A-taste-of-English-humour-language-points

“Totrulylaugh,youmustbeabletotakeyourpain,andplaywithit!”--CharlieChaplin非口头的、不用语言的nonverbalnon-:(否定前缀)“not”non-Jewish非犹太人的non-smoker不抽烟的人non-violent非暴力的verbal口头的nonsense废话、胡说non-party无党派的homeless无家可归的adj.-less否定后缀:careless粗心的fearless无畏的harmless无害的countless数不尽的;无数的childless没有儿女的boilv.boilingpoint沸点boilingwater正在沸腾的水boiledwater白开水snowstorm暴风雪brainstorm头脑风暴(n.v)thunderstorm雷暴、雷雨Switzerland瑞士Swiss瑞士人、瑞士的1.tellhowtodosth,howtogetsomewheredirectvt.vi.2.manage,controltwoexplanation指示,指挥管理,指导,导演n.adj.adv.direct:直的,直接的direct:直接地,一直directly:直接地,一直;马上director:指导者;导演;董事direction:方向;说明;管理,指挥(反)indirect(ly)putastarshapedmarkstarvt.vi.usefulphrase:starin…有某人担任主角第一主角starringrolestarreditem标有星号的项目n.afive-starhotel五星级酒店superstar超级巨星1.humourn.幽默，诙谐adj.humourous幽默的、诙谐的①Hehasagoodsenseofhumor.他很有幽默感。②havenosenseofhumor没有幽默感③CharlieChaplinisknownasamasterofnonverbalhumour.查理·卓别林被公认为无声的幽默大师。1....anduptonownobodyhasbeenabletodothisbetterthanCharlieChaplin.句中uptonow表示“到现在为止”,常与现在完成时连用。如：Ihaven’tgotanylettersfromhimuptonow.直到现在我还没收到过他的信。Hemadepeoplelaughatatimewhentheyfeltdepressed,sotheycouldfeelmorecontentwiththeirlives.在人们感到沮丧的时候，卓别林使他们开怀大笑，于是人们对自己的生活感到比较满足。depressvt使沮丧、使压抑depressedadj某人感到沮丧的、忧郁的depressingadj某物令人沮丧的•atatime每次，一次atonetime同时，曾经有一段时间atthetime在那时atnotime从不innotime立即，马上•Pleasepassmetwobooksatatime.把书递给我，每次两本。•Atonetime,wemetfrequently.•有一段时间我们常见面。content1)adj.满足的，满意的；2)vt.使满足;3)n.目录4)n.所含之物;内容;所容纳的东西;1.be/feelcontentwith相当于:besatisfiedwith对……感到满意2.be/feelcontenttodosth.相当于：bewillingtodosth乐于做某事3.vt.contentsb./oneselfwith使……满足于1)DrBelsonwasmorethancontentforthemtodealwithanydifficulties.词性：含义：2)Thegraphics(书法)arebrilliant优秀的.It’sjustashame可惜、可耻thecontentissopoor.词性：含义：即学即练adj.满足的写出下列句子中content的词性和含义。n.内容玛丽满足于整晚坐在电视前。Maryis/feelscontenttositinfrontofthetelevisionallnight.老师对你的回答很满意。Theteacherwas/feltcontentwithyouranswer.我喜欢他的作品风格，但不喜欢其内容。Ilikethestyleofhiswritings,butIdislikethecontent.YoumayfinditastonishingthatCharliewastaughttosingassoonashecouldspeakanddanceassoonashecouldwalk.令人感到震惊的是,当查理会说话和走路的时候就被教唱歌和跳舞。1)it在句中作形式宾语,如：I’llmakeitmyownbusinesstohelpher.我会把帮助她作为我的责任。Doyouconsideritwisetotellthemaboutit?你认为告诉他们这件事好吗？Idon’tthinkitpossibletodoit.1)你是否发现(find)用这种方式解决问题更容易？___________________tosolvetheprobleminthisway?2)这名护士认为(believe)帮助病人是她的职责(duty)。_____________________________helpthesick.3)我认为(think)不用很多记忆就能掌握(master)一门外语是不可能(impossible)的。__________________________________________withoutmuchmemorywork.即学即练根据提示完成句子。DoyoufinditeasierThenursebelievesitherdutytoIthinkitimpossibletomasteraforeignlanguage1)Mr.Herpinisoneoftheforeignexperts_______areworkinginChina.2)Themanwith_____IcommunicatedwasMr.Black.3)Ifinallymetthelawyer,____________Itelephonedformanytimes.即学即练用who，whom，that填空。who/thatwhomwho/whom1)Hewrote_____carelesslythatitwasnowonderhemade_____sillyspellingmistakes.2)Whileallothersthoughtthathehad_____foolishachild,henevermindedandlovedhimallthesame.3)We’llhavetotakemeasuresandmakegreateffortstodealwith_____seriousairandnoisepollution.即学即练用so和such填空。sososuchsuch2)astonish:vt.使(某人)吃惊,震惊,比surprise的语气要强,用法一样。如:Theearthquakeastonishedme.地震使我惊慌失措。beastonished吃惊如：Shewasastonishedtofindhewasdrunk.发现他喝醉了,她很吃惊。Iwasastonishedat/bythenews.这消息使我大吃一惊。surprising/astonishingadj.令人吃惊的asurprisingremarkanastonishingremark惊人之语toone’ssurprise/astonishment令某人惊讶/惊异的是……surprise/astonishmentn.惊异;惊愕;惊奇insurprise/astonishment惊讶地/愕然Unfortunatelyhisfatherdied,leavingthefamilyevenworseoff.不幸的是，他父亲去世了，这令到这个家庭更加潦倒。链接：beworseoff情况带坏，恶化bewelloff富裕的，处境好的bebetteroff(尤指经济)境况较好原形:badlyoff:inapoorposition,esp.financially潦倒；穷困,句中的，worseoff为其比较级形式Iwenttoherhomeandfoundherlivingconditionwas___________.我去她家一看，发现她的生活状况比我的更差。worseoffthanmineWeshouldn’tcomplainaboutbeingpoor---manyfamiliesaremuchworseoff.我们不应该因为穷而叫苦连天---许多人的家境更糟。他们贫困得根本谈不上度假。Theyaretoobadlyofftohaveaholiday.Theyaresobadlyoffthattheycan’taffordtohaveaholiday.实际上现在大多数人都比五年前要富裕。Infactmostpeopleare__________________________fiveyeasago.betteroffthantheywerebadly-off,well-off1)Therefugeesare_________forblankets,andeven_________forfoodthananythingelse.2)Jackhasjustboughtanothernewcar.Heisthe_________ofusall.即学即练用方框内词语的适当形式填空。badly-offbest-offworse-offfortunate:lucky幸运的,反义unfortunatebefortunateindoing在……方面幸运她很幸运嫁了一个好丈夫。Sheisfortunateinmarryingagoodhusband.befortunatetodosth.幸运的能做某事我很幸运有健康的身体。I’mfortunatetohavegoodhealth.fortunately修饰整句话,意为“幸运地,幸亏”,反义词为unfortunately=unluckily。如:Fortunately,Ifoundhishouseatonce.很幸运地,我立刻找到了他家。fortunen.“机会;命运;运气”如:Shehashadherfortunetold.她请人算了命。复合词:fortune-tellern.算命者makeafortune发大财谚语:Fortunefavorsfool.傻人有傻福。Noonewaseverboredwatchinghim—hissubtleactingmadeeverythingentertaining.entertaining使人快乐的;有趣的Hetoldusanentertainingstoryyesterday.昨天他给我们讲了一个有趣的故事。entertainv.使感兴趣;使娱乐;招待entertainmentn.娱乐;款待;招待entertainern.(娱乐节目的)表演者entertain,entertaining,entertainment1)Televisionprovidesuniversal___________.2)Ilike__________friendswithmusicandrefreshmentsathome.3)Everyonewillfindthebook__________.即学即练用方框内词语的适当形式填空。entertainmententertainingentertainingNotthatCharlie’sownlifewaseasy!卓