高考英语一轮复习 话题18 英语幽默（Unit 3 A taste of English humour）新人教版必修4.doc

话题18 英语幽默（unit 3 a taste of english humour）晨读背诵话题单词1. humor 【hjum(r)】 n. 幽默；诙谐 2. practical 【prktk()l】 adj. 实际的；实用的3. fortunately 【ftntl】 adv. 幸运地 4. intend 【ntend】 vt. 打算；想要5. nationality 【nnlt】 n.国籍 6. fluent 【flunt】 adj. 流利的；流畅的7. amuse 【mjuz】 vt. 使发笑；使愉快 8. laughter 【l:ft】 n. 笑；笑声9. accent 【ksnt】 n. 口音；腔调 10. appreciate 【priet】 vt. 欣赏；感激11. applaud 【pld】 v. & n. 拍手喝彩；赞同 12. exist 【zst】 vi. 存在13. optimistic 【,ptmstk】 adj. 乐观的 14. delight 【dlat】 v. 使愉快15. entertain 【entten】 vt. 娱乐 16. twister 【twst(r)】 n. 绕口令17. funny 【fn】 adj. 好笑的 18. comedy 【kmd】 n. 喜剧 19. stage 【sted】 n. 舞台 20. tradition 【trd()n】 n. 传统话题短语1. have a wide audience得到广大观众的欢迎 2. play of words玩弄词藻3. be fluent in english英语说得流利 4. act out small sketches演小品5. at sunset(在)黄昏 6. pass on 传递下去7. enjoy a long life健康长寿 8. in great surprise大吃一惊9. act the role of 演角色 10. tougue twister绕口令11. have/keep/bear sth. in mind内心记住 12. on the stage在舞台上13. make fun of取笑 14. the crosstalk show相声表演 15. an amusing story令人发笑的故事 16. date from追溯到 17. bring happiness to 给带来快乐 18. break a dark mood 打破坏心情话题句子1. dating back to the qin dynasty (221207bc), the traditional crosstalk shows, or xiangsheng shows, have made people all over china roar with laughter for centuries. 传统的相声表演可以追溯到秦朝(公元前221207年)，已经使中国人笑了千百年了。2. its their clothes, makeup and the way they talk that makes people. 逗人笑的是他们的衣着，装扮和走路的姿势。3. it is suggested that people who have a sense of humor live longer than those who havent. 表明有幽默感的人比没有幽默感的人长寿。4. unlike his brother, he has a good sense of humor. 和他兄弟不同，他有种幽默感。5. the two actors gave us a wonderful performance, creating a pleasant and friendly atmosphere. 两个演员给我们精彩的表演，创造了一种愉快而友好的气氛。6. in order to develop a sense of humour, one must have an open mind and the ability to deal with unpleasant events. 为了培养幽默感，一个人必须有开阔的心胸和处理不愉快的事情的能力。7. humour requires a braod range of knowledge and optimistic thinking. 幽默需要广阔的知识和乐观的心态。篇章模板up to now nobody has been able to do better than charlie chaplin in humorhe made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their liveschaplins parents were poor music hall performersit was astonishing that chaplin was brought up very successfully when he was very young. unfortunately，his father died， leaving the family even worse offchaplin could act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasksnobody was ever bored watching him for he made everything entertaing. he became known throughout the worldthe tramp，a poor， homeless man with a moustache wore large trousers，worn-out shoes and a small round black hatlater，charlie chaplin wrote，directed and produced the films he starred in . in l972，chaplin was given a special oscar for his outstanding work in films到目前为止，在幽默方面没有人能超越查理卓别林。他在自己忧郁时能人们笑，这样他们就对自己的生活感到满足了。卓别林的父母都是音乐大厅的演奏家。令人吃惊的是，小的时候卓别林得到了成功的教育。不幸的是，他的父亲死了，让这个家庭更加贫困了。卓别林扮演做日常事务的傻子。因为他让一切都你们有趣，没有人厌倦看他演出。他闻名世界。这个流浪汉，一个留着小胡子的穷苦的无家可归的人，穿着大裤子、破鞋子，头顶着黑色的小圆帽。以后，卓别林写剧本、导演并生产自己主演的电影。1927年因为他对电影事业的突出工作卓别林被授予特别奥斯卡奖。基础知识自测一、单词拓展(a)根据音标及词义写出英文单词。1.humour 【hju:m】 n.幽默;滑稽humourous 【hju:mrs】 adj.幽默的2.content 【kntent】 adj.满足的;满意的 n.满足 vt.使满足3.perform 【pfm】 v.执行;表演performer 【pf:m】 n.表演者;演出者performance 【pfmns】 n.执行;演出4.astonish 【stn】 vt.使惊诧astonished 【stnt】 adj.感到惊讶的astonishing 【stn】adj.令人感到惊讶的astonishment 【stnimnt】 n.惊讶5.fortunate 【ftnt】 adj.幸运的;吉利的fortune 【ftjun】 n.运气,财富fortunately 【ftntl】 adv.幸运地6.ordinary 【dnr】 adj.平常的;普通的7.entertain 【entten】 vt. & vi.使欢乐;款待entertaining 【entten】 adj.愉快的,有趣的entertainment 【enttenmnt】 n.娱乐8.throughout 【ruat】 prep.遍及,贯穿 adv.到处;始终;全部9.overcome 【vkm】 vt. & vi.战胜;克服10.convince 【knvns】 vt.使信服convinced 【knvns】 adj.坚信不移的convincing 【knvns】 adj.令人信服的11.direct 【drekt】 vt. & vi. &adj.导演;指示;指挥;直的;直接的;直率的direction 【drek()n 】 n.指导director 【drekt(r)】 n.导演directly 【drektl】 adv. & conj.直接地,径直地;一就12.outstanding 【atstnd】 adj.突出的;杰出的;显著的13.gesture 【dest(r)】 n.姿态;手势 vi.做手势14.particular 【ptkjl(r)】 adj. & n.特殊的,特别的;细节;细目particularly 【ptkjll】 adv.特别地,挑剔地15.occasion 【ke()n】 n.时刻;场合16.slide 【slad】 vt. & vi.(使)滑动;(使)滑行 n.滑;滑动;幻灯片17.whisper 【wsp(r)】 n.耳语;低语 vt. & vi.低语;小声说18.react 【rikt】 vi.作出反应;回应reaction 【rik()n】 n.反应;回应(b)单词活用 用所给词的正确形式填空。1. are you content (content)with your life?2. his stepmother is so cruel (cruelty)to him that he often dare not go home.3. failure (fail) is the mother of success.4. can the outstanding (outstanding)scientist win the national prize for science?5. tom is jobless, penniless and homeless (home) .6. we should try our best to overcome (overcome ) all difficulties.7. there are direct (directly) trains between beijing and shanghai.8. she whispered (whisper) a warning to me and then disappeared.9. with a mouthful (mouth) of rice, he could hardly say anything.10. the monkey is swinging (swing) itself from tree to tree.二、短语互译及运用(a)短语互译1.up to now直到现在2.feel/be content with 对满足3.badly off 穷的;缺少的4.pick out 挑出;辨别出5.cut off 切断;断绝6.star in 主演;担任主角7.break into 破门而入8.worse off 境况更差,更糟糕9.through out the world 全世界10. in search of 寻找11. burst into 突然发出12. bring out 产生;引起13. in the open air 在户外,在野外14. keep to 坚持;固守(b)灵活运用 选择以上恰当的词组填空。1. we should never be content with a little book knowledge only.2. how could you pick out your own motorbike in a sea of motorbikes. 3. in the dim light he couldnt see clearly and ran bump into a tree.4. we may be poor, harry, but we are not that badly off. 5. because of the earthquake, all the supplies of electricity and water have been cut off. 6. if we cant keep to the schedule, well be in trouble.7. hes sailed the seven seas in search of adventure.8. the thieves planned to break into a bank.三、课文语法填空charlie chaplin was a famous actor. his charming character the little tramp is well known 1 the world. this character was a social 2 (fail), but many people like it for his determination in 3 (overcome) difficulties and being kind 4 when people were unkind to him. his another famous film was the gold rush, 5 was set in california in the middle of 6 nineteenth century when gold was discovered and thousands of people rushed there in search 7 it. chaplin and his friend went there too. but they were not 8 (fortune) enough to find any. instead they 9 (catch) on the edge of a mountain in a snowstorm in a wooden house, 10 they have nothing to eat.【答案】1.throughout /around 2.failure 3.overcoming 4.even 5.which 6.the 7.of 8.fortunate 9.were caught 10.where重点词汇精讲精练1. content adj. 满意的，满足的 vt. 使满意，满足 n. 内容，所包含之物背诵 he is content despite his great poverty. 他虽然很穷，却很很满足。搭配be/ feel content with=be satisfied /pleased with 对 满意be content to do 满意/乐意做某事content oneself with 使某人自己对感到满足运用 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。(1) are you content with (满意)your present salary? (2) we should never content ourselves (满意)with book knowledge only.2. entertain vt.&vi. 使欢乐；招待；款待背诵 he entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes. 他给我们讲故事、说笑话，让我们高兴了好几小时。搭配entertain sb.with sth.用使某人快乐entertain sb. to sth. 用招待/款待某人entertaining adj. 使人愉快的；有趣的 entertainment n. 款待；请客；娱乐；消遣an entertaining story/guest 一个有趣的故事/客人运用 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。(1)the child is entertaining himself with his building blocks. (这个孩子正在搭积木玩。)(2) there are few entertainments (娱乐设施) in that town. (3)this type of robot is intended only for entertainment (为娱乐).3. failure n.【u】失败；【c】失败的经历，失败的人或事；反义词：success n.成功；成功的人或事背诵 the new restaurant was a failure and soon closed. 那家新饭店经营无方,不久便关门了。搭配fail v. 失败；不及格fail in失败；不及格；不足；缺乏fail to do sth.（表示否定）未能做某事；没有运用 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。(1)at last, he was a great success（了不起的成功者）, while she was a failure（失败者）.(2)i fail to（不能）see why you find it so amusing.4. convince vt. 使确信；使信服背诵 we convinced anne to go by train rather than plane. 我们说服安妮乘火车而不是乘飞机去。搭配convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事convince sb. of sth./that 使某人相信be convinced of sth./that 相信convincing adj. 有说服力的；令人信服的 convinced adj. 感到信服的；相信的运用 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。(1)we finally convinced them of our adventure. we finally convinced them to believe our adventure. （我们最终令他们信服了我们的冒险经历。）(2)her smile convinced him that she was happy. (她的微笑使他确信她快乐。)(3)they were convinced of the result of the experiment finally.(他们最终相信了实验结果。)(4)i am convinced of his guilt. (我确信他有罪。)5. direct vt.&vi.导演；指示；指挥 adj.直接的 adv. 直接地背诵 he directed many shakespearean plays in london. 他在伦敦导演过许多莎士比亚的戏剧。搭配direct+sb./sth.+to do sth. 指示/命令某人做某事direct+that sb. (should) do sth. （虚拟语气）辨析direct与directlydirect 是指不停步，不绕道，直奔目的地。directly是指一种直接的方式，着重对事物的直接影响；表示时间指立刻，不拖延。运用 用direct 的适当形式填空。(1)the next flight doesnt go direct to paris，it goes by way of rome.(2)he refused to answer my questions directly.(3)well come directly we have finished.(4)he drove in the direction of the farm.6. badly off 穷的；处境差的；缺少的背诵 his health is worse off than before. 他的身体状况比以前更糟糕了。联想be badly off for sth. 需要（某物）；供应（某物）不足worse off境况更差；更穷困well off富裕；处境好（比较级：better off境况更佳）运用 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。(1)i have got a big room so im not too badly off (还不坏)(2)his family is not well off (富裕).(3)i went to his home and found his living conditions were worse off (更差)than mine.我去他家一看，发现他的生活状况比我的。7. cut off切断（水电的供应）中断，打断（谈话）；隔离背诵 the water supply has been cut off for several days in the city. 这个城市的水供应已经被切断好几天了。联想cut down 砍倒；消减，降低cut in 插嘴cut across 取捷径；走近路cut up 切碎运用 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。(1)i had my hair cut off (剪掉)and sold it.(2)just when she had reached the most important point we were cut off (切断).(3)we were completely cut off from (隔绝)the outside world.我们和外界完全了。8. pick out 挑出；选出；辨认出某人或某物背诵 she was picked out from hundreds of applicants for the job. 她是从数百位申请人里挑选出来做这份工作的。联想pick at一点一点地吃pick on 选择；（作挨骂或受罚对象）挑中（某人）pick up捡起；改良；进步；增加；获得；收听运用 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。(1)let me pick out (挑选)some good ones for you. (2)its easy to pick him out (辨认)in a crowd because he is very tall.(3)the bus picks up (接)passengers outside the airport.经典句型背诵仿写1. not that“并非，倒不是说”，用于句首或短语之前，表否定含义。背诵 who were you with last night? not that i care, of course. 你昨晚和谁在一起？当然我不计较。运用 根据句子的意思翻译。(1) kate had lost some weight - not that i care (我倒不关心). (2) not that it matters (我并不是说这个很要紧), but how did you spend the money i gave you? 2. so .that “如此以至”，在句中引导结果状语从句。背诵 he became so angry that he couldnt speak. 他变的很生气，以致说不出话来。说明so 为副词，后跟形容词或副词。 辨析so that 与suchthatso that 中的so 为副词，后跟形容词或副词。suchthat中的such 为形容词，后跟名词（名词前可有形容词修饰）。当that前面有many,much,few,little 修饰时，只可以用so ,不可以用such。仿写 按照要求改写句子。(1)他跑得如此快以至于我赶不上。 so fast did he run that i couldnt catch up with him.(2) 他如此善良以至于我们都喜欢他。 he is such a kind man that we all like him. =he is so kind a man that we all like him. 语言知识巧用妙用翻译或完成下列句子，注意黑体部分要用到本单元的短语和句型，然后将其合并成一篇5句话左右的短文。1. 从这些学生中，我们老师选中了三人参加这次运动会。 our teacher picked out three students from us to attend the sports meet. 2. 老师对于我们的表现很满意。 our teacher is very satisfied with our performance. 3.老师的表扬激励了我们的锻炼。 our teachers praise inspired our exercise. 4. 我们觉得在比赛中战胜他们是很有可能的。 we find it quite possible that we will defeat them in the game. 5. 到目前为止我们已经做了三周的准备工作了。 up to now, we have been prepared for three weeks. 合并 our school sports meet is drawing near and our teacher picked out three students from us to attend the sports meet. we practice every day and our teacher is very satisfied with our performance. our teachers praise inspired our exercise. up to now, we have been prepared for three weeks.we find it quite possible that we will defeat them in the game. 轻轻松松走进高考阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为110的相应位置上。1st april is a day to be careful, or you could easily get tricked by someone. its april fools day, a day 1 people traditionally like to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh 2 them. there are lots of theories 3 (surround) the origins of the day, but one explanation is connected with the change in the calendar in the 16th century, which meant that 1st april was no longer the 4 (begin) of the year. those 5 still celebrated the new year on 1st april were called fools. so what kind of tricks do people play on april fools day? well, there are lots of simple tricks that you can play 6 your friends. and theres also a tradition of large companies 7 (attempt) to fool a lot of people. for example a burger restaurant once claimed that they were introducing a left-handed burger! in 8 , the media often try to make people believe something which is not true. newspapers publish some ridiculous stories every year, 9 some of them are actually true. its 10 (entertain) to try to guess which stories are true and which are fake. 【答案】1.when 2 at 3. surrounding 4.beginning 5. who 6.on 7. attempting 8. particular 9. although 10. entertaining二、完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意然后从120各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。出处：2016年湖北省黄冈市高三上学期元月调研考试新鲜度难度话题 换个角度看生活 关键词appreciate体裁夹叙夹议短文词数 273建议时间 15分钟 正确率 /20 “paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces.” i 1 , picking them up. 2 later i found more pieces. no quiet sighing this time. i 3 , “who is throwing garbage?” no answer. instead, i saw more bits of paper silently floating 4 from upstairs. looking up, i saw my seven-year-old son, paul. “stop making a mess.” “its not a mess. theyre 5 .” “sorry, what did you say?” i hadnt heard him clearly. he didnt answer me. paul has autism(自闭症) and 6 answers a question, especially when hes 7 attentively on something else. he ran down the stairs. “where are my other butterflies?” he asked, 8 around. every time paul 9 five or more words together, my heart says a 10 of thanks. but lately he seems to 11 that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are 12 of the effort. butterflies. of course. i rushed to 13 them from the garbage, 14 them off and handed them to my young artist. “want to see them 15 again?” he asked with a shy smile. “oh yes! theyre beautiful.” i whispered. he ran back upstairs to float his 16 down again. they really did look like beautiful butterflies. that day paul 17 me to look up at 18 instead of down at garbage. how many other masterpieces do i miss because im too caught up in my 19 to take time to appreciate whats right in front of me? life is not what happens to us. its 20 we look at it. now, i look up.1. a. laughed b. sighed c. amazed d. shouted2. a. days b. years c. moments d. weeks3. a. called out b. turned up c. got in d. added to4. a. up b. down c. away d. off5. a. planes b. papers c. leaves d. butterflies6. a. rarely b. frequently c. willingly d. eagerly7. a. devoted b. depended c. focused d. addicted8. a. showing b. looking c. playing d. drawing9. a. spells b. puts c. pushes d. accumulates10. a. sound b. remark c. report d. prayer11. a. refuse b. hear c. mind d. realize12. a. worthy b. aware c. fond d. typical13. a. hide b. destroy c. rescue d. remove14. a. tore b. dusted c. cut d. seized15. a. throw b. flow c. land d. fly16. a. masterpiecesb. schoolwork c. inventions d. imagination17. a. reminded b. forced c. intended d. permitted18. a. mistakes b. weaknesses c. beauty d. scenery19. a. amusement b. housework c. communication d. homework20. a. when b. whether c. where d. how【读后反馈】. 靓词 mess n. 脏乱状态；困境masterpiece n. 精品. 难句1. but lately he seems to realize that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are worthy of the effort. 本句是复合句。realize后面跟that引导的宾语从句；when引导时间状语从句。2. how many other masterpieces do i miss because im too caught up in my housework to take time to appreciate whats right in front of me?这是一个主从复合句。because引导原因状语从句；what引导宾语从句，作appreciate的宾语。本句采用了tooto结构，意思是“太而不能”。. 拓展练1.单句语法填空the man sat there , _ (silent) reading a book. 2.句式仿写（1）那位医生一定是在一直寻找治愈这种疾病的方法。（must have been doing）_（2）我们总是太忙了，而不能去欣赏周围的风景。（tooto）_我七岁的儿子paul患有自闭症，但是他却把飘着的纸看作是蝴蝶在飞。而我看到的只是地上的一堆垃圾。生活亦如此。不是我们发生了什么，而是我们如何看待它。1b下文语境题。后面有no quiet sighing this time提示一开始只是慢慢地叹息(sighed)。laughed笑; amazed使惊奇; shouted 大喊，均不符合此处的语境。2c下文语境题。语境提示是一开始只是几张，边走边拾，同时发现更多的废纸。所以时间应该很短，片刻(moments)就可以。days数日； years数年； weeks数周，均不符合此处的语境。3a上下文语境题。前面说不再静静地叹息，所以这里应该是大声喊(called out)：是谁在扔垃圾？turned up出现； got in进入； added to 添加到，均不符合此处的语境。4b下文语境题。根据from upstairs可知，纸是从楼上飘下来(down)的。下文有he ran back upstairs to float his butterflies down again提示。up向上；向下； away离开； off切断；走开，均不符合此处的语境。5d下文语境题。根据下文的where are my other butterflies？可知，他的7岁的儿子认为是蝴蝶(butterflies)。planes飞机； papers纸； leaves树叶，均不符合此处的语境。6a上下文语境题。根据介绍说儿子有自闭症，不回答问题可知，他很少(rarely)回答问题。frequently经常； willingly愿意； eagerly渴望地，均不符合此处的语境。7c上下文语境题。当他专注(focused)于别的事情时，他就很少回答问题。devoted献身于，跟to搭配； depended依靠，与on连用；addicted上瘾，与to连用。8b下文语境题。他一边问一边四处看(look around)。show around 四处参观；play around 玩耍，鬼混； draw around围在四周，均不符合此处的语境。9b下文语境题。每当paul把5个以上的词放(puts)在一起时，因为孩子的病的原因，“我“应该很激动。spells拼写； pushes推accumulates积累，均不符合此处的语境。10d下文语境题。孩子能说更多的