1、Unit Three A taste of English humor Part One 单元重点知识点 I. 重点单词和词组 P. 17 Words: comedy P.18 Words: performer, astonishing, unfortunately, ordinary, bored, entertaining, throughout, failure, overcome, convincing, Phrases: up to now, in between, feel content with, badly off, cut off, pic
2、k out P.20 Words: particularly, occasion Phrases: at no extra charge P.21 Words: budget, slide Phrases: keep to, slide on a banana peel P.22 Words: amuse, whisper, vast Phrases: in a mountainous area, in the open air, bring out the humour P.23 Words: mess, drunk Phr
3、ases: react to, what fun III. 重点语法 动词-ing形式:通过各种练习进行发现式学习,体验并归纳动词-ing形式作表语、定语和宾语补足语,同时复习动词-ing形式的其他用法。 Part Two 单元目标检测 I. 根据下列句子意思用所给词的正确形式或所给汉语填空(1X20=20’) 1. They heard the little girl give a loud shout of ________________(astonish). 2. Barbecue is a favourtie way of __________
4、entertain) friends. 3. We should never be ____________(满足的) with book knowledge only. 4. Some students are giving a wonderful _______________(perform) on the stage. 5. What was the cause of his ______________(fail)? 6. His ____________(convince) argument made all the people present beli
5、eve him. 7. He set about helping __________(无家可归的) women and children to safety. 8. __________________(fortunate), the train was late so we didn’t miss it. 9. She went off in the opposite ____________(direct). 10. We were amused by his ______________(humour) gesture. 11. The painting is an ____
6、杰出的) example of the artist’s style. 12. Pollution is a serious problem in major cities ____________(遍及) the world. 13. As Sir Francis Bacon once said, some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be _________(咀嚼) and digested. 14. I have a ______________(特殊的)
7、responsibility to make sure that I make the right decision. 15. The girl is _____________(低语) to her boyfriend. 16. The naughty boy ___________(amuse) himself by playing jokes on his father. 17. He gave no ____________(explain) for what he was doing that evening. 18. You will be put in prison if
8、 you drive when you are ________(醉的). 19. The room is in a ______(脏乱的状态). Let’s clean it up. 20. How did he _________(做出反应) to your suggestion? II. 用所给词的词组适当形式填空(1X10=10’) 1. ____________(now), doctors have been able to do very little to treat this disease. 2. Let’s go to the department store
9、 and you can ________ (pick) what you like. 3. After the snowstorm, the village _____________ (cut) from the outside world. 4. Even now some universities are ___________ (badly) for English teachers. 5. Children ___________ (particular) love seeing cartoon films. 6. All the audience ____________
10、 (laughter) at the speaker’s joke. 7. When he found out his own mistake, he ____________ (overcome) shame and couldn’t say a word. 8. If you want to lose weight, you have to ___________ (cut) fat in your diet. 9. Jason _______ (pick) many spoken expressions when he watched American TV series. 1
11、0. Alcohol has the ability to _____________ (bring) the worst in people. III.语法填空 (2X10=20’) 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当内容(每空1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Charlie Chaplin, one of the most famous comedy actors, was born in a poor family. Famous for his ___1___ (particularly) forms of acting, he brought laughter to th
12、e whole world. His ___2____ (entertain) silent movies are still liked by people today. He played the role of a poor and homeless person, ___3___ wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and carried a walking stick. The character ____4____ (call) the little tramp. Though the character was ___5____ social
13、 failure, he was loved by the audience and had a strong will ___6___ (overcome) difficulties. In the film The Gold Rush, Chaplin and his friend came to California, hoping to pick ___7___ gold, but they are not fortunate enough to find any. Instead they came across a snow storm. They have nothing to
14、eat ___8___ a pair of leather shoes. No one was ever bored watching him performing. ___9___ time went by, he grew more popular for his charming character, and became known throughout the world. ___10___ is loved and remembered as a great actor who could inspire people with great confidence. 1._____
15、 2.____________ 3.___________ 4.___________ 5.___________ 6.____________ 7.____________ 8.___________ 9.___________ 10___________ VI. 完成句子(2X5=10’) 1. Laughter is the sun ________________ winter from the human face. (drive) 笑容如阳光,驱走人们脸上的冬天。 2. Although I soon ___________________ my inn
16、ocence, I think he still has serious doubts about my sanity. (convince) 虽然我很快便让他相信我是清白的,但是我想他仍然非常怀疑我是否神志正常。 3. I went to his home and found he was even _________________ than me. (badly) 我去他家一看,发现他比我更穷。 4. The ship with more than 400 people aboard sank, ________________________ to death. (l
17、eave, drown) 那艘载有四百多人的船沉了,致使大多数乘客溺水死亡。 5. _____________________, English has hurt me a thousand times, but I still regard it as my first love. (as) 正如你所看到的,英语虐我千百遍,我待英语如初恋。Unit Three I. 1. astonishment 2. entertaining 3. content 4. performance 5. failure 6. convincing 7. homeless 8
18、 Fortunately 9. direction 10. humorous 11. outstanding 12. throughout 13. chewed 14. particular 15. whispering 16. amused 17. explanation 18. drunk 19. mess 20. react II. 1. Up to now 2. pick out 3. was cut off 4. badly off 5. in particular 6. burst into laughter 7. was overcome 8. c
19、ut down (on) 9. picked up 10. bring out III. 1. particular 2. entertaining 3. who 4. was called 5. a 6. to overcome 7. out 8. but 9. As 10. He IV. 1. smoking→to smoke 2. missed→missing 3. burn→burning 4. inspired→inspiring 5. gone→going 6. entertained→entertaining 7. that→when
20、 8. astonished→astonishing 9. in→with 10. for→as has children that included on other were V.the Queen Elizabeth II, born in London in April 21st 1926, is not only the queen of United Kingdom. She is also the queen of 16 another countries, Australia, New Zealand and Canada including. When
21、 she was young, she was interested in all sorts of sports, but her favourites was horse riding and swimming. And she also liked acting, art and music. She married with Philip Mountbatten in 1946 and the couple had four child. It was after her father died in 1953 when she became Queen Elizabeth II. S
22、o far she had been the queen for more than 60 years. Queen Elizabeth II is still one of the most famously women in the world.. famous VI 1. that drives 2. convinced him of 3. worse off 4. leaving most passengers drowned 5. As you (can) see






