2019-2020学年人教版英语必修四新素养同步讲义：Unit 3 A taste of English humour 2 Section Ⅱ Word版含

Section Ⅱ Warming Up & Reading—Language Points

up to now 直到现在

(经典例句)Many people have struggled against poverty up to now. 直到现在很多人还在与贫穷作斗争。

(1)up to＋数字 (2)It’s up to sb.to do sth. (3)be up to sth.

达到，多达…… 由某人决定做某事。 胜任某事

①Up to now only a small number of schools have been built in this area. 到目前为止，这个地区仅仅建了少数几个学校。

②It is up to you to decide how much you should pay her for the job. 她做这项工作应该付给她多少钱，这得由你来定。 [能力提升]——一句多译 依我看来，他不适合这项工作。

①In my opinion, he is__not__up__to__the__job．

②As far as I’m concerned, he is__not__fit__for__the__job．

up to now 相当于so far，在句中作状语，其后接的时态一般为现在完成时。 content adj.满足的；满意的n．满足；内容；目录 vt.使满足

(教材P18)He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives.

在人们感到沮丧的时候，他可以使他们开怀大笑，于是人们就会对自己的生活感到更满足。

(1)feel/be content with... be content to do sth. (2)content oneself with

①We must not be content with such a small success. 我们不应该满足于这样的小成就。

对……满足/满意 满足于做某事 满足于

②My parents are content to live in the country, where the air is fresh and clean. 我的父母满足于在空气新鲜、干净的农村生活。 [即学即练]——单句语法填空

①The old man contented himself(he) with a single glass of beer.

②If we are not content with the progress we have made, we will have greater success. [能力提升]——句式升级

③(普通表达)Those will surely make no difference in life. They content themselves with their present situations.

(高级表达)Those who__are__content__with__their__present__situations will surely make no difference in life. (content adj.；定语从句)

content作“所含之物”时，通常用其复数形式。 She dropped her purse and the contents fell out on the floor. 她的钱包掉在了地上，钱包里的东西掉出来了。 astonishing adj.令人感到惊讶的

(教材P18)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.

你可能会感到惊奇，查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌，他刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞了。 (1)astonish vt. (2)astonished adj. be astonished to do/that... (3)astonishment n. to one’s astonishment in astonishment

使惊诧 吃惊的 某人惊讶于…… 惊异，惊讶

令人吃惊的是(多用于插入语) 吃惊地

①It was astonishing that she should accept such a hard job. 令人吃惊的是她竟然会接受这么困难的工作。

②He was astonished to see how his hometown had changed in the past 10 years. 家乡过去10年的变化使他感到惊奇。 [即学即练]——单句语法填空

①What astonished(astonish) him was that his son had been caught cheating in the exams.

②It was astonishing(astonish) that he refused to talk to you.

③Much to my astonishment(astonish), she still remembered my name! [能力提升]——一句多译

他不在意我的感受， 这使我很吃惊。

④She didn’t care about my feelings, which__astonished__me．(定语从句； astonish vt.) ⑤It__was__astonishing__that she didn’t care about my feelings. (astonishing; it作形式主语)

⑥What__astonished__me__was__that she didn’t care about my feelings. (what 引导的主语从句； astonish vt.)

⑦To__my__astonishment,__she didn’t care about my feelings. (astonishment) unfortunately adv.不幸地；遗憾地；可惜地；可悲地

(经典例句)Unfortunately many people around the world are still struggling against hunger. 不幸的是，世界各地很多人仍在与饥饿作斗争。 fortune n． fortunate adj. 的

fortunately adv. unfortunate adj.

幸运地；侥幸地

不幸的；令人遗憾的；可惜的 运气，命运；幸运；巨款 幸运的；吉利的；侥幸的；交好运

①Two middle-aged passengers fell into the sea. Unfortunately, neither of them could swim. 两个中年游客掉进了大海，不幸的是，两个人都不会游泳。

②Fortunately for him, his parents managed to send him to school though badly off. 对他来说幸运的是，尽管贫穷，父母仍然送他去上学。 [即学即练]——单句语法填空

①Unfortunately(fortune), he was caught in the traffic jam and late for the meeting.

②Now there are many young people in our society dreaming of making a fortune without hard work.

③Fortunately(fortune), people are beginning to realize how serious the pollution is. badly off 穷的；缺少的

(经典例句)Thanks to their support and help, we were not so badly off during the past decade.

多亏他们的支持和帮助，在过去的10年里我们的境况并没有如此糟糕。

badly off for sth. worse off well off better off

①We used to be badly off, but now we are well off. 我们过去贫困，但现在富裕了。

缺少某物 更穷的，更艰难的 富裕的；境况好的 更富裕的；境况更好的

②Their project is badly off for support from the government. 他们的计划缺少来自政府的支持。 [即学即练]——单句语法填空

①There are many people who are worse(bad) off than us in the world.

②The victims in this earthquake are badly off for blankets, and even worse(badly) off for food.

entertaining adj.愉快的；有趣的；娱乐的

(教材P18)No one was ever bored watching him—his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

看他的表演没有人会感到无聊——他精湛的演技使得一切都那么滑稽可笑。 (1)entertain vt.& vi. entertain sb.with...

(2)entertainment n. to one’s entertainment

使欢乐；款待 用……使某人快乐； 用……招待某人 娱乐；款待 使某人快乐的是

①We sang and danced at her birthday party, spending an entertaining evening. 在她的生日宴会上，我们唱啊，跳啊，度过了快乐的夜晚。 ②He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes. 他给我们讲故事、说笑话，让我们高兴了好几个小时。 [即学即练]——单句语法填空

①It is said that the early European playing-cards were designed for entertainment(entertain) and education.

②We had no choice but to hire a magician to keep the children entertained(entertain)． ③All the audience burst into laughter at his entertaining(entertain) performance.

cut off 切断；断绝；中断电话

(教材P18)Charlie cuts off the leather top of the shoe and shares the shoe with the other fellow.

查理把皮鞋的鞋帮切下来，和那个人分吃这只鞋。 cut down cut out cut in/into cut up

砍倒；减少，缩减 切去，剪下；删去 插嘴；插入 切碎；割伤；使悲痛

①Both boys and girls are required to cut off long hair according to school regulations. 根据学校规定，无论男生还是女生都得剪掉长发。

②When their children lived far away from them, these old people felt cut off from the world. 当孩子们远离他们生活的时候，这些老人感觉与世隔绝了。 [即学即练]——用cut短语填空

①When Jason failed to pay his bill, the network company cut__off his Internet connection. ②It is bad manners for you to always cut__in when other people are talking. ③When you give a speech, you’d better cut__out unimportant details. ④She was really cut__up when all her friends refused to help her. pick out 挑出；辨别出；挑选；领会；理解

(教材P18)Then he picks out the lace of the shoe and eats it as if it were spaghetti. 然后他挑出鞋带来吃，像是吃意大利面一样。

pick up 拾起；用车接；(无意中)学会(语言)或获得(消息)；恢复健康 pick one’s pocket 扒窃；掏包

I am wondering whether you can pick him up at the airport. 我在想你是否能去机场接他。

[一词多义]——写出下列句中pick out的含义

①A competition was held to pick out the best table tennis players.挑出

②Although he had not seen his sister for twenty years, he picked her out as soon as she got off the plane.辨别出

③Having read the passage many times, I finally picked out its main idea.领会