高中英语必修四 Unit3 课文详解Book 4 -unit 3

必修四Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour 品味英国人的幽默I．Vocabulary

humour n.幽默；滑稽punchline n.故事、笑话中的妙语；

关键语

verbal adj.口头上

nonverbal adj.不用语言的mime n. 哑剧

comedy n.戏剧

up to now 直到现在

brighten vt.使更愉快；使更有希望depressed adj.忧愁的；沮丧的content adj.满足的；满意的

feel/be content with对…满足astonish vt.使惊诧

astonishing adj.令人感到惊讶的fortunate adj.幸运的；吉利的unfortunately adv.不幸地

badly off 穷的；缺少的ordinary adj.平常的；普通的

bored adj.厌烦的

subtle adj.微妙的；精巧的；

技艺精湛的

entertain vt. & vi.使欢乐；款待

entertaining adj.愉快的；有趣的

charming adj.迷人的；有魅力的

tramp n.流浪的；行乞者

throughout prep.遍及；贯穿

adv.到处；始终；全部

moustache n.小胡子

worn adj.用旧的；用坏的；破烂

的

worn-out adj.磨破的；穿旧的

stiffly adv.僵硬地

failure n.失败（者）

optimism n.乐观；乐观主义

overcome vt. & vi.战胜；克服

underdog n.失败者；处于劣势的一方

snowstorm n.暴风雪

leather n. 皮革

pick out 挑出；辨别出

cut off 切断；断绝

chew vt. & vi.咀嚼

mouthful n.一口；满口

enjoyment n.享受；欢乐；乐趣

convince vt.使信服

convincing adj.令人信服的

direct vt. & vi.导演；指示；指挥

star in 担任主角；主演

outstanding adj.突出的；杰出的

confidence n.信心；信念

costume n.服装；戏装

gesture n.姿态；手势

II．Reading A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR无语的幽默大师

As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie

Chaplin.正如维克特·雨果曾经所说的：“欢笑就是驱走人们脸上冬霭的阳光”，至今

为止，在这方面查理·卓别林做得最好。He brightened the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.在整个两次世界大战及两次大战之间的艰苦岁月，他点亮了美国人和英国人的生活。【注释：in between在中间的状况：eg. My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between.我的室友不同意，我被夹在中间进退两难】He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so（that）they could feel more content with their lives.在人们感到沮丧时，他使人们欢笑，使人们对生活更加满意。【注释：①at a time每次；在某时②be content with = be satisfied with = be pleased with= be happey with对…满意；be content to do sth.乐意做某事；content sb./ oneself with sth.满足于；对…感到满意；to one’s heart’s content心满意足地；尽情地eg. 1) We can swim in the river to our hearts' content.我们可以在河里尽情地游泳。2）He is content to work as a teacher.他当了一名教师很满意。3）Don’t be content with such a small success.不要满足于这样的小成功。4）We should never content ourselves with book knowledge only.我们不可以满足于仅仅有一点书本知识。试题：Those who are not ____ with the progress they have made will have greater success.

A. content

B. proud

C. strict

D. popular

辨析：content多指内心的满意程度，只能作表语，若需作定语，则用contented; contented是过去分词作形容词，作表语时与content相同，但只能与with搭配，不能接不定式。Eg. a contented smile; He is by all means content/ contented with her answer.他一定很满意她的答案。（by all means尽一切办法；一定。）】

Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! 倒不是查理自己的生活很安逸.【注释：not that倒不是eg. He is poor in English, not that he doesn’t work hard, but that he lacks right methods. 】He was born in a poor family in 1889.他于1889年出生在一个贫苦的家庭，His parents were both poor music hall performers.他的父母两个都是贫穷的音乐大厅演职人员。You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk.你也许会觉得令人惊讶