Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour词汇同步练习

Unit3 A taste of English humour 词汇同步练习
1、content adj. 满足的；n . 内容；目录vt. 使满足
be content with sth = be satisfied with 对……满意/ 满足
be content to do sth = be willing to do 乐意做干某事
老板对他的工作很满意。

他很满意和她一起生活。

买书之前看一看目录。

_________________________ before you buy a book.
2、astonish vt. 使惊讶，使震惊
扩展应用：be astonished at / by 对……感到惊讶
astonished adj. (人) 惊讶的astonishing adj. 令人惊讶的
astonishment n to one’s astonishment 令人感到惊讶的是
eg: Looking at her ________ looks, we were confused.
They looked at each other , ____________
To every one’s ____________, he has won the game.
我对他的死讯感到很震惊。

3、badly off adj 贫穷的，缺少的。

一般用法：be badly off
Because he was out of work , he was quite _______________. (因为失业，他经济上很拮据)
扩展应用: be badly off for 缺少什么比较级be worse off
They are not badly off for money now; ______________________________( 而是缺少关爱)
反义词：well off adj 富有的，生活好的，处境好的比较级be better off eg: After 20 years of opening to the outside , the Chinese people are
_________________ than before. (经过20年的对外开放，中国人的日子比以前好多了)
4、pick out vt 挑出；辨别出
It’s not very difficult to _____________ an old friend from a crowd. (从人群中认出自己的老朋友并不是很困难)
A competition was held to _______________ the best table tennis player. (选拔) 归纳拓展：
pick up 拾起、接人、偶然学会
pick off 摘去；逐个毁掉
He picked _______ some English when he was in America.
5、cut off 切断；断绝
归纳拓展：cut in 插嘴cut up 切碎cut out 切掉、省掉
cut down 砍到、缩减
With the electricity _______________, all the machines stopped.
Seeing so many trees _________________, the woman got angry.
I was _______________ while I was talking on the phone with her.
6、convince vt 使确信，说服
convince sb of sth 使某人相信/ 信服某事
convince sb to do sth / that ……
扩展应用：她使我相信她是无辜的。

我设法使他们相信那故事是真实的。

convincing adj 令人信服的，有说服力的。

There is now _____________ evidence that smoking causes lung cancer.
7、whisper .n .耳语;私语；vi.&vt 耳语低声说
扩展应用：speak in a whisper
whisper to sb 向某人低声说
in a whisper = in whispers = in a low voice
It is / was whispered that 据秘密传闻……
I told them __________ what I had seen.我低声告诉他们我所所看到的情况。

He ____________ the news to me. 他私下告诉我这个消息。

答案：
1、The boss is content with his work.
She is content to live with him.
Look at contents
2、astonishing ; astonishedly ; astonishment
3、badly off
they are badly off for care.
much better off
4、out; out ; up
5、cut off ; cut down; cut in
6、She convinced me that she was innocent。

I managed to convince them that the story was true. convincing
7、in a whisper
whispered。