2015-2016学年人教版高中英语必修4_Unit+3_Language+points+in+Reading.pptVIP

1. He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives. 每当人们感到失望的时候他总能令人发笑，因而他们对自己的生活更满足。;1) content (adj.): satisfied, happy, not wanting more 满足，满意，知足。 常见搭配：be content with sth. be content to do sth. 如： Are you content with your present salary? 你对你现在的工资待遇满意吗？;She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children. 她呆在家里照顾孩子感到非常知足。 区别: content; contented; satisfied content与contented意思接近，指“虽然各种愿望没有实现，但人应安于现状不再多求”，content 一般作表语，而;如：She has a contented look. 她显得满意的样子。 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 everyday.;I like the style of the book but I don’t like the content. 我喜欢这本书的文体，但我不喜欢它的内容。;2. Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! 这并不是说查理本人生活得就那么容易。;Not that I hate the work. I’m not strong enough for it. 并非我讨厌这份工作，而是我不够强壮，无法胜任。 Mary has a new job — not that I care. 玛莉有一份新工作 — 那我倒不关心。;[拓展] not that ... but (that)意为“不是因为……而是因为”、“（并）不是……而是”，用于肯定一个原因，否定另一个原因，或者肯定一个判断，否定另一个判断。 ;He felt a bit worried, not that comrades were not working hard, but that they did not pay enough attention to safety. 他有些着急，倒不是因为同志们不努力工作，而是因为他们不够注意安全。 Not that I am unwilling to go with you, but that I am busy now. 并不是我不愿意跟你一起去，而是我现在很忙。;[仿写] _____________________________ (这并不是说他没有幽默感); 3. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. 令人感到震惊的是，当查理会说话和走路的时候就被教唱歌和跳舞。;1) it在句中作形式宾语，动词不定式to see…the road才是真正的宾语。当动词不定式作句子的宾语，同时有一个形容词同宾语在一起时???常用it作形式宾语。如： I’ll make it my business to help her. 我会把帮助她作为我的责任。; Do you consider it wise to tell them about it? 你觉得告诉他们明智吗？ We consider it useless arguing with him on that point. 我们认为在那点上与他争论是没有用的。 2) 句中的astonishing为动词的-ing形式作宾语补足语。 ; astonish: to surprise sb. greatly 使（某人）吃惊， 震惊。比surprise的语气要强。 如： The earthquake astonished me. 地震使我惊慌失措。 be astonished 吃