新人教版必修四_Unit_3_A_taste_of_English_humour

Unit3 A taste of English humour

核心单词

1. content adj. 满意的，满足的 vt. 使满意，满足

n. 内容；所包含之物

He is content despite his great poverty.

Can you tell me the content of the box?

常用结构：

be/ feel content with=be satisfied /pleased with 对…… 满意

be content to do sth.满意/乐意做某事

content oneself with 使某人自己对……感到满足

As there is no bread, we must content ourselves with pancakes.

—Are you content with your present salary?

—No, not at all.

①你对你现在的生活满意吗？

②There is a table of contents at the front of the book.

2. entertain vt.&vi. 使欢乐；招待；款待

他给我们讲故事、说笑话，让我们高兴了好几个小时。

We were all entertained by his humorous stories.

常用结构：

entertain sb.with sth. 用……使某人快乐

entertain sb. to sth. 用……招待/款待某人

I often entertain friends to dinner on Sundays.

entertaining adj. 使人愉快的；有趣的

entertainment n. 款待；请客；娱乐；消遣

an entertaining story/guest 一个有趣的故事/客人

这类机器人是为娱乐而设计的。 This type of robot is intended only .

3. failuren.［U］失败；［C］失败的经历；失败的人或事

在多次失败后，我终于成功了。

The new restaurant was a failure and soon closed.

反义词：success n.成功；成功的人或事

fail v. 失败；不及格

fail in 失败；不及格；不足；缺乏

fail to do sth. （表示否定）未能做某事；没有

I failed to persuade him. 我没能说服他。 ①At last, he was （了不起的成功者）, while she was

（失败者）.

②I （不能）see why you find it so amusing.

4. convince

vt. 使确信；使信服

be convinced/sure of sth./that确信；坚信

convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事

convince sb. of sth./that 使某人相信……

We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane.

It’s hard to convince my family that we can’t afford a new car.

convincing adj. 有说服力的；令人信服的

convinced adj. 感到信服的；相信的

convincible adj.可被说服的，可喻之以理的

be convinced of sth./that 相信……

I am convinced of his honesty. 我对他的诚实深信不疑。 ①It will be very difficult to them our innocence.

A. convince; of B. believe; in

C. convince; about D. believe; of

②He couldn’t his father that John was telling the truth.

A. Convince B. believe

C. Admit D. display

5. direct

vt. &vi. 导演；指示；指挥

adj.直接的；笔直的；坦率的

He directed many Shakespearean plays in London.

direct+ sb./ sth. +to do sth. 指示/命令某人/物做某事

Direct +that sb. (should) do sth.

sth. (should) be done

指示某人做某事（虚拟语气）

The general directed that an advance (should)be made the next morning.

联想拓展

directly adv.直接地

direction n. 指导；方向

重点短语

7. badly off 穷的；处境差的；缺少的

I am quite badly off recently.

联想拓展

be badly off for sth. 需要（某物）；（某物）供应不足

worse off 境况更差；更穷困

well off 富裕；处境好

（比较级：better off境况更佳）

His health is worse off than before.

The refugees are badly off for blankets, and even worse off for food.

Capitalism can make you well off.

①Though he was , he looked down upon those who had a lot of money.

A. well of B. rich

C. badly off D. well–known

②We shouldn’t complain about being poor because many families are much .

A. better off B. badly off

C. well off D. worse off

8. cut off

切断（水电的供应）；中断，打断（谈话）；隔离

The water supply has been cut off for several days in the city.

They were cut off in the middle of their conversation on the phone.

9. pick out

挑出；选出；辨认出某人或某物

She was picked out from hundreds of applicants for the job.

He picked out his sister from the crowd.