫苦連天-許多人的家境更糟。 We shouldnt complain about being poor -many families are much worse off. 9. bore v.使厭煩 n.討厭的人/麻煩事 He bored us all by talking for hours about his new house. bored adj. 厭煩的，無聊的 boring adj. 令人厭煩的 be bored with 厭煩做 . 1.The children quickly got /were _with staying indoors. 2.There was a _expression on her face. 3.The _evening made them all _.bored boredboringbored 10. because known throughout the world. 1)The company has branches throughout the country/the world. prep. (表示地區(qū))遍及 2)It rained throughout the night. prep. (表示時間)貫穿 3) The hill was green throughout. adv. 到處 4) She remained silent throughout. adv.自始至終 11. knock into 撞上(車,墻等) knock at (on) 敲(門) knock against 沖著敲 knock out (of) 敲倒 / 破壞 / 筋疲力竭 knock down 擊倒,拆卸,拍賣出 knock over 打翻,搜查,吃掉 knock off 敲落(中止,下班) 1)These old houses are going to be knocked _. 2)The policeman knocked the gun _ of the thiefs hand . 3)If you knock _ someone, you should say sorry. 4) - Are either you or he going to visit the exhibition? - He is. I cant knock _ working until 6 oclock.downout into off 12. The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes. homeless adj. 無家可歸的 helpless adj. 無助的; 無依無靠的 careless adj. 粗心的; 輕率 childless adj. 沒有兒女的 harmless adj. 無害的; 無損害的； countless adj. 數(shù)不盡的; 無數(shù)的 tireless adj. 不知疲倦的,無休止的 13. worn-out adj. 1)(衣類/機器等)磨破的;磨損的;用舊的(一般用在名詞前) a worn-out coat一件穿破的大衣 a worn-out automobile 一輛破舊的汽車 a worn-out age 風(fēng)燭殘年 2)精疲力盡的,憔悴的(一般不用在名詞前) She looked /was / got worn-out when he came back. 14. overcome v. 戰(zhàn)勝,克服 He overcame a bad habit. 他克服了一項惡習(xí)。 be overcome with / by 被(悲哀、恐怖等)打倒; 因為崩潰/垮掉 She was overcome with / by grief. 她因為悲傷而崩潰了。 15 .pick out a. (從同類當(dāng)中) 選出,選擇 She picked out a pink dress for her daughter. b. (在許多人當(dāng)中)看出;辨認(rèn)出 Can you pick out your mother in this crowd? pick up 拾起;(車/船)搭載客人,駕車去接(人);接收(信號/廣播/電視節(jié)目)學(xué)會(語言) 16. cut off (1) Her little finger was cut off in an accident at the factory. 切下；割下，砍下 (2) We were cut off in the middle of our conversation. 切斷電話線使某人通話中斷 (3) Disease cut him off in the best part of life. 疾病死亡 cut in 打斷別人的談話，插嘴 cut across 抄近路穿過 In order not to be late, she cut across the fields. 為了不遲到，她抄近路穿過田野。 cut out 切斷, 刪除, 停止, 取代, 裁剪 cut down 削減, 擊倒, 殺死 cut up 切碎 17.He eats each mouthful with great enjoyment. 他一口一口地嚼得津津有味。 mouthful n. 一口；滿口 He took a mouthful of the bitter medicine and made a face. 他喝了一口苦藥，做了個鬼臉。 a mouthful of 一大口的 at a mouthful 一大口 handful n. 一撮，一把 a handful of sand 一把沙子 cupful n.一滿杯 two cupfuls of milk 兩杯牛奶 spoonful n.一匙；滿匙 two spoonfuls of sugar 兩匙糖 18. convincing adj. 使人信服的，有力的，令人心悅誠服的 This is not a convincing story but most people like to talk about it. convince v. 使確信，使信服，說服 convince sb of sth 使某人相信某事 convince sb to do sth說服某人做某事 convince sb that 使某人相信 Finally we failed to convince them. 最后我們說服不了他們。 He convinced me of his sincerity. 他使我確信他的真誠。 In order to_ us of his innocence. he gave us several _cases which could make us_of him. convince convincing convinced 19. Chaplin wrote, directed, and produced the films he starred in. 1)The driver directed us to the airport. direct v. 指揮,導(dǎo)演,命令,指示 2)There is no direct train from here to Taiwang. direct adj. 直的,直線的;直達的 3)He gave me a direct answer. direct adj. 坦白的; 率直的 20. star in (在電影中)主演, 由主演；以為主角 She has starred in a lot of good films. star sb (in sth.) 使某人擔(dān)任主角；由某人主演 1). Ben Kingsley starred in the film “Gandhi”. 2). The director wanted to star Michael Caine in his new film. 21.particular adj. 特殊的,特別的 in particular 特別,尤其 You should avoid eating fat meat, pork in particular. be particular about sth 對某事挑剔He is very particular about what he eats. from the particular to the universal 從特殊到普通 22. slide vi.滑動；下滑；滑入；悄悄地溜走 vt.使滑動 n.幻燈片；滑坡；滑動；雪崩（1）用作不及物動詞 (vi.) If you pull this lever, the roof will slide back.拉一下這根桿,頂就往后滑動。 The book slid off my knee.書從我膝上滑落。 （2）用作及物動詞 (vt.) We are to slide the box by exerting a force on it.我們對箱子施加作用力，使它滑動。（3）用作名詞 (n.) After you type your comment you can move it around on the slide.鍵入批注后,您可以在幻燈片中移動批注。 A frozen brook makes a good slide.結(jié)凍的溪流形成了一個絕妙的滑坡。 23.whisper v. 耳語；私語；密談。如：whisper sth.whisper to sb.whisper sth. to sb.whisper to sb. thatwhisper thatIt is whispered that 他對她耳語，以避免讓別人聽到。 He whispered to her so that no one else would hear.她小聲對我說她覺得很害怕。She whispered to me that she felt very afraid.傳聞?wù)f他身患癌癥。It is whispered that he has cancer.