A taste of English humour教案3.docVIP

1...and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. (P18)……到现在为止还没有人能做得比查理·卓别林更好。 up to now直到现在（一般用于现在完成时） 常用于现在完成时的时间状语还有：so far, since, ever since, recently, in the past/last few years等。 to this day 直到现在 until/till now 直到现在I have heard nothing from him up to now. 迄今为止我没得到他一点音信。 I’ve seen him twice up to now. 到现在为止，我已经见过他两次了。 练习： (1)_______________（到现在为止）,the work has been easy. (2)He hasn’t made a decision ______________（至今）. 2. He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives.(P18)在人们感到沮丧时，他可以使他们开怀大笑，于是人们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。 feel/be content with对……满足（=be satisfied with=be pleased with） content adj.满足的;满意的（只能作表语?? be content to do sth.甘愿做某事 content n.满足；含量；容量 contents ［pl.］ n.容纳的东西，内藏物;内容；目录 content vt.使满足；使满意 content oneself with sth.满足于I managed to understand the contents of her speech.我设法了解她的演讲的内容。 At the front of the book is a table of contents.书的前面是目录。 She is content with such a small success. 她对这样一个小小的成功就感到满足。 We contented ourselves with a few small purchases.我们只好买些小东西。 练习： （1）The old couple seemed___________（满足的）to sit in front of the television all night. （2）Nothing contents her; she is always complaining.（英译汉） ________________________________________________________ （3）__________________(箱子里的东西)fell onto the floor. （4）我很愿意留在这里。（汉译英） _________________________________________________ 3. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak...(P18）你可能会感到惊奇，查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌…… astonish vt.使惊诧 astonishing adj.令人震惊的 astonished adj.感到惊讶的 be astonished at因……而惊讶 be astonished to do做某事感到惊讶 be astonished that...惊讶…… astonishment n.惊讶 to one’s astonishment令某人感到惊讶的是 in astonishment惊讶地It astonishes me that no one has thought of this before. 以前谁也没有想到这一点，这使我感到惊讶。 The birth rate of the whole world is astonishing. 全世界的人口出生率简直惊人。 He was astonished to see his father here. 在这儿见到父亲他感到惊讶。 He looked at me in astonishment.