必修4 Unit 3 language pointsreading 1.pptVIP

1. find it… to do 发现做(某事)很…… 他发现向父母解释自己的困境是很难的。 He found _____ ____ ____ ____his difficulties to his parents. 她发现学好英语是很重要的。 She found it very important to learn English well. it hard to explain 2. content adj. 满足的，满意的； vt. 使满足。 be content with=be satisfied with=be pleased with sth /sb be content to do sth content /satisfy oneself with某人满足于... content 作为形容词，只能作表语；content是表语形容词，一般不用作定语；如果用作定语时，必须用contented,比如 There is a contented smile on his face. 你对你的工作满意吗？ Are you content with your work? 她待在家里照顾孩子,感到非常满足. She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children. content n. 所含之物;内容 他对这样一个小小的成功就感到满足。 He is content ____ such a small success. 我很愿意留在这里。 I am well content __________here. 我们买了些小东西。 We contented ourselves_____a few small purchases. with to remain with 3. worse off 穷的，缺少的；境况更差。 I went to her home and found her living condition was______ _____＿＿＿＿＿. 我们不应该因为穷而叫苦连天---许多人的家境更糟。 We shouldn’t complain about being poor ---many families are much worse off. 我去她家一看，发现她的生活状况比我的更差。 worse off than mine be badly off for sth.需用某物；缺少某物 be badly off 的反义词为be well off富裕的 ” be worse off 的反义词为be better off 境况更好的 ” 他们贫困得根本谈不上度假。 They are too badly off to have a holiday. 实际上现在大多数人都比五年前要富裕。 In fact most people are______ _____ ____ they were five yeas ago. better off than 4.entertain vivt 宴请，招待或款待，是人愉快 entertain sb to sth 款待某人 entertain sb with sth 用...使某人快乐 The couple ____________us___ dinner last night. He tried to make his speech more___________. entertaining 使人愉快的，有趣的。 entertainment n (U)宴客，款待，娱乐。（C）娱乐或演出 He fell in the water, much to the entertainment of the children. 他掉进水里，逗得孩子们乐的不可支。 entertained to entertaining 5. astonish vt. 使惊异；使大为吃惊。 astonish sb. 使某人惊奇 这个消息令大家惊讶。 The news astonished everybody. be astonished+ at (by) /to do/that… 被(因)……惊吓 我被那些巨大的声响吓了一条。 I was astonished at/to hear the loud sound. 他出现在宴会上，使我们感到惊讶。 We were astonished that he appeared at the party. 6.inspire sth. in sb. (=ins