2020-2021学年高中英语同步教案：Unit3(人教新课标必修4)(概论)

2022-2021学年高中英语同步教案：Unit3（人教新课标必修4）（概论）Unit 3 A taste of English humour
教学目的和要求（Teaching aims and demands）
随堂练习
1、The topic of this unit is “A Taste of English Humor”. As Chinese, almost everyone
knows Zhao Benshan, Huang Hong, Pan Changjiang, Ma Ji and Jiang Kun. Why do Chinese people like them?
Yes, we like them because they are funny and humorous. They usually make people
laugh in different ways. And we do believe that it is humor that makes our life
more interesting. Do you know any English humors? Let’s listen to the tape and
try to know more.
23、Find the words or expressions that mean almost the same as these in italics.
①I know there are many people worse off than me.（C）
A.richer
B.earlier
C.poorer
ter
②He has the determination to be successful.（C）
A.skill
munication
C.will
D.confidence
③He was in such a hurry that he bumped into an old lady.（A）
A.knocked into
B.came across
C.waved goodbye to
D.looked up at
④The problem Charlie Chaplin was having to deal with would not go away.（D）
A.practising
B.preferring to talk to
C.trying to understand
D.facing
课堂笔记
1、Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone
else round a corner, or falling down a hole in the road?
你看到一个人被香蕉皮滑倒，或者看到有人在拐弯处撞到另一个人身上，或有人掉进路中的一个洞里时，你会觉得好笑吗？
find it ... to do发觉做（某事）很……；think it ... to do认为做（某事）很……
①We find it very interesting to listen to his story.（it为形式宾语）
=We find it is very interesting to listen to his story.（it为形式主语）
我们发觉（觉得）听他讲故事很好玩。

②They think it right to help the poor as much as possible.（it为形式宾语）
=They think it is right to help the poor as much as possible.（it为形式主语）
他们认为尽力挂念穷人是对的。

2、Some humour can be cruel but some people seem to enjoy seeing other people’s
bad luck at times.
有些幽默可能是残酷无情的，但一些人有时好像很宠爱看到别人倒霉。

at times，sometimes，now and then，from time to time，once in a while，occasionally 这些词语都有“有时”的意思。

①I’m much better now. Only a little cough at times.
我现在好多了，只不过有时咳嗽。

②At times, I wish I didn’t have to go to school.
有时，我真不想去上学。

练习
I remember I saw you A last year, but I forgot the place.
A.sometime
B.sometimes
C.some time
D.some times
3、Perhaps it makes us feel more content with our life because we feel there is someone
else worse off than ourselves.
可能这会使我们对自己的生活更满足，由于我们感到还有人运气比我们自己更不好。

feel（be）content with对……感到满足content n.内容；名目
be worse off状况更差be better off状况更好
well-off adj.富有的（=well-to-do adj.）
live a well-off life过着小康生活
①Are you content with the contents of this book?（adj.&n.）
你对这本书的内容满足吗？
②She is content with very little.
她易于满足。

③I went to his home and found that his living conditions were worse off than
mine.
我去他家一看，发觉他的生活状况比我的更差。

4、However, some actors can astonish us with the deep feelings they can inspire in
us for a character they are playing.（此处的feelings是inspire的宾语）
无论如何，有些演员能用他们所演的角色在我们身上激起深深情感，震撼我们。

inspire sb with sth=inspire sth in sb用某事激励某人
inspire sb to do sth=encourage sb to do sth激励某人做某事
①The father inspired confidence in his son.
=The father inspired his son with confidence.
那位父亲激发了儿子的信念。

②Mother often inspires me to do more reading in my spare time.
妈妈经常鼓舞我在业余时间多读书。

5、This character was a social failure but he was loved by all who watched the films
for his determination in overcoming difficulties and being kind even when people
were unkind to him.
这个角色是个社会生活中的失败者，但他战胜困难的决心和善待并不善待他的人所表现出来的和善之心使得这个角色被全部观众宠爱。

failure失败 a failure失败者；失败的事
success成功 a success成功者；成功的事
英语中一些抽象名词（不行数名词）可以具体化。

①She was upset by her failure in the exam.（failure不行数）
她因考试不及格而心烦意乱。

②He is a failure as a math teacher.（failure具体化，可数）
他是个不合格的数学老师。

③Success came after many failures.（failure具体化，可数）
失败多次后最终成功。

④Did you have any success in persuading your father?（success不行数）
你说服你父亲了吗？
⑤The show was a great success.（success具体化，可数）
=The show was very successful.
表演格外成功。

相关链接（下列常用名词可以具体化）：
surprise，knowledge，help，waste，honor，pleasure，shame等。

6、The film is set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century when gold
was discovered and thousands of people rushed there in search of it.
电影的背景是19世纪中叶的加利福尼亚，那时（在那里）发觉了金子，成千上万的人涌向那里去找金子。

in search of查找（句中作目的状语）
search n.&vi.vt.
search some place for sth=search for sth in some place在某处查找某物
①The police were busy in the street in search of a lost car.
警方在街上忙于查找一辆丢失的小汽车。

②The police were searching the forest for a lost gun.
=The police were searching for a lost gun in the forest.
警方在森林里查找一支丢失的手枪。

相关链接
look for查找hunt for查找search for查找
7、Instead they are caught on the edge of a mountain in a snowstorm in a small wooden
house, where they have nothing to eat.
取而代之的是他们被暴风雪困在山边的一个小木屋中，没有任何东西可吃。

be caught in/on受阻；偶然患病
①On my way to school we were caught in a sandstorm.
在上学的路上，我们遇到了沙尘暴。

②Our manager was late for the meeting because he was caught in a traffic jam.
经理开会迟到是由于受困于交通堵塞。

练习
在回家的路上，他们遇到了暴风雨。

On their way home they were caught in a storm.
8、First he picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti.
他首先吃起鞋带，好像他们是意大利面条一样。

as if=as though好像，好像
①It looks as if it is going to rain.
看起来好像要下雨了。

②I remember everything as though it happened only yesterday.
我对一切记忆犹新，好像是昨天发生的。

语法：The –ing form as the Predicative, Attribute and Object Complement（-ing 形式作表语、定语和宾语补足语）
1、Object Complement（宾语补足语）
①I saw the boy playing basketball over there.
②We hear him singing in the next room.
2、Attribute（定语）
①Do you know the boy standing under the tree?
=Do you know the boy who is standing under the tree?
②The boy sitting under the tree is my friend.
=The boy who is sitting under the tree is my friend.
3、Predicative（表语）
①His job is teaching chemistry.
②What he told us seemed surprising.
常用系动词：be，seem，look，feel，sound等。

练习
1、Find the sentences in the reading passage where the –ing form is used as
the object complement.
EXAMPLE：Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin?
Now find two others in the text.
①Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into
someone else round a corner, or falling down a hole in the road?
②So how did he make a sad situation entertaining?
2、Choose the suitable verb and put it in the correct form to complete each
sentence.
pick up slide pick out direct boil cut off swing bump into chew
①I saw the man sliding on a banana skin yesterday.
②I watched Chaplin directing his films himself as well as acting in them.
③Did you notice the man picking up that broken bottle and putting it in his
bag?
④Chaplin was the man chewing his own shoes because there was nothing else
to eat.
⑤I left plenty of water boiling on the fire so you could make a cup of tea.
⑥Did you see that woman picking out the best vegetables for her dinner?
⑦I did not know that the boy was blind until I saw bump/bumping into an old
man yesterday.
⑧Sometimes I found farmers cutting off branches of the trees, but I never
asked why they did it.
⑨I observed that actor swinging his walking stick as he went.
3、In pairs have a competition. Make as many sentences as you can from the table.
1 The boy laughing at his jokes has taken part in four films.
2 The man climbing the mountain will go to a play tonight.
3 The person sitting on the sofa is a friend of my brother’s.
4 The women going to bed early is very tired and needs rest.
5 The girl eating her dinner can play the piano well.
4、The –ing form can be used as predicative, as in“Their job is‘panning for
gold’.”Can you complete the following sentences using the –ing form?
1 Seeing is believing.
2 His job is looking after the animals.
3 What he likes is playing chess after supper.
4 The news is encouraging.
5 The film is more exciting than any that I’ve ever seen.
重点词汇
1、cruel adj.残酷的；令人苦痛的
①He is cruel to animals.
他对动物很残酷。

②It is cruel of the man to threaten such a little boy like that.
这男的如此恐吓这么小一个男孩儿太残酷了。

相关链接
be polite to sb对某人有礼貌be familiar with sb对某人了解
be rude to sb对某人粗鲁be patient with sb对某人急躁
be kind to sb对某人和善be strict with sb对某人严格
be friendly to sb对某人友好be gentle with sb对某人温存
be strange to sb对某人生疏be hard on sb对某人严峻
2、throughout prep.遍及；贯穿adv.处处；始终
①They searched throughout the town for the lost boy.（=all through，all over）
他们在镇上处处查找那个丢失的男孩。

②The girl remained silent throughout.（=from the beginning to the end）
那女孩自始自终保持缄默。

3、overcome vt.&vi.战胜；克服；制服（overcome-overcame-overcome）
①We overcame one difficulty after another.
我们克服了一个又一个困难。

②She was overcome by/with emotion.（emotion n.情感；心情；兴奋）
她感动得无法自己。

4、knock into撞上；撞见
①The pickpocket knocked into/against me on purpose.
那扒手有意撞我。

②I knocked into my old friend in the street.
我在街上偶然遇到了我的老伴侣。

相关链接
knock at/on the doo敲门knock down把（人）撞倒knock over打翻，推翻5、sense n.感觉；理性
sense of touch触觉sense of smell嗅觉sense of taste味觉
sense of hearing听觉sense of sight视觉make sense有意义，讲得通
①He dislikes working in the shop because he has no sense of business.
他不愿在商店工作，由于他没有经商意识。

②He has many friends because he is a man of good sense.
他伴侣很多，由于他是一个通情达理的人。

③This sentence doesn’t make any sense.
这个句子完全讲不通（无意义）。

④There is no sense in scolding her. After all, she is only five.
责怪她没用（没意义、没价值）。

到底她只有5岁。

⑤As a monitor, you should have a sense of responsibility.
作为班长，你应当有责任心。