必修四英语话题18语言幽默

The character was a social failure in the movies, 6___ but he was loved by all the people. By overcoming difficulties，by being kind to people unkind to7____, him by making a sad situation entertaining, and by eating a boiled shoe, Charlie Chaplin made 8__ us happy and excited. He used nonverbal humour in the film The Gold Rush.
2. ____________ n. 财产, 命运, 运气 fortune
fortunate ____________ adj. 幸运的; 吉利的
____________ fortunately adv. 幸运地
3. ______ bore vt. 使厌烦 n. 讨厌的
人, 麻烦事
__________ boredom n. 厌烦; 厌倦 ________ bored adj. 感到厌烦的
6. _________ v. 反应; 起反应 react __________ reaction n. 反应; 反作用力
(B)灵活运用
1. We felt __________ astonished (astonish) at the news that he won the first prize in the math competition. 1. 用过去分词作表语。
6. ____________ moustache n. 小胡子
7. _______ chew v. 嚼碎；咀嚼(食物)
8. ____________ overcome v. 战胜；克服 9. _______ vast adj. 巨大的；辽阔的
10. _________ gesture n. 姿态 vi. 做手势
运用 ⑴ The suspect tried to convince the police ___ of his innocence.
⑵ Sam _____________ is convinced (convince) that his girlfriend loves him.
⑶ He tried to convince them of __ the safety of traveling by airplane.
话题18 语言幽默
基础知识自测
一、单词识记
comedy n. 喜剧 1. _________ budget n. 预算；开支 2. _________ porridge n. 粥；麦片粥 3. _________ leather n. 皮革 4. _________ 5. _________ occasion n. 时刻；场合
________ boring adj. 令人厌烦的
4. ___________ entertain v. 使欢乐; 款待 _______________ entertainment n. 娱乐
5. ___________ convince vt. 使信服 ___________ convinced adj. 相信的 ___________ convincing adj. 令人信服的, 有说服力的
例句 We convinced Anne to go by train rather than by plane. 我们说服安娜坐 火车走而不要坐飞机。
搭 配
convince sb. of sth. 让某人相信某事 convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事 convince sb. that…使某人相信…… be convinced of sth. ／that确信……； 坚信……
Unfortunately (fortune), he 2. ____________ failed again in the exam.
2. 副词修饰全句。
3. You people enjoy watching all kinds of TV programs for ____________ (entertain). entertainment
Such training was common in acting families at the this time, especially when the family
income was often uncertainly. Unfortunately
uncertain
his father died, leave the family even worse
四、课文回顾 Charlie Chaplin was a humorous actor. He astonished us with 1__________ humorous (humor) feelings he inspired in us. Born 2___ in poverty, he 3________ became (become) famous by using a particular form of acting in entertaining silent movies. He was 4 __ a charming character, being well known throughout the world. He played a poor and homeless person, 5________ wearing (wear) large trousers and carrying a walking stick.
7. __________ in a mess 一团糟 8. ___________ in search of 寻找
burst into laughter 突然大笑 9.__________________ with time going by随着时间的流逝 10.________________ throughout the world 遍及全世界 11.___________________ at the edge of 在……的边缘 12.______________
1. the→ a 泛指“一个”贫穷的家庭。 2. was→ were 根据主谓一致原则，主语 parents是复数，故把was改为were。 3. 在find后加it 由“find it + adj. + that…”句型可知。 4. 把this time前的the 去掉因at this time 为固定搭配，意为“当时”。 5. uncertainly→ uncertain 形容词作表 语。
leaving
off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking for
after
his sick mother and his brother.
By his teens, Charlie had through its humour, become one of the most his popular child actor in England. No actors one was ever boring watching him— bored his subtle acting made everything entertaining.
11. outstanding ____________ adj. 突出的
12. ordinary _________ adj. 平常的
13. _________ whisper n. 耳语 v. 低语 14. ___________ throughout prep. 遍及 adv. 到处
15. _________ v. 导演 adj. 直接的 direct
2. up to now 直到现在(常与现在 完成时连用) 原句 ...and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. ……这一 点, 直到今天也没有人能比查 理· 卓别林做得更好。(B4P18)
重点词汇讲练
1. convince vt. 使信服
原句 The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted! 他的表演力是那么的有说服 力, 以至于你会相信这顿饭是他吃过 的最美味的一餐。(B4P18)
3. 介词后加名词。
4. What has been the consumer’s reaction (react) to your product? _________ 4. 所有格后用名词。 5. His argument was more convincing ________ (convince) than mine. 5. 现在分词作形容词。
五、语段改错
Charlie was born in the poor family in
a
1889. His parents was both poor music hall
were
performers. You may find astonishing that
it
Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk.
三、短语翻译
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 star in 担任主角；主演 6. ________
二、单词拓展
(Awk.baidu.com单词派生
1. ______________ vt. 使惊诧 astonish _______________ astonishment n. 惊讶; 令人惊 讶的事 ______________ adj. 感到惊讶的 astonished ______________ astonishing adj. 令人惊讶的
6. leave→ leaving 因his father与leave之 间是主动关系，故应用现在分词作伴随 状语。 7. for→ after 表达“照顾（look after） 他生病的母亲和他的弟弟”而不是“寻 找”。 8. its→ his 指查理就以他的（his）幽默， 成为英国最受欢迎的童星之一。 9. actor→ actors 由one of可知用复数。 10. boring→ bored 指人“感到厌烦”用 bored；指事物“令人厌烦”用boring。
In the middle of the nineteenth century， in search of gold, people rushed to California 9______ where gold was discovered, panning for gold, washing gold from water in a pan of water, and hoping to pick up gold. Charlie Chaplin produced, directed, and wrote the movies that he starred in. He was given a special Oscar in 1972 10___ for his lifetime outstanding work of bringing humour to us all.