高一英语人教版必修四课件：Unit33-Learningaboutlanguage.pptVIP

Discovering useful words and expressions 1. 直到现在 　　　　　 2. 对……满意　　　　　 3. 潦倒,穷困, 缺少的　 4. 让人吃惊　　　　　　 5. 时间流逝 6. 照顾 7. 遍及, 整个世界 8. 磨破的,穿旧的, 精疲力尽的 up to now be content with badly off 　 astonish sb.　 go by look after throughout the world worn-out Useful phrases 9.克服困难 10.寻找 11.被困住,被绊住,受阻 12.在……的边缘 13.挑出,辨别出 14.切/砍下，切断 15. 主演,担任主角 overcome difficulty in search of be caught in on the edge of pick out cut off star in 1. …, so they could feel more content with their lives. 1) content adj. 满足的，满意的，知足的 be content with sth. be content to do sth. Are you content with your present salary? She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children. 2) content vt. 使满意, 使满足 content sb. / oneself with sth. 使…满足于… I content myself with a glass of coffee every day. 3) content n. 所含之物，内容, 目录 I like the style of the book but I don’t like the content. 2. Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! not that用于句首或短语之前表示否定含义，“倒不是；并不是说”。 Not that I hate the work. Im not strong enough for it. Not that I dislike the task, but that I am not equal to it. Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. 3. Unfortunately, his father died, leaving the family even worse off. badly off 穷困的, 缺少的 be worse off 情况更坏的，恶化的 be well off 富裕的，处境好的 be better off (尤指经济)境况较好的 They are too badly off to have a holiday. In fact most people are better off than they were five years ago. 4. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was ... astonishing adj. 惊人的 The car rushed at the bridge at astonishing speed. astonish v. 使…惊讶 The news astonished everyone. astonished adj. 惊讶的 She was astonished to find he was drunk. He was much astonished that you had failed. I was astonished at / by the news. astonishment n. 惊异；惊愕；惊奇 　in astonishment 愕然地， 吃惊地 She stared at me in astonishment. 　 to one’s astonishment 令某人惊讶的是… To our astonishment, the small boy swam across the river. 1). It wa