必修四 Unit 3 A taste of English humour
1. 课前自测 2. 课堂学案 词汇接龙
1.
_______(vt. & vi. 导演；指示；指挥)→_______(adj. 直的；直接的；直率的)→ _______(n. 方向；趋势；方面)→_______(n. 说明书) 2.
_______(adj. 幸运的)→_______(adv. 幸运地)→_______(adj. 不幸的)→_______ (adv. 不幸地)→_______(n. 财富；命运；运气) 3.
_______(vt. 使信服)→_______(adj. 坚信的；深信的；确信的)→_______(adj. 令人信服的；有说服力的)→_______(adv. 有说服力地) 4.
_______(vt. & vi. 使欢乐；款待)→_______(n. 演员；表演者；艺人)→_______ (n. 文娱节目；招待；款待；娱乐)→_______(adj. 愉快的；有趣的) 5.
_______(adj. 满足的；满意的 vt. 使满足
n. 满足)→______(adj. 满足的；心安的) →_______(adv. 满足地；安心地)→_______(n. 目录；所容纳之物) 6.
_______(vt. 使惊诧)→_______(adj. 感到十分惊讶的；吃惊的)→_______(adj. 令人十分惊讶的；使人大为惊奇的；难以置信的)→_______(n. 惊讶；惊异)
课前自测
Key:1. direct; direct; direction; directions 2. fortunate; fortunately; unfortunate; unfortunately; fortune 3. convince; convinced; convincing; convincingly 4. entertain； entertainer; entertainment; entertaining 5. content; contented; contentedly; contents 6. astonish; astonished; astonishing; astonishment 词块互译 1. 使他家更穷
leave his family even _______ 2. 对他们自己的生活感到更满足
feel more content _______ their lives 3. 对他的举止报之以大笑
burst _______ laughter at his behaviour 4. 把皮鞋上端的皮切下来
_______ the leather top of the shoe 5. 挑出鞋带
_______ the lace of the shoe 6. _____________________
star in a film 7. _____________________
drive winter from the human face 8. 赶到那去寻找黄金
rush there _______ gold 9. _____________________
overcome all difficulties 10. 鼓舞人们让人们有信心
inspire people ______________ Key: 1. worse off 2. with 3. into 4. cut off 5. pick out 6. 在电影中担任主角 7. 驱走人们脸上的寒冬 8. in search of 9. 克服所有困难 10. with great confidence 句型补全
1. ________ Victor Hugo once ________，…up to now nobody
has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. 正如维克多·雨果曾经说的……直到现在也没有人能比查理·卓别林做得更好。 (as引导的非限制性定语从句) 2. You may find ________ astonishing ________ Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. 你可能会感到非常吃惊，查理一会说话就被教唱歌，一能走路就被教跳舞。 (it用作形式宾语) 3. Unfortunately, his father died, ________… 不幸的是，他的父亲去世了，这令整个家庭更加贫困…… (动词-ing形式作结果状语) 4. Instead he and another man are hiding in a small hut during a snowstorm ________. 相反，他和另一个人被暴风雪困在一个小木屋中，没有任何东西可吃。 (with复合结构) 5. The acting is ________ convincing ________ it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted. 卓别林的表演是那么有说服力，以至于你会相信这是他吃过的最美味的一餐。
(so…that…句式) Key: 1. As; said 2. it; that 3. leaving the family even worse off 4. with nothing to eat 5. so; that 课文回顾 Key:1. during 2.better 3. when 4. with 5. wearing 6. a 7. failure 8. being 9. entertaining 10. starred
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 As we know, Charlie Chaplin brightened the lives of Americans and British __1__ the period of silent films. Up to now nobody has been able to do this __2__(good) than Charlie Chaplin. He made people laugh at a time __3__
they felt depressed, so they could feel more content __4__ their lives. His charming character, the little tramp, was well-known all over the world. It was a poor and homeless person
__5__ (wear) large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat, and carrying __6__ walking stick. This character was a social __7__ (fail) but he was loved by all the people for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties and __8__ (be) kind to others even when they were unkind to him. In the famous film The Gold Rush, Chaplin managed to make the situation __9__ (entertain) — eating a boiled shoe by using nonverbal humor. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed and produced the films he __10__ (star) in. He is loved and remembered as a great actor who could inspire people with great confidence. 课堂学案 1. content
n. 满意；满足；容纳的东西；目录；(作品等)内容
v. 使满足；使满意
adj. 满足的 1. (2017陕西卷)The tray, and its contents, fell on a man who was just about to take a bite of his sandwich. 托盘以及它上面的物品，全都掉落在了一个刚准备咬一口三明治的男士身上。 2. (2015福建卷) We should be content with what we already have.
我们应该满足于我们已经拥有的一切。 to one’s heart’s content 尽情地 empty out the contents
清空容纳物 content oneself with… 满足于…… be/feel content with… 对……满足/满意 be content to do… 乐意做……；甘心做…… 【词块助记】 【拓展】content作形容词时，通常作表语、后置定语或状语，作前置定语时要用contented，如a contented expression满足的表情；在充当表语表示“非常满意”时，用be well content而不能用be very content。 1. (2015四川卷改编) Andy is content to the toy. It is the best he has ever got.
2. (2017全国卷改编) But he is not content to simple record these voices before they disappear without record. Key：1. to改为with 2. simple改为simply 【词块助记】 2. entertain v.
招待；款待；使欢乐；给……娱乐 1. (2017全国卷Ⅰ) The lion tamer uses a chair to entertain the audience.
训狮者用一把椅子娱乐观众。 2. (2017陕西卷) Pets are amusing and entertaining, but we are in a way doing animals harm by making them live in a human environment.
宠物既好玩又有趣，但是我们逼迫它们生活在人类的环境里，这种方式正给动物们带来危害。 3. ( 2017浙江卷) Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man’s entertainments. 在黑暗中听人讲故事是人们最古老的娱乐方式之一。 entertain sb. with sth./by doing sth. 用某物/通过做某事使某人快乐 entertain sb. to sth. 用……招待/款待某人 entertain oneself 自娱自乐 【构词】entertaining
adj. 使人愉快的；有趣的
entertainment n. [C]娱乐活动；文艺节目 [U]招待；款待 Our teacher Mrs. Zhang always tries to make her teaching ________ as well as informative. She likes to ________ us to music and films in her class. We are so
________ by her teaching that we all like her. 我们张老师一直尽力让她的课堂具有知识性的同时也具有趣味性。她喜欢在课堂上放音乐和电影娱乐我们。我们在她的课堂上感到很愉快所以都很喜欢她。 Key：entertaining; entertain; entertained 【词块助记】 3. convince
vt. 使确信；说服；使信服
1. (2017陕西卷) Its 630，000 inhabitants are increasingly convinced that the 14 million visitors a year are far too much of a good thing.
这里的63万居民越来越相信，每年1400万的游客真是天大的好事。 2. (2017重庆卷) The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is to convince people that the English weather is changeable.
作者写这篇文章的主要目的是为了让人们相信英国的天气是多变的。 convince sb. of/that… 使某人相信…… sb. be convinced of/that…
某人相信…… convince sb. to do…
说服某人做…… convince sb. that
使某人确信…… 【构词】convincing
adj. 令人信服的；有说服力的 a convincing argument 有说服力的辩论 a convincing excuse 令人信服的理由 1.
So far no one has come up with a ________ (convince) explanation of why the earth is getting warmer. 2. (2017山东卷改编) Pearson resisted, arguing for an advertising campaign designing to convince customers that visits to Sparrow restaurants were fun.
Key：1. convincing 2. designing改为designed 【词块助记】 4. whisper
n. [C]耳语；低语 vt. & vi. 小声说；低语 1. (2015湖北卷) In order not to be heard, she pointed her finger upwards to whisper that someone was moving about upstairs.
为了不被听到，她用手指指向上面，低声说楼上有人走动。 2. She whispered something in her mother’s ear.
她在她妈妈的耳朵边低声说了什么。 3. He told me the news in an excited whisper.
他兴奋地低声告诉我这个消息。 whisper sth. to sb. 向某人低声说 whisper sth. in one’s ear 在某人的耳旁低语 it is whispered that…
有传言说…… in a whisper/whispers
低声地 【构词】whispery
adj. 轻声的
whisperer n. 窃窃私语的人；搬弄是非的人；告密者 1. I have heard whisper that it is possible that there will be another Chemistry test.
2. Please say in a whisper, ________ the man will hear what you say. Key：1. 在whisper前加a 2. or/otherwise 5. break into
破门而入；突然做出……
1. (2017 福建卷) Old-fashioned phones matter when wireless networks break down in disasters.
灾难中无线网络垮掉的时候，老式电话就发挥作用了。 2. I was still sleeping when the fire broke out and then it spread quickly.
起火的时候我还在睡觉，后来大火迅速蔓延开来。 3. Wesley broke off with his girlfriend just because of a quarrel.
因为一次争吵，韦斯利跟女朋友中断往来。 4. Our soldiers quickly broke through the enemy’s defense.
我们的士兵很快就突破了敌人的防卫。
break away (from) 离开；脱离 break down 出故障；垮掉；(谈判等)失败 break in 插嘴；闯入 break off 中断；断绝 break out (疾病、战争、灾难、争吵等)突然爆发 break through 冲破；突破 break up 破碎；(关系)破裂；分解；驱散 【头脑风暴】 6. pick out 挑选出；辨认出 pick up
拿起，拾起；接人；(偶然)学会；接收到；恢复(健康) pick off
摘掉；摘下来 pick one’s pocket
扒窃；扒取钱包 1.
(2017福建卷) Pick yourself up. Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do.
振作起来。勇气是做你害怕做的事。 2. (2017四川卷) Perhaps you can help me pick out a pair of jeans now, since you are an expert.
既然你是一个专家，或许现在你能帮我挑选出一条牛仔裤。 3. She picked up Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.
在日本的时候她学会了日语。现在她能说一口流利的日语。 【头脑风暴】 【头脑风暴】 7. cut off 切掉；切断；使隔绝
1. (2017 陕西卷)My uncle hasn’t been able to quit smoking, but at least he has cut down.
我叔叔还没能戒烟，但至少他已经减少了抽烟次数。 2. I was just talking to Margaret when Jackson cut in.
我正跟玛格丽特交谈，杰克逊突然插话进来。 3. He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was cut off from the outside world. 他在医院待了六个月，感觉就像已经与外面世界隔绝一样。 4. (2017福建卷)The wicked stepmother told one of her two daughters to cut off
her big toe to fit into the shoe. 邪恶的继母告诉她两个女儿中的一个，剪下她的大脚趾就能把脚穿进鞋里。 cut down 砍倒；削减 cut in
插嘴；强行超车 cut out
剪下；(从文章中)删掉；停止 cut through
刺穿；剪断 cut up
切碎；剪碎 【微解析】 8. As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”， and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. 正如维克多·雨果曾经说的：“笑容如阳光，驱走人们脸上的寒冬”，关于这一点，直到现在也没有人能比查理·卓别林做得更好。 as引导的非限制性定语从句，as在句子中可以作主语、宾语或表语等，通常表示说话人的态度与看法，有时相当于一个插入语，位置比较灵活，可置于句首、句中或句末，且有“如……那样”或“像……那样”的含义；as作主语时，定语从句多半为被动结构，其常用动词为expect, hope, know, mention, see, think等。 【仿写】 1. Diaoyu Islands belong to China, ________. 众所周知，钓鱼岛是中国的。 2. ________， the number of the students in senior high school is increasing. 如上面提到的那样，高中生的人数正越来越多。 【单句改错】 3. Which is often the case, the girl forgot to bring her dictionary. Key：1. as is known to all/as we all know 2. As is mentioned above
3. Which改为As 请根据下面这幅漫画及提示，以“乐极生悲”(Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow)为题目，写一篇100词左右的小故事。
Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow
Mike was Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s only son. The parents loved the son very much. He was so much spoiled that he was given everything he asked for. One day Mr. Smith bought Mike a new bicycle as had promised. ① _______________. How happy he was! ② _______________. Even much happiness drove him to ride with his hands off. He shouted, “Look at me！” How proud he felt! While he was looking at his parents cheerfully, Mike sped up the bike. Oh, no! ③ __________________. He got badly injured. Mr. and Mrs. Smith went into deep sorrow. ④ ________________. The accident teaches us that we must think of danger in time of joy. 【写作导航】 1. 此处结合漫画可知：Mike一拿到自行车就迫不及待地骑着四周转。此处可用the moment引导的时间状语从句。 2. 结合漫画中父母二人在他骑车时只在一旁观看可知，这里可用一句话来描述父母的状态,即“史密斯夫妇二人站在旁边高兴地看着”。可结合使用非谓语动词增添画面感。 3. 他很开心地骑车，但出现了意外。可用感叹句或倒装句增强语气表达“这个过于开心的男孩儿从车上摔了下来”。 4. 故事的主要内容已给出，此处得出结论：乐极容易生悲。可用it作形式主语来表达。 Key:① The moment he had the bike, Mike rode it around and around
② Mr. and Mrs. Smith stood nearby watching happily
③ Off the bike fell the overjoyed boy
④ It was the right saying “Extreme joy begets sorrow”