必修四第三单元英语

Unit 3

“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”

------- Victor Hugo 一．Match the main idea with the paragraph.

1. Charlie’s childhood .

2. his most famous character

3. his influence.

4.His achievements

5.An example of his work

二．Write notes about Charlie Chaplin’s basic information ：Born:

Died:

Job:

Type of acting:

Famous charater(角色):

三．Give a description on Chaplin’s costume

四．1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. The history of English humour?

B. The films Chaplin made.

C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.

D. The Gold Rush in California.

2.Charlie Chaplin made people laugh when they felt depressed, so they could feel ____________

A. less content with their lives

B. more satisfied with their lives

C. more worried about their lives

D. they had a miserable life

3. What’s author’s attitude to Charlie Chaplin?

A. positive(积极的)

B. negative （消极的)

C. serious（严肃的)

D. appreciative（感激的)

五．Charlie Chaplin __(bright) the lives of American and British through two ______ wars. He made people ___(laugh) at a time _____ they felt depressed, so they could feel more _______ with their lives.

How did the little tramp make a sad situation ________ (entertain)? Here is an example from his famous film “The Gold

Rush”.The little tramp gives people courage to overcome__________(difficult) with his firm __ _________(determine) and he is always kind even when people are __________(kind) to him.

In the film “The Gold Rush”, Charlie and his friend met with snowstorm during their searching _____ gold. They had no food to eat so Charlie tried ______ a pair of _______ shoes for their dinner.

1) content (adj.):

常见搭配：be content with sth.

be content to do sth. 如：

Are you _____ _______ your present salary?

你对你现在的工资待遇满意吗？

content 一般作表语，contented一般作定语;

如：She has a _______ look.

她显得满意的样子。

2) content (vt.)使满意, 使满足

content sb./oneself with sth. 使…满足于…

我们绝不应该仅仅满足于书本知识。

We ____ _____ ______ _____ ________book knowledge only.

I like the style of the book but I don’t like the ______.(u.)

我喜欢这本书的文体，但我不喜欢它的内容。

High daytime temperatures increase the sugar _______of the pears.

含量（常用单数）

Can you give a description of the _____ of your lost wallet?所含之物（多用复数）

You should look at the ______ page of a book before buying it .目录（多用复数）

We sang ____ _____ ________.尽情地

1.The old couple are____ content to live in the country.

A well b very c much d badly

e on ,man . stop complaining . You should be content ___what you have.

A with b to c at d by

astonish: 使（某人）吃惊，震惊。比surprise的语气要强。如：astonish sb.

be astonished to do sth.

be astonished that...

be astonished at/by

in astonishment

to one’s astonishment

The earthquake ___(astonish) me.

地震使我惊慌失措。

I was ___(astonish) at/by the____(astonish) news.

She stared at me in____( astonish).