Module 4 Unit 3 A taste of English HumourSection I Warming up and Reading一、课前预习 I. 词义配对1. content A. to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem2. astonish B. to bite food into small pieces in your mouth with your teeth3. fortunateC. to interest and amuse somebody in order to please them4. entertain D. to be in charge of actors in a play, or a film/movie5. overcome E. happy and satisfied with what you have6. chew F. extremely good; excellent7. convinceG. to surprise somebody very much8. direct H. a movement that you make with your hands to show a particular meaning9. outstanding I. having an opportunity or bringing a piece of good luck, etc.10. gesture J. to make somebody/yourself believe that something is trueII重点短语 1. 直到现在 _2. 感到沮丧 _3. 对满足 _4. 穷的；缺少的 _5. 世界各地 _6. 战胜困难 _ 7. 寻找 _8. 挑出；辨别出 _9. 切断；断绝 _10. 主演 _III重点句型1. He made people laugh _ _ _ _they _ _ so they could _ more _ _ their lives. 在人们感到沮丧的时候，他使他们开怀大笑，于是人们对自己的生活感到比较满足。2. You may _ _ _ _ Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance _ _ _ he could walk. 你可能会感到惊奇，查理刚会说话时大人就教他如何唱歌，他刚会走路大人就教他跳舞。3. _ _ _ _，he _ _ _ .随着时间推移，他开始拍电影。4. He walked round stiffly _ _ _ _ .他手里拿着一根手杖迈着僵硬的步伐四处走动。5. He is loved and _ _ a great actor who could _ _ _ _ _.人们热爱和怀念这位伟大的演员，因为他鼓舞人们并增强他们的信心。二、重难点剖析1. so they could feel more content with their lives. 于是人们对自己的生活感到满足。feel/ be content with 对满足(1) Are you content with your present job?你对你目前的工作满意吗？(2) He is well content to go with us. 他很愿意和我们一起去。(3) The content of your composition is very good, but it is not very well expressed.你那篇文章的内容很好，但是表达方式不怎么好。归纳总结：(1) content adj. “满足的，满意的，愉快的”表示“非常满意”时，用be well/perfectly content, 而不用very修饰。Content一般只作表语，作定语时用contented。feel/be content with sth. 对满足be content to do sth. (=be satisfied to do sth.)满足于做某事(2) content vt. “使满意”content oneself/ sb. with 用使自己/某人满意Simple praise is enough to content him.简单的表扬就让他满足了。(3) content n. u满意，满足，内容；(pl)所容纳之物；（书、文章等）目录The shows content is not suitable for children. 该节目的内容不适宜少年儿童。即境活用：(1)The well-fed baby was in the quiet _. 这个婴儿吃饱之后不再哭闹，安静了下来。(2) I shall be _ to do so. 我非常愿意这样做。(3) As there is no cream, we will have to _ ourselves with black coffee. A. content B. meet C. reach D. please2. This character was a social failure这个角色是个社会生活中的失败者failure n. fail v. 反义词：success n. succeed v.(1) He always felt a bit of a failure at school.他上学时总是觉得自己多少是个失败者。(2) The whole thing was a total failure from start to finish.这件事从头到尾都是个失败。 (3) Harrys ambitious plan ended in failure. 哈里雄心勃勃的计划以失败而告终。归纳总结：failure n. C someone or something that is not successful指具体 “失败的人；失败的事”；U lack of success; failing 泛指“失败”相关短语：ones failure to do sth. 没能做成某事fail to do sth. 没能做成某事 fail in (doing) sth. 在（做）某事中失败即境活用：(1) As a writer, he was _.A. fail B. a failure C. failures D. success(2) _ is the mother of success.A. Failure B. Failures C. Fail D. A failure3. Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak.然后他把皮鞋上端的皮子切下来，就像是切下一块最好的牛排。as if /as though conj. as it would be if (something were true) “好像，似乎”(1) Four-year-old Frank talks as if he were a scholar.四岁的弗兰克讲起话来俨然有学者之风。(2) The house was in such a mess it looked as if a bomb had dropped on it.房子这么乱七八糟的，仿佛是遭到了炸弹的轰炸。 (3) Weve missed the bus. It looks as if well have to walk. 我们错过了公共汽车。看来我们好像得步行了。归纳总结：(1) as if/ as though 多用来引导状语从句或者表语从句。as if更常用。Ive loved you as if you were my own son. （状语从句）我一直把你当成自己儿子一样爱护。He looked as if he were from the country. (表语从句)他看起来像是从乡下来的。(2) as if/as though 引出的从句所表示的情况不是事实，而是主观的想象或夸大性的比喻，从句中多用虚拟语气（非正式用法中也有用陈述语气的情况）。表示和说话当时的情况相反，从句动词用过去时（be动词常用were）；如果从句的动作发生在主句谓语动词之前，则用过去完成时。Dont treat me as if I were a stranger. Im your sister!别把我当陌生人对待。我是你。Now it was as though she had known Millie for years.那情形看上去好像她已经认识米莉好多年了。(3) as if/as though 从句描述的情况是可能发生的实际情况，从句就用陈述语气。从句动词用与主句相