人教版必修4 unit 3 Language points in Reading.ppt

Mark the following words and phrases in the text. 1.content 2.astonishing 3.worse off 4.entertaining 5.homeless 6.worn-out 7.pick out 1. content n. 满足；目录；内容 vt. 使满足 adj. 满意的，满足的 Now my grandmother is very content with her life. I always read the contents of a book before judging it. Being tired of city life, she is content to live in peace in the countryside. be content with ...对…满意 be content to do ...愿意做某事 3)Martina contented herself with a bowl of soup. content oneself with sth.使自己满足于… 不要使自己满足于小小的成功。 Don’t content yourself with small success. 翻译下列句子。 1. 我们不应该使自己仅仅满足于课本知识。 We ___________________________ book knowledge only . 2. 我愿意等候。 I am content to wait. should not content ourselves with 2. astonish 使（某人）吃惊， 震惊。比surprise的语气强。 The earthquake astonished me. 地震使我惊慌失措。 I was astonished to see her in Australia. 我在澳大利亚见到她，很惊异。 adj. astonished/astonishing be astonished+ at (by)被(因)……惊吓 be astonished to do… 对做某事吃惊 She was astonished to find he was drunk. 发现他喝醉了, 她很吃惊。 I was astonished at/by the news. 这消息使我大吃一惊。 astonishment n. 惊异；惊愕；惊奇 to one’s astonishment令人吃惊的是… To our astonishment, they won the match. 令我们吃惊的是，他们赢得了比赛。 完成句子： 1._________________________(使他们惊讶的是)，27 people volunteered. 2.His wife ____________________(对…感到惊讶)the large sum of money he had spent. 3.The birth rate of world is__________.(令人惊讶的) To their astonishment was astonished with astonishing 3. badly off 多与be连用，意为“_________________” 穷的，生活困难的 1) Mrs. Smith was quite badly off for a while after her husband died. 2) No matter how badly off we were, we never went to bed hungry. 比较级是：worse off,表示“更穷的” 3) The school is rather badly off for equipment. 4) Our junior middle school was then badly off for teachers. “_______” badly off for sth.意为“缺乏”。 缺少的 选出最佳选项。 1. They don’t seem too badly _____ — they have nice clothes and a good house. A. on B. over C. for D. off 2. The people there were badly off _____ medici