英语必修4unit 3 Vocabulary

1、Unit 3 A Taste of English Humor Vocabulary 刘妮 the amount of a particular substance contained in sth. adj. 满足的；满意的满足的；满意的 content n. 表演者；演出表演者；演出 者者 performer vt. 使惊诧使惊诧 astonish n. 含量；容含量；容 量量 vt. 使满足使满足 pleased with your situation and not hoping for change or improvement to make someone feel happy

2、and satisfied a person who entertains people by acting, singing, dancing or playing music to surprise someone very much adj. 令人感到惊讶令人感到惊讶 的的 astonishing adj. 幸运的；吉利幸运的；吉利 的的 fortunate adv. 不幸地不幸地 unfortunately adj. 平常的；普通平常的；普通 的的 ordinary very surprising lucky used to say that sth. is sad, disappoi

3、nting or has a bad effect not different or special or unexpected in any way; usual to keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves; to invite someone to your house and give food and drink to them in every part, or during the whole period of time feeling tired and unhappy because sth. is

4、not interesting or because you have nothing to do adj. 厌烦的厌烦的bored vt. from beginning to end n. 小胡子小胡子 moustache adj. 用旧的；用坏的；破烂的用旧的；用坏的；破烂的 worn n. 失败失败(者者) failure adj. 无家的；无家可归无家的；无家可归 的的 homeless without a home hair which a man grows above his upper lip damaged or thinner than normal because it

5、is old and has been used a lot when someone or sth. does not succeed animal skin treated in order to preserve it, and used to make shoes, bags, clothes, equipment, etc n. 皮革皮革 leather vt. to bite sth. with your teeth, usually in order to taste its flavour to defeat or succeed in controlling or deali

6、ng with sth. vt. clearly very much better than what is usual direct adj. 直的；直接的；直率直的；直接的；直率 的的 going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or changing direction; without anyone or anything else being involved or between; describes someone who says what they think in a very

7、 honest way without worrying about other peoples opinions to be in charge of a film or play and tell the actors how to play their parts; to control or be in charge of an activity, organization, etc.; to order someone, especially officially vt. & vi. 导演；指示；指导演；指示；指 挥挥 1. up to now I have heard nothin

8、g from him up to now. But up to now, we indeed have seen many problems. Up to now everything has been successful. 直到现在直到现在 Up to now, the program _ thousands of children who would otherwise have died. (2010山东山东) A. would save B. saves C. had saved D. has saved Choose the best answer. 2. content Are

9、you content with your present salary? She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children. adj. 满足的；满意的满足的；满意的 Translate the following sentences. 既然她已经道了歉，我也就满意了。既然她已经道了歉，我也就满意了。 Now that she has apologized, I am content. 他对现在的工作心满意足。他对现在的工作心满意足。 He is content with his present job. 他安于现状

10、。他安于现状。 He is content to remain where he is now. 3. astonishvt. 使惊诧使惊诧 adj. 令人感到惊讶令人感到惊讶 的的 astonishing astonished The news astonished everyone. adj. 感到惊讶；吃惊的感到惊讶；吃惊的 She looked astonished when she heard the news. I find it quite astonishing that none of you liked the play. I find it quite _ that la

11、rge numbers of teenagers all over the world are crazy about Lady Gaga. A. astonish B. astonishing C. to astonish D. astonished Choose the best answer. 4. overcome There will be no difficulty in the world that they cannot overcome. After shed overcome her initial shyness, she became very friendly. v.

12、 战胜；克服战胜；克服 5. pick out My father helped me pick out a new book. He picked out the ripest peach. He pick a thorn out of one of his fingers. 挑出；辨别出挑出；辨别出 It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly _ my friend. (2007四川四川) A. turn out B. bring out C. call out D. pick out Choose the best answer. 6

13、. cut off Our water supply was cut off due to water pollution. We were cut off in the middle of our telephone conversation. 切断；断绝切断；断绝 回顾回顾 cut down In this way they cut down the fat and increased the fibre in the meal. (必修必修3) 削减；减少；砍倒削减；减少；砍倒 Because of the bad weather, he had to _ his trip to Jap

14、an for two weeks. A. cut off B. put off C. turn off D. set off Choose the best answer. 7. convince My friend convinced me that she didnt tell a lie. I am convinced that no one can match him in maths in our class. We cannot convince him of having done wrong in the matter. vt. 使信服使信服 be convinced that

15、 确信确信 convince sb. 说服某人说服某人 convince sb. of (doing) sth. 使某人信服某事使某人信服某事 Translate the following sentences. _ (我相信我相信) that well have a bright future. _ (我终于使我终于使 我的朋友相信我的朋友相信) that he was the best player in the team. In the end, I managed to _ (让他信服了让他信服了) his mistake in the work. convince him of I

16、am convinced I convinced my friend at last Charlie tried to _ them of his honesty, but none of them believed him. A. remind B. convince C. confirm D. impress Choose the best answer. Individualactivity 注注: : 另附另附 word word 文档。文档。 点击此处链接点击此处链接 1. He seems fairly _（满足的）（满足的） with his life. 2. What _ (s

17、urprised) me was that he didnt seem to mind. 3. Youre very _ (lucky) to have found such a lovely house. 4. Her last concert appearance in Britain was no _（ 普通的普通的) performance. 5. He was getting _ （厌烦的）（厌烦的）of doing the same thing every day. content astonished fortunate ordinary bored 6. Most childr

18、ens television programmes aim to educate and en_ at the same time. 7. He yawned th_ the performance. 8. Eventually she managed to ov_ her shyness in class. 9. Its useless trying to co_ her (that) she doesnt need to lose any weight. 10. Its an area of _ (excellent) natural beauty. entertain throughout overcome convince outstanding 1. 维克托维克托伯厄曾经说过伯厄曾经说过“笑是两个人之笑是两个人之 间最短的距离。间最短的距离。” _ Victor Borge _, “Laughter is the shortest distance between two peopl