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Book 4 Unit 3 Words and expressions humo(u)r n.[u]幽默,风趣　 　I like a person who has a sense of humor humourist n. [c] 幽默（作）家，谈吐幽默的humorous adj. 幽默的，诙谐的 Mark Twain was a _____________ author and he was a _____________. 2. We have learned so many humors up to now. If we feel depressed, we can use these humors to brighten ourselves. And we feel bored, we can entertain ourselves with these humors. 3. When he heard the first gold medal for London, Johnson wanted to inspire the British Team to get more medals. So he waved the national flag on a zip-wire hanging 20 metres above the ground in a park. Unfortunately , to his amusement, he got stuck on the zip-wire. 4. inspire sb. to sth./to do sth. 激励某人做某事。 The mayor inspired us to great efforts in the competition. The mayor inspired the athletes to compete harder. 5. A crowd of onlookers were amused by looking at the mayor of London getting stuck on a zip- wire . Most funny pictures appear online. 6. Charlie Chaplin He often wears a worn-out coat. The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. He walked around stilly carrying a walking stick. EX1. Listening and grammar Reading one A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOR As Victor Hugo once said, _________________ is the sun that drives winter from the human face, and______________________ nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He brightened the lives of Americans and British through two _________________ and the hard years in between. He made people ___________________ a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel _______________________ their lives. Not that Charlies own life was___________! He was born in a _____________family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall_________________. You may find it _______________ that Charlie was taught to sing _________________ he could speak and dance_________________ he could walk. Such training was common in acting famil