Unit 3 A taste of English humour 第一节：语法填空 Up to now nobody has been able to do better than Charlie Chaplin in humor. He made people laugh at a time 1. _they felt depressed, so they could feel more content 2. their lives. Charlies parents were poor music hall performers. It was 3. _(astonish) that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon he could speak.4. _(fortunate),his father died, leaving the family even 5. (badly) off. Charlie could act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. Nobody was ever 6. _ (bore)watching him for he made everything7. _(entertain).He became known8. the world. The tramp, a poor,9. _(home) man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. Later, Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed and produced the films he 10. _(star) in. In 1972, Chaplin was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films.第二节：短文改错 Dear Mom, Mothers Day is coming. Im sorry that I was abroad and cant send your flowers, so Im writing to you. Mom, I know I have never expressed my thank to you before. But on today, at this special time, I just want to tell you loudly: I love you, Mom! Thank you so much by not only giving me life, but also teach me how to be a good person. Thank you for all you had done for me. Mom, though I may often say it, I do love you. Nobody can take your part in my heart. Whenever I am, I will always love you. Hope you good health and much happiness every day! Your little girl, Jennifer第3节 ：七选五 How to Simplify Your LifeLess is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, relax instead of stressing, slow down instead of speeding up. Apply these principles in your everyday life in a conscious way. You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification.61._When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didnt even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep grabbing one and then the other, it will take forever, because one of them will keep slipping out from under your arm and running off. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back and get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, then you can be sure of success.62._The pressure at work is on the increase in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the expectations that formerly would have been shared among all the relatives are now concentrated on the individual partner.If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all the things you need to do, then its not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact that overloaded people often tend to forget. The solution is equally simple: refuse to accept so many work assignments in your private life or your working life.63._I can handle stress is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work. People who can handle stress are given more and more to cope with - until one day they break.Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can cope with. These signals can come from various areas of life. You become ill, or your work efficiency decreases.If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say quite openly, I cant manage that. 64._ If only I were slimmer, more beautiful, richer, more clever, then I would be happier. This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill, depressed, and unhappy. Life has its flaws, defects, corners, and edges. Only those who accept this reality can lead a really fu life.Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous: driving a car; crossing the road. But life doesnt consist entirely of these things. In among them there is a lot of room for small and large mistakes.65._Successful people all have their own places where they can withdraw in order to work. Find out which places improve your creativity. For me its the train. When I know that Im going to be traveling for four hours without phone calls and people knocking on my door, I find nay mind is free and I can read or write complex articles. There can be problems working on the train, of course : if the person sitting opposite you keeps talking away, or if train traps make you tired ( some people fall asleep after a few miles).A. Slow Down Your LifeB. Escape Now and ThenC. Separate Your ActionsD. Allow Yourself to Be WeakE. Relieve Pressure by Firmly Say