M4unit3 A TASTE OF ENGLISH HUMOR words.pptVIP

Unit 3 New words and expressions 1 humour humour/humor n. humorous adj. humorist n. 2 up to now up to now= 通常与现在完成时连用 翻译1:到目前为止,工作很顺利。 3 content feel /be content/satisfied with be content to do sth. content sb./oneself with sth. 翻译2：人应当对自己拥有的东西感到知足。 4 astonish astonish= be astonished at/ by sth.对某事感到惊讶 be astonished to see / learn...看到 / 得知……感觉很惊讶 be astonished + that从句 对……感到惊讶 翻译3:他听到这个消息感到很吃惊。 astonishing 令人惊讶的（指事物本身的特征） astonished 感到惊讶的（指人的主观感受） astonishment惊讶 to one’s astonishment让某人惊讶的是… in astonishment 惊讶地 5．fortunate fortunate adj.幸运的→fortune n.幸运，运气 unfortunate adj.不幸的→fortunately adv.幸运地unfortunately adv.不幸地 6．badly off badly off （for sth） 比较级：worse off 反义词：well off富裕，处境好（better off） 翻译4：虽然他很穷，但是他看不起有钱人。 7．entertain entertain …with… entertaining adj. 使人愉快的，有趣的： entertainment n.款待，请客；娱乐，消遣 8．pick out pick out pick up 翻译5：你能在这人群中认出你姐姐来吗？ 9．cut off 1 Mind you don’t cut your fingers off. 2 She feels very cut off living in the country. （cut off from…) 3 Our water supply has been cut off. 翻译6：Tony感觉似乎他和外面的世界隔绝了。 10.convince convince sb. of sth./that… convince sb. to do sth. sb. be convinced of sth./that… 11.star(-rr) in 翻译7：她有幸在这部影片中出演主角。 12.particular in particular=especially be particular about Don’t be too particular about others. 13.occasion occasion n.时刻，场合→occasional adj.偶尔的，临时的→occasionally adv.偶尔地，有时地 Please describe an occasion where you met with real difficulties. 14.react react to reaction n.反应，回应 * *