高考英语第一轮复习 第一部分课文 Module 4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour课件.ppt

unit3atasteofenglishhumour module4 第一部分基础模块夯实 sectioni 课本扫描 一 核心单词1 content k ntent 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 1 asthere snocream we llhavetocontentourselveswithblackcoffee 既然没有奶油 我们只好喝清咖啡算了 2 heiscontenttoremainwhereheisnow 他安于现状 归纳 contentoneselfwithsth 满足或满意于某事物 be feelcontentwith对 感到满足becontenttodosth 愿意做某事toone sheart scontent尽情地 心满意足地小练 根据句子的要求填入适当的词或翻译 1 nothingwillever him 2 helikedthestyleofthebookbutididn tlikethe 3 she 感到非常满足 stayathomelookingafterherchildren 1 content 2 content 3 is wascontentto 2 astonish st ni vt 使惊诧 使吃惊astonishingadj 令人惊讶的astonishedadj 感到惊讶的 1 thenewsastonishedeverybody 这个消息令大家惊讶 2 shewasastonishedtohearattheloudsound 她被那些巨大的声响吓了一跳 归纳 beastonishedat bysth 因 被 感到惊讶beastonishedtodosth 对做某事感到惊讶itastonishessb that令某人惊讶的是beastonishedthat对感到惊讶 小练 根据句子的要求填入适当的词 1 itastonishedme noonehasthoughtofthisbefore 2 hewas astonish thatsheappearedattheparty 3 ifind quite astonish thatnoneofyoulikethemovie 1 that 2 astonished 3 it astonishing 3 entertain ent tein vt 使欢乐 款待entertainingadj 愉快的 有趣的entertainmentn 娱乐 款待 1 theblacksentertainedmetodinnerlastnight 昨晚布莱克一家设宴招待了我 2 couldyouentertainthechildrenforanhour whileimakesupper 我做晚饭时 你能哄孩子们玩一个小时吗 归纳 entertainsb withsth bydoingsth 用某物 通过做某事使某人欢乐 小练 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词 1 heentertainedusforhours 介词 hisstoriesandjokes 2 hefellinthewater muchtothe entertain ofthekinds 3 wehiredamagiciantokeepthechildren entertain 1 with 2 entertainment 3 entertained 4 convince k n vins vt 使信服 使确信convincingadj 令人信服的 1 weconvincedhimtogobytrainratherthanplane 我们说服了他坐火车去 不要搭飞机去 2 howcansheconvinceyou ofherhonesty 她怎样才能使你相信 她很诚实 呢 归纳 convincesb ofsth 使某人相信某事convincesb todosth 说服某人做某事convincesb that使某人相信 beconvincedof that坚信 确信 小练 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词 1 whatshesaid convince methatiwasmistaken 2 shesoonconvincedme 介词 herinnocence 3 whatconvincedyou vote forthem 4 i m convince thatheisguilty 5 thatwasthemost convince thingihadeverheard 1 convinced 2 of 3 tovote 4 convinced 5 convincing 5 direct di rekt v 导演 指示 指挥adj 直的 直接的 直率的adv 径直地 1 canyoudirectme tothestation 你告诉我 到车站 怎么走好吗 2 shehasadirectwayofspeaking 她说话直爽 归纳 direct at towardssb sth 把 指向某人 某事directsb toaplace指引某人到某处directsb todosth 指示 命令某人做某事direct that sb sth should do bedone指示 命令某人 某事做 被做 小练 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词 1 hewasdirected 介词 atablebesidethewindow 2 thejudgedirectedthatthemother give custody 监管 ofthechildren 3 therewasnobodythere direct thetraffic 1 to 2 begiven 3 todirect 6 whisper hwisp v n 耳语 私语 密谈 1 ifeelveryafraid shewhispered 我感到很害怕 她低声说 2 hespokeinawhisper 他低声说话 归纳 whispertosb 小声对某人说whispersth tosb 小声对某人说某事whispertosb that 小声对某人说 whisperthat 小声说 小练 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词 1 shewhisperedaword 介词 myear 2 hewhispered 介词 hersothatnooneelsewouldhear 3 thebreczecame whisper inourears 1 in 2 to 3 whispering 二 重点词组1 badlyoff过得很差 穷的 缺少的 1 theyaretoobadlyofftohaveaholiday 他们贫困得根本谈不上度假 2 theyshouldn tcomplainaboutbeingpoor manyfamiliesaremuchworseoff 他们不应该因为穷而叫苦连天 许多人的家境更糟 归纳 welloff过得很富 富的 富有的 作表语或定语 小练 根据句子的意思翻译 1 intheolddayspeople 过得很差 2 thoughheisalwayswearingoldclothes heis 并不如你想的那么穷 asyouthink 3 infactweare 要富裕 wewerefiveyearsago 1 werebadlyoff wereverypoor 2 notas sobadlyoff 3 betteroffthan 2 pickout挑出 辨别出 1 hepickedouttheripestpeach 他把熟得最透的桃子挑了出来 2 thewindowframesarepickedoutinblackagainstthewhitewalls 黑色的窗框衬着白墙 十分显眼 归纳 pickoutsb sth from 从 中挑出 辨别出某人 物pickup捡起 让某人搭车 继续 摔倒后站起来 接收 节目 无意中学会 小练 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的短语 1 she fromthousandsofapplicantsforthejob 2 we ll wherewefinishedyesterday 3 shesoon frenchwhenshewenttoliveinfrance 4 thosebooksthatyou dliketoread 1 waspickedout 2 pickup 3 pickedup 4 pickout 3 cutoff切断 供应等 断绝 联系等 1 ourwatersupplyhasbeencutoff 我们断水了 2 hehadafingercutoffbyamachine 他被机器切拼了一个手指 归纳 cutdown砍倒 削减cutin插嘴cutup切碎cutsth inhalf two把某物切割成两半cutsth intohalves thirds quarters把某物切割成两半 三份 四份 小练 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的cut短语或介词 1 thevillagewas fromtheoutsideworldbytheheavysnowfordays 2 shealways whenotherpeoplearetalking 3 hewasasking 400forthecar butwecuthimdown 介词 350 4 she thevegetablesandthenputthemintothehotpot 1 cutoff 2 cutsin 3 to 4 cutup 4 starin在 主演 担任主角sheistostarinanewfilm 她将主演一部新影片 归纳 starsb insth 使某人担任主角 由某人主演小练 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的短语或介词 1 benkingsley thefilm gandhi 2 thedirectorwantedtostarmichaelcaine 介词 hisnewfilm 1 starredin 2 in 三 课文回顾charliechaplin whocanmakepeoplelaughatatimewhentheyfeltdepressedandfeelmorecontent1 theirlives wasborninapoorfamilyin1889 2 fortunate hisfatherdied leavingthefamily3 badly off socharliespenthischildhoodlookingafterhisfamily byhisteenshe4 become oneofthemostpopularchildactorsinengland 5 timewentby hebeganmakingfilms hischarmingcharactersuchasthelittletrampbecameknownthroughouttheworldandcanalwaysmakeasad1 with2 unfortunately3 worse4 hadbecome5 as situation6 entertain asocial7 fail ashewas hewaslovedbyallthepeopleforhisoptimismanddeterminationtoovercomealldifficulties inthefilm thegoldrush charliepicks8 thelacesandeatsthemasiftheywerespaghetti theactingissoconvincingthatitmakesyoubelieveit soneofthebestmealshehasevertasted 9 ischarliechaplinwhowrote directedandproducedthefilmshestarredin hewhowasgiven10 specialoscarforhisoutstandingwork islovedandrememberedasagreatactor 6 entertaining7 failure8 out9 such10 a 四 句子精析与仿写 1 asvictorhugooncesaid laughteristhesunthatdriveswinterfromthehumanface anduptonownobodyhasbeenabletodothisbetterthancharliechaplin 维克多 雨果曾经说过 笑容如阳光 驱走人们脸上的冬天 关于这一点 直到今天也没有人能比查理 卓别林做得更好 句子分析 1 as在此引导定语从句 修饰后面整个句子 此时 定语从句的位置比较灵活 可放在句首 句中或句末 译为 正如 正像 常用的结构为 asisknowntoall asweknow asisreported asisoftenthecase 如果是用在限制性定语从句时 常用在这种结构 such as as as thesame as 2 uptonow意为 迄今 到现在为止 是多用于现在完成时的时间状语 常可与untilnow bynow sofar互换 仿写 1 正如他所有的朋友都认为的那样 他非常热心 可亲 慷慨 2 正如根据他的举止所断定的 他是一位老师 3 到目前为止 我对居住在广州感到非常满意 uptonow becontentwith 4 到目前为止 他们已经为这个项目筹集到100多万美元了 1 asallhisfriendsagree hewasunusuallywarm hearted lovingandgenerous 2 hewasateacher aswasclearfromhismanner 3 uptonow ihavebeencontentwithlivinginguangzhou 4 theyhaveraisedmorethan 1000000forthisprojectuptonow untilnow sofar 2 charliefirstpicksoutthelacesandeatsthemasiftheywerespaghetti 查理首先吃起鞋带 好像它们是意大利面条一样 句子分析 asif引导从句用虚拟语气的情况 1 从句动词表示的动作在时间上与主句动词表示的动作同时发生 从句动词用过去时 2 从句动词表示的动作在时间上比主句动词表示的动作早发生 从句动词用过去完成时 仿写 1 看起来像是要下雨了 2 你不但理解规则所说的内容 而且理解它的含义 好像是你亲自制定的 1 itlooksasifitisgoingtorain 2 youunderstandnotonlywhattherulesaysbutwhatitmeans asifyouyourselfhadmadeit 3 well itcertainlywillbethismorning themansaid becauseihappentobeflyingit 哦 那今天上午肯定要晚点了 那人说 因为碰巧我要驾驶那班飞机 句子分析 sb happenstodosth 可以转换成ithappensthatsb doessth 但使用时要注意复合句中从句谓语的时态要与简单句中的动词不定式的时态相呼应 仿写 1 我去拜访他时 他碰巧度假了 2 约瑟夫昨天来借滑雪板 不巧的是我上星期借给我的表弟了 3 那座桥坍塌时 正巧有好几辆汽车在上面行驶 1 wheniwenttoseehim ithappenedthathewasawayonholiday 2 josephcametoborrowmyskiingboardsyesterday butihappenedtohavelentthemtomycousinlastweek butithappenedthatilentthemtomycousinlastweek 3 whenthebridgefelldown severalcarshappenedtoberunningonit 4astimewentby hebeganmakingfilms 随着时光的流逝 他开始制作电影了 句子分析 as作连词时 有 随着 之意 表示发展变化状况 as可以作为介词 表示作为 还可以作为连词表示 当 时候 正如 因为 尽管 就像 一样 仿写 1 随着年龄的增长 他更有自信心了 2 他一直坐着 看她准备停当 1 ashegrewolder hegainedmoreconfidence 2 hesatwatchingher asshegotready 5 byhisteens charliehad throughhishumour becomeoneofthemostpopularchildactorsinengland 到了少年时代 凭着他的幽默感 查理成为英国最受欢迎的儿童演员之一 句子分析 by表示 到 为止 句子经常用完成时态 如果是接过去的时间 用过去完成时 如果接现在的时间 用现在完成时 如果加将来的时间 使用将来完成时 类似这样的结构还有 bythetime bytheendof 仿写 1 到你收到这封信时 我将已离开这儿 2 到去年年底 他们建立起了自己的公司并变得富有 1 bythetimetheletterreachesyou iwillhavelefthere 2 bytheendoflastyear theyhadbeenabletobuilduptheirbusinessandbecomerich 6 theactingissoconvincingthatitmakesyoubelievethatitisoneofthebestmealshehasevertasted 卓别林 这场表演是那么有说服力 以至于你会认为这顿饭是他所吃过的最美味的一餐 句子分析 so that引导结果状语从句 believethat引导宾语从句 hehasevertasted引导定语从句 省略了that thebestmeals作为定语从句的先行词 在从句中作宾语 所以关系代词被省略 仿写 1 他是我见过最有意志力的运动员 2 这是我看过的最有特色的一届运动会 3 汶川大地震是中国人民所经历的最严重的一次自然灾害 1 hewasoneofthemostdeterminedathletesthatihadeverseen 2 thiswasoneofthemostcharmingolympicsthatihadeverwatched 3 thebigearthquakeinwenchuanwasoneofthemostseriousdisastersthatchinesehadgonethrough sectionii 读写强化 一 根据课文回答下列问题 1 whatdoyouknowaboutmr bean 1 mr beanwasabritishcomedytelevisionseriesof14half hourepisodesstarringrowanatkinsonasthetitlecharacter differentepisodeswerewrittenbyrowanatkinson robindriscoll richardcurtisandonebybenelton theself titledfirstepisodewasbroadcaston1january1990 withthefinalepisode hairbymr beanoflondon on25august 1996 thetitlecharacter playedbyrowanatkinson isaslow witted sometimesingenious selfishandgenerallylikablebuffoonwhobringsvariousunusualschemesand connivancestoeverydaytasks helivesaloneinhissmallflatinhighbury northlondon andisalmostalwaysseeninhistrademarktweedjacketandskinnyredtie mr beanrarelyspeaks andwhenhedoesitisgenerallyonlyafewmumbledwords hisfirstname henameshimself bean toothers andprofession ifany arenevermentioned atkinsonhassaid atthetimeofthefirstfilm sreleasethatheimaginesbean sfirstnametobejulian thusmakingjulianbeanareferencetofamousguitaristandlutenistjulianbream hehasbeenshowninthefirstepisodetohaveastrongknowledgeoftrigonometry 2 howmanykindsofhumordoyouknow 2 humorincludesjokes sketchmime comedy funnystories crosstalk funnypoems etc 3 whatisthefunctionofhumor 3 functionsofhumorareasuniversalashumoritself which tosomeextent explainsthereasonsthatthewaysofchineseusinghumoraresimilartothoseofwesterners generallyspeaking bothchineseandenglishhumorcanfulfillthreefunctions physicalfunction socialfunctionandculturalfunction thephysicalfunctionofhumor emphasizesthebiologicalaspect humor aspartofcomedy istheidealreflectionofsocialconflictionsintherealworld humor asaformofculture impartstheuniquecontentineachculturefrompersontopersonandfromgenerationtogeneration 4 whyisasenseofhumorveryimportant 4 asenseofhumorisuniversallyconsideredthemostvaluableassetinaperson spersonality itisbornwithin everyperson sheart butithastobecultivated apersonwithoutasenseofhumorisjustlikeaspringwithoutflowersoradishwithoutseasoning inasense yourpersonalityliesinyoursenseofhumor 5 howtounderstandthechinesesaying laughtermakesonetenyearsyounger 5 itmeansthatlaughterplaysanimportantroleinone sphysicalhealth laughtercanmakepeoplehealthier 二 美文欣赏与模仿 asenseofhumor isgod sgreatestgifttomankind it isbornwithineveryperson sheart butithastobecultivated apersonwithouthumor isjustlike aspringwithoutflowers orlike adishwithoutseasoning humorcanimprovephysical aswellasmentalwell being ithelps usbearourburdens lessenourtension overcomeourfrustration with apieceofjoke allourworriesandsadness disappearlikesmoke andwearefull ofvigoronce again asenseofhumor isreallyone ofthekeystohappiness itgivesfunandzesttolife tomake it worthliving section 单元配套 一 重点词词形变换1 thoughtheevidencewasnot hefinally thejudgeofhisinnocence convince 2 nevercomesalone fortune 3 theaudienceis ofhis speech bore 4 everyonewas bychaplin s performance amuse 5 the onhisfaceshowedthathewasreally bythe scene astonish 1 convincing convinced2 unfortunately misfortune3 bored boring4 amused amusing5 astonishment astonished astonishing 6 the ofthetext theteacher content 7 nowadaystheyouthareseeking soastoescapefromtherealsociety someevenwantto peoplebydoingsomestrangethings whichtheythinkare entertain 8 mr lihasasenseof heusuallycanmakehisclass andinteresting humour 9 i intheenglishtext myenglishteachersuggestedmethatishouldlearnfrommy andhopemedobetternexttime fail 6 contents contented7 entertainment entertain entertaining8 humour humourous9 failed failure 二 活用表格中的短语1 hehasn tliveduptohisword 2 myfatheralways whathehashad 3 afterherfatherdied herfamilywas thanbefore 4 withtheelectricity allthefamilyhadtoburncandles 5 luckily hewas totakepartinthefinalcompetition 6 thefilmspiderman tobeymaguireisverypopularallovertheworld 1 uptonow2 feels iscontentwith3 worseoff4 beingcutoff5 pickedout6 havingstarredin 三 完形填空 millionsofpeopleinbritainstruggleoutofbedeachmorning fumble 乱摸 intosomeclothes andmadetheirwaytoacupofcoffeeandthemorningnewspaper theyneedsomething1toremindthemthattherestofthedaywillbelessdifferentthangettingup 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此处表示公司给你提供名字方面的调查服务是要收取一定的服务费的 5 checking结合语境考查现在分词作伴随状语 文章中的 5 check theirmeaningin100languages 作伴随状语 设空处的动词与主句的主语是逻辑上的主谓关系 所以用check的现在分词形式 6 it结合语境考查代词的用法 空格位于宾语从句的谓语动词之前 因此此处需要能作主语的名词或代词 上文刚出现过thefirm 所以此处用it来代替它 7 which考查which引导的非限制性定语从句 此处which引导的定语从句是修饰kairooney这个名字的 which在定语从句中作主语 8 while although though结合语境考查连词 此处意为 尽管音乐家gwenstefani和gavinrossdale也许知道zuma在阿拉伯语中的意思是和平 但是他们也许不知道 前后两个分句之间有逻辑上的让步关系 故此处应填while although though 9 choosing结合语境考查 连词 分词 型省略句 连词后设空且给出动词提示词 这时要首先考虑动词和句子主语的关系 若是主谓关系就用现在分词 此处主语和choose之间就是主谓关系 10 such结合语境考查suchas的用法 此处suchas用于列举事物 句意 然而有些名人的孩子的名字不好翻译 例如杰克逊的弟弟的儿子的名字jermajesty就不好翻译 五 阅读理解 somuchtodo solittletime somuchinformation solittletimetoread inthisagethereismoreinformationthaneverbefore thereisnotenoughtimetoreadeverythingwewanttoread however youcantakeinandunderstandmoreinformationinshortertimethroughspeed reading thisarticlewillnotmakeyouread3000wordsperminute butitwillshowyouhowtoincreaseyourspeedgreatly youwillalsolearnthebasictechniquesofspeedreading alongwiththedosanddon tsofspeed reading whenyoufirstlearnedtoread youwouldsaythewordoutloudandsounditout thenyoumightwhisperthewordbecausepeoplecanbecomeannoyedwhenyoureadaloud thestageyouarenowatissayingthewordinyourhead mostpeopletendtoreadthisway sayingthewordinyourheadwillcutyourreadingspeedtremendously 极大的 howdoyoucalculateyourreadingspeed thespeedismeasuredbyhowmanywordsperminuteyoucanread getsomereadingmaterial preferablyabook findouthowmanywordsareonthepage timeyourselfoneminute startyourtimerandstartreading whenthetimersounds stopatonce ifyou counted500wordsonthepageandyoureadhalfofthepage thenyouareprobablyreadingat250wordsperminute thefirstthingaboutspeed readingislookingatthewordandrecognizingit don tsaythewordinyourmind justlookatitandrecognizeitsappearance lateryouwillrecognizegroupsoffourwordsormoretoincreaseyourspeed thisisthefirstandmostimportantstepinspeed reading thenextstepistechnique aswithanyotherskill speed readingrequirestechnique youshouldfirstbesittingupstraightwithyourbookonahorizontalsurface suchasasmoothtableordesk next shouldbeabletoseetheentirepage thisisnecessaryifyouwanttorecognizeclumpsofwords lastly youshouldbefocused it shardtoreada