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;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。 content (adj.)满足，满意，知足 常见搭配：be content with sth. 满足于某事 be content to do sth.做某事很满足 _____you _____ _____your present______? 你对你现在的工资待遇满意吗？ She ____quite _____ ______ _____at home looking after her children. 她呆在家里照顾孩子感到非常知足。 知识联想： be satisfied with ;2) content (vt.)使满意, 使满足 content sb./oneself with sth. 使…满足于… I_____ ________ ______a glass of coffee everyday. 每天一杯咖啡便能使我满足。 3) content (n.)所含之物，内容 I like _____ _____of the book but I don’t like the_______. 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。; [拓展] not that ... but (that) :“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。 Not that I ____ ______ ____ go with you, _____ ______I am busy now. 并不是我不愿意跟你一起去，而是我现在很忙。; 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) astonish (vt.) 使…….吃惊/震惊。 The earthquake astonished me. 地震使我惊慌失措。 be astonished+ at (by) … 被……惊吓 I ______ ________ _______the news. 这消息使我大吃一惊。 ;2) astonishing adj. 令人吃惊的 an astonishing speech. 惊人的演讲 3) astonishment n. 惊异；惊愕；惊奇 in astonishment 愕然， 吃惊地 to one’s astonishment 令……惊异的是…… 如：She ______ ______me in astonishment. 她吃惊地瞪着我。 _____ ______ _______,the little boy ______ _______the river. 令我们惊奇的是那小男孩居然游过了那条河。;4. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off, … 不幸的是，他父亲去世了，这令到这 个家庭更加潦倒。 1） badly off潦倒，穷困 They are _____badly off ____ ______a holiday. 他们贫穷得根本谈不上度假。 [拓展] well off富裕的，处境好的 In fact most people are ______ ______ ______they were five years ago. 实际上现在大多数人都比五年前要富裕。 ;2） leave sb/sth n. adj. doing done prep. Phrases ;5. He grew more a