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Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Language points
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Teaching goals 1． Target language
a. Humour, comedy, content, performer , astonish , fortunate, ordinary, bored, entertain , throughout, homeless, moustache, worn, failure, overcome, leather, pick out. b Make Ss get knowledge of the new words and phrases. 2． Ability goals
Get Ss to use some useful new words and expressions correctly. Enable Ss to make sentences with the useful sentence patterns. 3． Learning ability goals
To help students master the important language points.
To help students to make sentences by using the words and phrases. Teaching important points
Get Ss to master the usage of the words and phrases. Teaching difficult points
help students get knowledge of the language points. Teaching methods
Inspiration, Questioning and Discussion. Teaching aids
A computer, a projector and a recorder. Teaching procedures
Step I , review the new words and phrases. Step II. Teaching the important language points 一．词语辨析
1. specially / especially / particularly 【解释】
specially = on purpose故意地；专门地 (不是为了别的，而只是为了某一目的而专门采用 的某种方式。 如：I came here specially to see you. 我特地到这儿来看你。
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especially = particularly = in particular = in especial特别地；尤其是；特别是，通常用来对 前面所叙述的事情作进一步说明或补充，是有意突出到显眼或例外的程度，强调“超过其 他，与众不同”，在介词或连词前用得较多。
如：I like Harbin, especially in summer. 我喜 爱哈尔滨，尤其是哈尔滨的夏天。 【练习】
用specially，especially，particularly填空。 1). I like my hometown, _______ in spring. 2). These shoes were _______ made for you.
3). A committee has been _______ appointed to look into the matter. 4). We did very well in this exam, _______ our monitor.
Key: 1). especially/particularly 2). specially 3). specially 4). especially 2. common / usual / ordinary 【解释】
common意为“普通的，平常的”，指常见的，常发生的，不足为奇的。 usual意为“通常的，习惯性的”，可用于一切频繁发生的事情。
ordinary意为“通常的，普通的，日常的，随时都可以碰到的”，与common意思接近。 【练习】
用common，usual，ordinary填空。 1). He arrived later than _______.
2). Rabbits and foxes are _______ in Britain.
3). Tom Sawyer was a/an _______ American boy who kept getting into trouble. 4). Our _______ workday is eight hours. 5). He’s not an officer, but a/an ________ soldier.
Key: 1). usual 2). common 3). ordinary 4). ordinary 5). common/ ordinary 3. convince / persuade 【解释】
convince “说服”，着重理智方面的“辩论，证明”。
persuade “说服”，着重情感上的“劝告”或“说服某人做/不做某事”。 【练习】
用convince，persuade填空。
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1). He _______ me that I should study law. 2). He _______ me not to stay.
3). The officials were eager to _______ us of the safety of the nuclear reactors. 4). I _______ (convince) I saw you there, but it must have been someone else. 5). How can we persuade him into _______ (join) us?
Key: 1). convinced 2). convinced/persuaded 3). convince 4). was convinced 5). Joining 二．词性变化
1. humour n. 幽默，诙谐 humorous adj.幽默的，诙谐的
2. fortune n.(大量) 财产， 大笔的钱；运气，命运 fortunate adj.幸运的，侥幸的 fortunately adv.幸运地，幸亏
3. bore vt. 使厌烦；n. 令人 讨厌的人(或事) bored adj.感到无趣的或单调的 boring adj.令人厌烦的，乏味的 4. mouth n. 嘴，口 mouthful n.一口；少量
5. direct adj.直接的；坦率 的adv.直接地vt.对准；指导 direction n.方向[pl.]说明书；指引；指导 director n.指导者，主管；董事；导演 6. explain v. 讲解，解释 explanation n.解释，说明，阐述 【练习】
用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空。
1). ________ (fortune), the drowning child was saved.
2). He gave a ________ (humor) account of their trip to Spain first. 3). Tom went off in one ________ (direct) and Harry in another. 4). He now felt ready to take on the role of ________ (direct). 5). The earthquake left thousands of people ________ (home). 6). I’m stuffed. I couldn’t eat another ________ (mouth).
7). Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their ________ (bore) or difficult work is unnoticed.
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8). There is no convincing ________ (explain) of the overall structure of the universe.
Keys: 1). Fortunately 2). humorous 3). direction 4). director 5). homeless 6). mouthful 7). boring 8). explanation 三．重点词汇
1. content vt. (使)满足；满意 n.[u]满足；书的内容目录；容器里的东西 adj.感到满足的 [典例]
1). As there’s no cream, we’ll have to content ourselves with black coffee. 既然没有奶油, 我们只好喝清咖啡算了。 2). He is content to remain where he is now. 他安於现状。 [重点用法]
content oneself with sth. 满足或满意於某事物 be/feel content with 对……感到满足 be content to do sth. 愿意做某事
to one’s heart’s content 尽情地；心满意足地 [练习]
根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词或翻译。 1). Simple praise is enough to ______ him.
2). I like the style of the book but I don?t like the ______.
3). She _______ _______ _______ (感到非常满足) stay at home looking after her children. Keys: 1). content 2). content 3). is/was content to 2. astonish vt. 使惊诧；使吃惊 astonishing adj.令人惊讶的 astonished adj. 感到惊讶的 [典例]
1). The news astonished everybody. 这个消息令大家惊讶。
2). I was astonished at/to hear the loud sound. 我被那些巨大的声响吓了一跳。 [重点用法]
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be astonished at/by sth. 因/被……感到惊讶 be astonished to do sth. 对做某事感到惊讶 It astonishes sb. that 令某人惊讶的是 be astonished that 对感到惊讶 [练习]
根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。
1). It astonished me ______ no one has thought of this before. 2). We were _______ (astonish) that he appeared at the party.
3). I find _______ quite _______ (astonish) that none of you like the play. Keys: 1). that 2). astonished 3). it; astonishing 3. entertain vt.使欢乐；款待 entertaining adj.愉快的；有趣的 entertainment n. 娱乐；款待 [典例]
1). Bob and Liz entertained us to dinner last night. 昨晚鲍勃和利兹设宴招待了我们。
2). Could you entertain the children for an hour, while I make supper? 我做晚饭时, 你能哄孩子们玩一个小时吗? [重点用法]
entertain sb. with sth./by doing sth. 用某物/通过做某事使某人欢乐 [练习]
根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。
1). He entertained us for hours ________ (介词) his stories and jokes. 2). He fell in the water, much to the _________ (entertain) of the children. 3). We hired a magician to keep the children _________ (entertain).
Keys: 1). with 2). entertainment 3). entertained 4. convince vt. 使信服；使确信 convincing adj. 令人信服的 [典例]
1). We convinced him to go by train rather than plane.
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高中英语人教版必修四Unit3ATasteofEnglishHumourlanguagePoints教案系列一
