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B4u3 A taste of English humor知识梳理 1. a master of nonverbal humor 非语言性幽默大师； a master’s degree 硕士学位; to master a foreign language 精通一种外语 2. drive winter from the human face 驱走人们脸上的阴霾 3. brighten the life of sb. = cheer sb up 让生活轻松愉快 4. depress v. 使沮丧，使降低（bring down）； be depressed/upset about 因…而沮丧； be hopeless / desperate about 对…感到绝望； depressing adj. 令人灰心丧气的； the economical depression 经济萧条 5. 对…满意的：feel content with= be satisfied with=be pleased with= be happy with; be content to do sth. = be willing to do sth. 乐意做… ; a contented man 知足的人 6. be badly off—be worse off—be worst off 贫穷的; be well off—be better off—be best off 富有的； 7. ordinary everyday tasks 普通的日常工作; extraordinary courage and determination 超乎寻常的勇气与决心 8. subtle adj 委婉的，细微的，敏锐的 9. one’s charming charater 有魅力的人格 10. wear a smile 带着笑容; wear a moustache长了胡子; a worn-out leather shoes磨破了的皮鞋 11. a social failure 遭社会淘汰的失败者 12. optimism乐观 —optimistic 乐观的; passion 热诚—passionate热诚的; have a passion for 对…热爱的; have an affaction for 对热爱；与某人有染； enthusiasm激情—entusiastic对…有激情的; pessimism消极—pessimistic消极的; patriotism爱国主义—patriotic爱国的; positive支撑的; negative反对的; subjective主观的; objective客观的; neutral不受影响的，中立的 13. overcome/ beat/ defeat the difficulties([c.n.])客服困难; have some/ little difficulty / trouble in doing sth. / with sth.([u.n]) 在…方面有困难; in seach of寻找某物; search sp. for sth.因某物而搜某地; do research into/ on sth.从事…反面的研究 14. convince sb. of sth.劝…相信… (类似结构 rob/ inform/ remind/ warn/ dispose … of … ; convincing= persuasive 有说服力的; It is convinced that…=It is believed that…据信、人们相信; sb. be convinced that… = sb. believe that…某人相信 15. star in silent film 在无声电影中担主演 16. direct and produce the film导演制作电影 17. outstanding work 出色的工作 18. make use of gestures and bodylanguage利用手势与肢体语言； take advantage of 利用 19. astonish v 使惊讶—astonishing adj 令人惊讶的—astonished adj 惊讶的-- n. astonishment ； （类似构词近义词：shock—shocking—shocke