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Unit 3 A taste of English humour 一、语言要点 II 词语辨析 (旨在提供完形填空所需材料) 1. specially / especially / particularly 【解释】 specially = on purpose故意地；专门地 (不是为了别的，而只是为了某一目的而专门采用 的某种方式。如：I came here specially to see you. 我特地到这儿来看你。 especially = particularly = in particular = in especial特别地；尤其是；特别是，通常用来对 前面所叙述的事情作进一步说明或补充，是有意突出到显眼或例外的程度，强调“超过其 他，与众不同”，在介词或连词前用得较多。如：I like Harbin, especially in summer. 我喜 爱哈尔滨，尤其是哈尔滨的夏天。 【练习】用specially，especially，particularly填空。 1). I like my hometown, _______ in spring. 2). These shoes were _______ made for you. 3). A committee has been _______ appointed to look into the matter. 4). We did very well in this exam, _______ our monitor. 2. common / usual / ordinary 【解释】 common意为“普通的，平常的”，指常见的，常发生的，不足为奇的。 usual意为“通常的，习惯性的”，可用于一切频繁发生的事情。 ordinary意为“通常的，普通的，日常的，随时都可以碰到的”，与common意思接近。 【练习】用common，usual，ordinary填空。 1). He arrived later than _______. 2). Rabbits and foxes are _______ in Britain. 3). Tom Sawyer was a/an _______ American boy who kept getting into trouble. 4). Our _______ workday is eight hours. 5). He’ s not an officer, but a/an ________ soldier. 3. convince / persuade 【解释】 convince “说服”，着重理智方面的“辩论，证明”。 persuade “说服”，着重情感上的“劝告”或“说服某人做/不做某事”。 【练习】用convince，persuade填空。 1). He _______ me that I should study law. 2). He _______ me not to stay. 3). The officials were eager to _______ us of the safety of the nuclear reactors. 4). I _______ (convince) I saw you there, but it must have been someone else. 5). How can we persuade him into _______ (join) us? III 词性变化 （旨在提供语法填空所需材料） 1. humour n. 幽默，诙谐 humorous adj.幽默的，诙谐的 2. fortune n.(大量) 财产， 大笔的钱；运气，命运 fortunate adj.幸运的，侥幸的 fortunately adv.幸运地，幸亏 3. bore vt. 使厌烦；n. 令人 讨厌的人(或事) bored adj.感到无趣的或单调的 boring adj.令人厌烦的，乏味的 4. mouth n. 嘴，口 mouthful n.一口；少量 5. direct adj.直接的；坦率 的adv.直接地vt.对准；指导 direction n.方向[pl.]说明书；指引；指导 director n.指导者，主管；董事；导演 6. explain v. 讲解，解释 explanation n.解释，说明，阐述 【练习】用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空。 1). ________ (fortune), the drowning child was saved. 2). He gave a