Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourPeriod2（閱讀課）重難點(diǎn)解析1.astonishvt.使吃驚；使驚訝astonishingadj.令人十分驚異的astonishedadj.感到十分驚訝的astonishmentn.驚訝toone‘sastonishment使某人萬(wàn)分驚訝的是inastonishment驚訝地beastonishedat/bysth.因某事而吃驚beastonishedtodosth.因干某事而吃驚[即學(xué)即練2]We__________________thenewsofhersuddendeath.她突然去世的消息使我們震驚。It____________ustohearthatyoudidnotreceiveourletter.聽(tīng)說(shuō)你還沒(méi)收到我們的信，這使我們十分驚訝。(3)Itwasan____________story.這故事令人驚訝不已。答案：wereastonishedat；astonished；astonishing2.overcomev.戰(zhàn)勝；克服；征服beovercomebysth.……使某人垮掉，……使某人昏迷beovercomewithemotion/excitement/horror/grief因情感/興奮/恐怖/悲傷而不能自持[即學(xué)即練4]InthefinalgameSwedeneasily____________France.在決賽中，瑞典隊(duì)輕松戰(zhàn)勝了法國(guó)隊(duì)。Herparents__________________griefatthefuneral.在葬禮上她的父母悲痛欲絕。Thedeadwomanhad__________________smoke.這個(gè)女人是被煙嗆死的。答案：overcame；wereovercomewith；beenovercomeby3.particularadj.特殊的，特別的，挑剔的n.細(xì)節(jié)，細(xì)目beparticularto是……特有的beparticularabout/oversth.對(duì)……講究，挑剔inparticular尤其，特別，格外[即學(xué)即練7](1)Thecoconut__________________thetropics.椰子是熱帶地區(qū)特有的。(2)She__________________herclothes.她對(duì)衣著很講究。(3)Shelovesthesong____________，becausehermotherusedtosingit.她特別喜愛(ài)這首歌，因?yàn)樗龐寢屵^(guò)去經(jīng)常唱。答案：isparticularto；isparticularabout；inparticular4.reactvi.&vt.反應(yīng)，反抗；起化學(xué)反應(yīng)，起作用reacttosth.對(duì)……作出反應(yīng)reacton(upon)對(duì)……起作用，對(duì)……有影響，對(duì)……起反應(yīng)reactagainst反抗，反對(duì)[即學(xué)即練9](1)Howdidhe____________thenews?他對(duì)這消息有何反應(yīng)？(2)Willthepeopleever____________thisdictator?有朝一日人民會(huì)起來(lái)反抗這位獨(dú)裁者嗎？(3)Applause_______________aspeaker.鼓掌對(duì)講演者有影響。答案：reactto；reactagainst；reactson/uponⅡ.重點(diǎn)句型詳解1.AsVictorHugooncesaid,“Laughteristhesunthatdriveswinterfromthehumanface”，anduptonownobodyhasbeenabletodothisbetterthanCharlieChaplin.維克多?雨果曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò)，“笑容如陽(yáng)光，驅(qū)走人們臉上的冬天”。關(guān)于這一點(diǎn)，直到今天也沒(méi)有人能比查理?卓別林做得更好。(1)as在此引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾后面整個(gè)句子，此時(shí)，定語(yǔ)從句的位置比較靈活，可放在句首、句中或句末，譯為“正如，正像”。①Asallhisfriendsagree,hewasunusuallywarm－h(huán)earted,lovingandgenerous.正如他所有的朋友都認(rèn)為的那樣，他非常熱心、可親、慷慨。②Iamasyoucanimagineshortenoughofmoney.正如你所想象的那樣，我很缺錢(qián)。③Hewasateacher,aswasclearfromhismanner.正如根據(jù)他的舉止所斷定的，他是一位老師。(2)uptonow意為“迄今；到現(xiàn)在為止”，是多用于現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)，?？膳cuntilnow,bynow,sofar互換。①Uptonow,about30foreigncompanieshavesetupbranchesinthisdevelopingzone.到現(xiàn)在為止，已有大約30家外國(guó)公司在這個(gè)開(kāi)發(fā)區(qū)設(shè)立了分公司。②Theyhaveraisedmorethan$1000000forthisprojectuptonow/untilnow/sofar.到目前為止，他們已經(jīng)為這個(gè)項(xiàng)目籌集到一百多萬(wàn)美元了。(3)...nobodyhasbeenabletodothisbetterthanCharlieChaplin.當(dāng)形容詞或副詞的比較級(jí)出現(xiàn)在否定句中時(shí)，往往不表示否定的意義而是表示充分的肯定。—Ithinkstudentsshouldhavemoreoftheirowntime.Don‘tyouthinkso?我認(rèn)為學(xué)生應(yīng)該有更多的屬于他們自己的時(shí)間。你不這么認(rèn)為嗎？—Ican’tagreemore.(＝Icompletelyagree.)完全贊同。[即境活用1]ShallIgiveyouarideasyoulivesofaraway?—Thankyou.______.A.Itcouldn‘tbebetterB.OfcourseyoucanC.IfyoulikeD.It'suptoyou答案：A解析：Itcouldn'tbebetter.“再好不過(guò)了”，相當(dāng)于It'sthebest.2.“Well,itcertainlywillbethismorning,”themansaid,“becauseIhappentobeflyingit!”“啊，那今天上午肯定要晚點(diǎn)了，”那人說(shuō)，“因?yàn)榕銮晌乙{駛那班飛機(jī)！”happentodo/be碰巧句型Sb.happenstodosth.可以轉(zhuǎn)換成Ithappensthatsb.doessth.，但使用時(shí)要注意復(fù)合句中從句謂語(yǔ)的時(shí)態(tài)要與簡(jiǎn)單句中的動(dòng)詞不定式的形式相呼應(yīng)。①WhenIwenttoseehim,hehappenedtobeawayonholiday.(＝WhenIwenttoseehim,ithappenedthathewasawayonholiday.)我去看他時(shí)，他碰巧在外度假。②Josephcametoborrowmyskiingboardsyesterday,butIhappenedtohavelentthemtomycousinlastweek.(＝...butithappenedthatIlentthemtomycousinlastweek.)約瑟夫昨天來(lái)借滑雪板，不巧的是我上星期借給我的表弟了。[即境活用2]Whenthebridgefelldown,severalcarshappened______onit.A.torunB.runningC.toberunningD.thattheywererunning答案：C解析：句意：那座橋坍塌時(shí)，正巧有好幾輛汽車(chē)正在上面行駛。happentodo中不定式根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可選擇不同的形式。3.Thetramp,apoorandhomelessmanwithamoustache,worelargetrousers,worn－outshoesanda_small_round_black_hat.這個(gè)流浪漢，一個(gè)留著小胡子的窮苦的無(wú)家可歸的人，穿著大褲子、破鞋子，頭頂著黑色的小圓帽。asmallroundblackhat中的hat前有三個(gè)形容詞做定語(yǔ)，在英語(yǔ)中多個(gè)形容詞修飾名詞時(shí)的順序是：限制詞(冠詞、物主代詞、指示代詞、不定代詞)＋數(shù)詞(序數(shù)詞、基數(shù)詞)＋描繪性形容詞(nice,good,interesting,beautiful...)＋特征形容詞(大小、長(zhǎng)短、高低、形狀、年齡、新舊)＋顏色形容詞＋國(guó)籍、出處＋物質(zhì)、材料＋用途、類(lèi)別＋中心名詞。我們可以用下面的一段順口溜來(lái)幫助記憶：限定描繪大長(zhǎng)高，形狀年齡和新老。顏色國(guó)籍出材料，作用類(lèi)別緊跟著。①alltheselastfewyears所有這些逝去的歲月②somebeautifullittleredflowers一些美麗的小紅花③thefirstbeautifulwhiteChinesemilitaryjeep第一輛漂亮的白色中國(guó)軍用吉普