1、Language points （Reading I）Unit 3and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. 直到今天也沒(méi)人能夠比卓別林做的更好 up to now : 直到現(xiàn)在 （與現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)連用） Up to now we have learned English for seven years. 到現(xiàn)在為止，我們學(xué)習(xí)了七年的英語(yǔ)2. He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel

2、more content with their lives. 每當(dāng)人們感到失望的時(shí)候他總能令 人 發(fā)笑，因而他們對(duì)自己的生活更滿足depressed 感到沮喪的depressing 令人沮喪的depress vt.使沮喪 content： (adj.): 滿足，滿意，知足。 be content with sth：對(duì)滿意 be content to do sth：愿意做某事 Are you content with your present job? 你對(duì)你現(xiàn)在的工作滿意嗎？ She is quite content to stay at home looking after her chil

3、dren. 她愿意呆在家里照顧孩子。區(qū)別: content; contented; satisfied content與contented意思接近指“雖然各種愿望沒(méi)有實(shí)現(xiàn)，但人應(yīng)安于現(xiàn)狀不再多求”，content 一般作表語(yǔ)，而 She has a contented look. 她顯得滿意的樣子。 content (vt.)使?jié)M意, 使?jié)M足 content sb./oneself with sth. 使?jié)M足于 I content myself with a glass of coffee everyday.contented一般作定語(yǔ); satisfied指“愿望、渴望或需求都得到了滿足,

4、因而心滿意足”I like the style of the book but I dont like the content.我喜歡這本書(shū)的文體但我不喜 歡它的內(nèi)容 content (n.): 所含容納之物（pl） （書(shū)，節(jié)目等的）主題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. 令人感到震驚的是，當(dāng)查理會(huì)說(shuō)話和走 路的時(shí)候就被教唱歌和跳舞。 it在句中作形式賓語(yǔ)，動(dòng)詞不定式to seeth

5、e road才是真正的賓語(yǔ)。當(dāng) 動(dòng)詞不定式作句子的賓語(yǔ)，同時(shí)有一 個(gè)形容詞同賓語(yǔ)在一起時(shí)，常用it作 形式賓語(yǔ)。 Ill make it my business to help her. 我會(huì)把幫助她作為我的責(zé)任。 I find it important to learn English well. 我認(rèn)為學(xué)好英語(yǔ)很重要。 We consider it useless arguing with him on that point. 我們認(rèn)為在那點(diǎn)上與他爭(zhēng)論是沒(méi)有用的類似用法的詞 feel, consider, think, make，find，believe2) 句中的astonishing為

6、動(dòng)詞的-ing形式 作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。 astonish: 使（某人）吃驚， 震驚。 （比surprise的語(yǔ)氣要強(qiáng)） The earthquake astonished me. 地震使我驚慌失措。 be astonished+ at (by) /to do/that 對(duì) 感覺(jué)吃驚 She was astonished to find he was drunk. 發(fā)現(xiàn)他喝醉了, 她很吃驚。 He was much astonished that you had failed. 你居然失敗，他大感驚訝 I was astonished at/by the news. 這消息使我大吃一驚。astoni

7、shing adj. 令人吃驚的 an astonishing remark 驚人之語(yǔ)astonishment n. 驚異；驚愕；驚奇 in astonishment 愕然， 吃驚地 She stared at me in astonishment. 她吃驚地瞪著我。 to ones astonishment 令驚異的是 To our astonishment the small boy swam across the river. 令我們驚奇的是那小男孩居然游過(guò) 了那條河。4. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family the fam

8、ily even worse off. 不幸的是，他父親去世了，這令到 這個(gè)家庭更加潦倒。badly off: 窮困(反義詞well off) 缺少（for） Our school is badly for equipment. 我們學(xué)校缺少設(shè)備。They are too badly off to have a holiday. 他們貧窮得根本談不上度假。In fact most people are better off than they were five years ago.實(shí)際上現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)人都比五年前要富裕鏈接：be well off 富裕的，處境好的 be worse off 情況

9、帶壞，惡化 be better off (尤指經(jīng)濟(jì))境況較好5. No one was ever bored watching himhis subtle acting made everything entertaining. 看他的表演沒(méi)人會(huì)感到無(wú)聊 他巧妙的表演使一切都滑稽可笑 bore vt. 使厭煩 adj. boring/boredI hope you are not getting bored listening to me. 我希望 你聽(tīng)我說(shuō)話不覺(jué)厭煩。My father is always boring us with his stories about the war. 我

10、父親老是講戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的事，煩死我們了2 ）entertain v. 款待，使愉快 entertain sb to dinner/food 請(qǐng)某人吃飯（食物） entertain sb with sth 用使某人愉快 Tomorrow I will entertain my friends to dinner. 明天我要請(qǐng)朋友吃飯 She entertained us with many humorous stories. 她給我們講了很多幽默故事是我們很開(kāi)心 adj. entertaining 令人愉快的 n. entertainment 娛樂(lè)，樂(lè)趣He is a most entertaining

11、 man 他是個(gè)有趣的人6. He grew more and more popular as is charming character, the little tramp, became known throughout the world. 隨著他所塑造的“小流浪漢”的角色 世界聞名，他變得越來(lái)越受歡迎。 1) character的用法： a. a person in a novel, play, film etc. 人物。 Whats the name of the major character in this novel? 這部小說(shuō)的主人公叫什么名字？b. the quality

12、that makes sb./sth. different from other people/things the nature of sb./sth. （個(gè)人、集體、 民族等特有的）品質(zhì)；特性。 Although they are twins, their characters are quite different. 雖然他們是雙胞胎但性格卻相差甚遠(yuǎn) She is a woman of good character. 她是個(gè)性格很好的女人。throughout prep. 1)（表示地區(qū)）遍及, 整個(gè) 如： The company has branches throughout the

13、country. 這家公司的分店遍及全國(guó)。2)（表示時(shí)間）整個(gè)，從頭到尾 It rained throughout the day. 雨下了一整天。 He led a poor life throughout his life. 他一生過(guò)著窮苦的生活。throughout adv. 1) 整個(gè)地，在所有各處，全部 如： The hill was green throughout. 那座山整個(gè)都是綠的。 2) 自始至終，到最后 如： She remained silent throughout. 她從頭到尾都保持沉默。7. The tramp, a poor, homeless man with

14、 a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. 那流浪者是一位窮苦的無(wú)家可歸的人， 留著胡子，穿著大褲子，破鞋子，頭 頂著黑色的小圓帽。homeless adj. 無(wú)家可歸的 -less是表示否定意義的形容詞后綴, 加 在某些名詞的后面構(gòu)成否定意義的形 容詞。類似的： helpless 無(wú)力的，無(wú)計(jì)可施的； 無(wú)助的，無(wú)依無(wú)靠的 careless 粗心的，輕率的childless 沒(méi)有兒女的harmless 無(wú)害的，無(wú)損害的； 沒(méi)有惡意的，無(wú)邪的ceaseless 不斷的，不停的coun

15、tless 數(shù)不盡的，無(wú)數(shù)的tireless 不會(huì)疲倦的，不知疲倦的， 不休止的worn-out adj.1)（衣類、機(jī)器等）磨破的；用舊的 worn-out shoes 穿舊的鞋 精疲力盡的；憔悴的 （一般不用在名詞前） She looks worn-out. 她看起來(lái)憔悴不堪。 8. This character was a social failure but he was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties . 這個(gè)角色是個(gè)社會(huì)生活中的失敗者, 但 是他戰(zhàn)勝困難的樂(lè)觀和決心使得他被所

16、 有看電影的人所喜愛(ài)。1) failure n. a. a person or a thing that fails 失??；失敗者 如： She said she was a failure as a manager. 她說(shuō)她是一個(gè)失敗的經(jīng)理。 His first attempt at ice-skating was a miserable failure. 他第一次嘗試滑冰很糟糕。b. lack of success失??；不成功。 All of my efforts ended in failure. 我所有的努力都以失敗告終。 Failure is the teacher of succe

17、ss. 失敗是成功之母。2) overcome v. 過(guò)去式overcame; 過(guò)去分詞overcome 意為“克服 （困難等）；打敗（敵人等）” He overcame a bad habit. 他克服了一項(xiàng)惡習(xí)。 短語(yǔ)：be overcome with/by 被 （悲哀、恐怖等）打倒， 因?yàn)?而崩潰/垮掉。如： She was overcome with/by grief. 她因?yàn)楸瘋罎⒘恕?9. Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti. Then he cuts off the

18、 leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest meat. 他首先吃起鞋帶，就像吃意大利面條 一 樣。然后他把鞋子上端的皮子切 下來(lái)，就像切下一塊最好的肉。1) pick out a. (從同類當(dāng)中) 選出；選擇 如： She picked out a pink dress for her daughter. 她給女兒挑了粉紅色衣服。 b. (在許多人當(dāng)中)看出；辨認(rèn)出 Can you pick out your mother in this crowd? 你能在人群中找到令堂嗎？拓展：與pick有關(guān)的短語(yǔ):pick off 摘取pick o

19、neself up（倒下的人）站起來(lái)pick up 拾起，（車，船）搭載客人， 駕車接（人），接收（信號(hào)） 非正式的學(xué)會(huì)（語(yǔ)言）pick up with 在偶然機(jī)會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)（人）考例 It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly _ my friend. (四川2007)A. turn outB. bring out C. call outD. pick out點(diǎn)撥 本題考查短語(yǔ)辨析。pick out辨認(rèn)出；turn out結(jié)果是；bring out 拿出；call out叫出。2) spaghetti （源自意大利語(yǔ)）意大利式細(xì)面條3) cut

20、 off a. 切下；割下，砍下。如： Her little finger was cut off in an accident at the factory. 她的小指是在工廠的一次事故中被切掉的b. 切斷電話線使某人通話中斷。 We were cut off in the middle of our conversation. 我們的通話被切斷了。c. 隔絕；擋住 The village was cut off by the snow for more than a month. 那個(gè)村莊被雪封了一個(gè)多月。d. 切斷；停掉（水、電、暖等） They have cut off our wat

21、er supply. 他們給我們斷了水。cut down 削減；砍到 cut in 插嘴cut up 剁碎 cut out 刪除考例 He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was _ from the outside world. (北京2004春)A. cut out B. cut off C. cut up D. cut through點(diǎn)撥 本題考查cut短語(yǔ)辨析。cut off “隔離，使孤立”， 符合題意。cut out 刪掉；cut up切碎；cut through穿過(guò)。4) 該句中treating it as if

22、it were the finest meat 用作狀語(yǔ)。as if相當(dāng)于as though， 意為“就像似的；仿佛似的” 用來(lái)引導(dǎo)方式狀語(yǔ)從句，從句中應(yīng)用 虛擬語(yǔ)氣。當(dāng)?shù)谝?、三人稱單數(shù)作主 語(yǔ)時(shí)，從句中常用were。 He looks as if he were sick. 他看起來(lái)好像是病了。 I remember everything as if it happened only yesterday.我對(duì)一切記憶猶新，好像是昨天發(fā)生的 注意: 在現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)中常用was來(lái)代替 were， 甚至用is，am所取代 They treated him as if he was their own

23、child. 他們像待自己親 生孩子一樣待 這個(gè)男孩It looks as if it is going to rain. 好象要下雨。此外，as if后還可直接跟不定式。 He opened his mouth as if to speak. 他開(kāi)口好象要說(shuō)話。 10. He eats each mouthful with great enjoyment. 他一口一口地嚼得津津有味。 mouthful n. 一口；滿口 ful為形容詞后綴，加在名詞之后， 表示“充滿的”的意思。如:He took a mouthful of the bitter medicine and made a fac

24、e. 他喝了一口苦藥，做了個(gè)鬼臉。I felt so full that I couldnt eatanother mouthful. 我太飽了， 一口也吃不下了。 11. The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted! 卓別林的表演是那么有說(shuō)服力，以 至于你會(huì)相信這頓飯是他所吃過(guò)的 最美味的一餐 convincing adj. 令人信服的 convinced adj. 感到信服的 v. convince 使信服 convince

25、 sb of sth 使某人相信 I managed to convince them of the story我使他們相信這個(gè)故事是真的 Finally we convinced them of our innocence 我們最終使他們相信了我們的清白12. Chaplin wrote, directed, and produced the films he starred in. 卓別林自制、自導(dǎo)、自編一些他自演 的電影。 direct在句中意為“導(dǎo)演”，此 外，它還有其它意思。 a. adj. 直的；直線的；直達(dá)的There is no direct train from here t

26、o Taichung. 此地沒(méi)有直達(dá)臺(tái)中的火車。 a direct road to London 直通倫敦的路 fly in a direct line 直線飛行b. adj. 坦白的；率直的。 如： He has a direct way of speaking. 他說(shuō)話坦白。 He gave me a direct answer. 他給我率直的回答。 2) star（在電影中）主演，由主演； 以為主角 如： The director wants to star Jim in his new film. 這位導(dǎo)演想讓吉姆主演他的新片。 She has starred in a lot of

27、good films. 她主演了許多好電影。I. 根據(jù)下列各句句意及所給單詞的首字母或漢語(yǔ)提示，寫(xiě)出該單詞的正確形式。1. A _ (表演者) should care for his / her audience.2. He had a _ (胡須), short dark hair, and he wore glasses.3. He made a rude _ (手勢(shì)) with his fingers. performermoustachegesture練一練4. The book describes the way of life of the _ （普通的） people.5. As

28、 the saying goes, f_ is the mother of success.ordinaryfailureII. 用所給單詞或短語(yǔ)的適當(dāng)形式填空。1. Judging from his expression, he was _ (content) with his work.2. The car rushed at an _ (astonish) speed.3. _ (unfortunate), I hurt my leg when I fell down on the ice.4. Im _ (bore) with the subject anyway.contentast

29、onishingUnfortunately bored5. We took pity on the _ (home) girl and took her into our house.6. My clothes are _ (wear out) and I have to mend them.7. There is no difficulty in the world that cannot be _ (overcome).8. She sat there, _ (chew) a piece of gum.homelessworn out overcomechewing9. No one has come up with a _ (convince) explanation of why this kind of animal is dying out.10. The play was _ (direct) by a very famous director.11. The whole family were proud of his _ (outstand) performance.12. When he read the book a second time, he found it _ (entertain).convincingdi