1、Discovering useful words and expressions 1. 1. 直到现在直到现在 2. 2. 对对满意满意 3. 3. 潦倒潦倒, ,穷困穷困, , 缺少的缺少的 4. 4. 让人吃惊让人吃惊 5. 5. 时间流逝时间流逝 6. 6. 照顾照顾 7. 7. 遍及遍及, , 整个世界整个世界 8. 8. 磨破的磨破的, ,穿旧的穿旧的, , 精疲力尽的精疲力尽的 up to now be content with badly off astonish sb. go by look after throughout the world worn-out Useful
2、phrases 9.9.克服困难克服困难 10.10.寻找寻找 11.11.被困住被困住, ,被绊住被绊住, ,受阻受阻 12.12.在在的边缘的边缘 13.13.挑出挑出, ,辨别出辨别出 14.14.切切/ /砍下，切断砍下，切断 15. 15. 主演主演, ,担任主角担任主角 overcome difficulty in search of be caught in on the edge of pick out cut off star in 1. , so they could feel more content with their lives. 1) content adj. 满
3、足的，满意的，知足的满足的，满意的，知足的 be content with sth. be content to do sth. Are you content with your present salary? She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children. 2) content vt. 使满意使满意, , 使满足使满足 content sb. / oneself with sth. 使使满足于满足于 I content myself with a glass of coffee every day. 3) c
4、ontent n. 所含之物，内容所含之物，内容, , 目录目录 I like the style of the book but I dont like the content. 2. Not that Charlies own life was easy! not that用于句首或短语之前表示否定含义，用于句首或短语之前表示否定含义， “倒不是；并不是说倒不是；并不是说”。 Not that I hate the work. Im not strong enough for it. Not that I dislike the task, but that I am not equal
5、to it. Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. 3. Unfortunately, his father died, leaving the family even worse off. badly off 穷困的穷困的, , 缺少的缺少的 be worse off 情况更坏的，恶化的情况更坏的，恶化的 be well off 富裕的，处境好的富裕的，处境好的 be better off ( (尤指经济尤指经济) )境况较好境况较好的的 They are too badly off to have a holid
6、ay. In fact most people are better off than they were five years ago. 4. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was . astonishing adj. 惊人的惊人的 The car rushed at the bridge at astonishing speed. astonish v. 使使惊讶惊讶 The news astonished everyone. astonished adj. 惊讶的惊讶的 She was astonished to find he was
7、 drunk. He was much astonished that you had failed. I was astonished at / by the news. astonishment n. 惊异；惊愕；惊奇惊异；惊愕；惊奇 in astonishment 愕然地，愕然地， 吃惊地吃惊地 She stared at me in astonishment. to ones astonishment 令某人惊讶的是令某人惊讶的是 To our astonishment, the small boy swam across the river. 1). It was an _ perf
8、ormance for such a young musician. A. astonish B. astonishing C. astonished D. astonishment 2). To our _ (astonish), they arrived on time. 3). We were _ to hear that their football team had won the championship B astonishment astonished 2)（表示时间）整个，从头到尾（表示时间）整个，从头到尾 It rained throughout the day. He l
9、ed a poor life throughout his life. 5. , became known throughout the world. throughout prep. 1)（表示空间）遍及（表示空间）遍及, , 整个整个 The company has branches throughout the country. throughout adv. 1) 整个地，在所有各处，全部整个地，在所有各处，全部 The hill was green throughout. 那座山整个都是绿的。那座山整个都是绿的。 2) 自始至终，到最后自始至终，到最后 She remained si
10、lent throughout. 她从头到尾都保持沉默。她从头到尾都保持沉默。 6. Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti. pick out 1).(.(从同类当中从同类当中) ) 选出选出；选择；选择 She picked out a pink dress for her daughter. 2). ( (在许多人当中在许多人当中) )看出；辨认出看出；辨认出 Can you pick out her in the crowd? pick up 捡起，收集，继续，得到，恢复捡起，收
11、集，继续，得到，恢复 pick off 采摘采摘 as if / as though “好像好像”，引导的方式状语，引导的方式状语 如果是虚拟的情况，采用虚拟语气，如果是虚拟的情况，采用虚拟语气，be动词动词 用用were。 He behaves as if he were a child. 如果描述的是可能发生的实际情况，动词就如果描述的是可能发生的实际情况，动词就 用与主句对应的时态。用与主句对应的时态。 It looks as if it isnt clean enough to bathe here. It looks as if it is going to rain. Jack w
12、asnt saying anything, but the teacher smiled at him _ he had done something very clever. A. as if B. in case C. while D. though 解析：解析：A“好像，似乎”；好像，似乎”；B“假若，万假若，万 一”；一”；C “当当时候，然而”；时候，然而”；D“虽然，虽然， 尽管”。尽管”。 本句意思是：杰克什么都没说，本句意思是：杰克什么都没说， 但是老师朝他笑了笑，似乎他做了什么但是老师朝他笑了笑，似乎他做了什么 明智的事情一样。根据语境可知正确答明智的事情一样。根据语境可知正
13、确答 案为案为A。 7. The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that ti is one of the convincing adj. 令人信服的令人信服的 I am expecting a convincing response from you. The data we have collected are not convincing enough. 知识拓展知识拓展 convince vt. 使信服使信服 Your argument is too weak to convince me. I try to con
14、vince him of the reality of the danger. convinced adj确信的；深信的；坚信的确信的；深信的；坚信的 People are convinced of the good quality of famous-brand food. Im not entirely convinced we should invest any money on that business. 常用句型常用句型： convince sb. of sth. 说服某人相信某事说服某人相信某事 convince sb. that 使某人信服使某人信服(相信相信) be conv
15、inced of 确信确信 be (feel) firmly convinced that 确信；相确信；相 信；坚信信；坚信 特别提醒特别提醒： convince后不能接双宾语，若表示后不能接双宾语，若表示“说服某说服某 人某事人某事”用用convince sb. of sth. 或或 sb. be convinced of sth 1). 他使我相信他是无辜的。他使我相信他是无辜的。 He convinced me of his innocence. 2). 我无法说服他认识到他的错误。我无法说服他认识到他的错误。 I couldnt convince him of his mistake
16、. 3). 这使我相信他确实是诚实的。这使我相信他确实是诚实的。 This convinced me that he is honest. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs from the box. entertain astonish overcome chew convince 1. Their record has sold an _ 15 million copies. 2. Childrens TV nowadays is much more _. 3. The actress _ her shyness a
17、nd became a very good performer. 4. Mike took out something that looked like a piece of _ gum. 5. I didnt find any of their arguments very _. astonishing entertaining overcame chewing convincing 请根据具体语境请根据具体语境, ,说出同一单词在句中的词性及说出同一单词在句中的词性及 含义。含义。 1. content a. I like the style of his writing but I do
18、nt like the content of his books. b. He who is content is always happy. c. As we cant go abroad this year, well have to content ourselves with a holiday in our hometown. 2. sense a. George has no sense of humour and is hard to get on with. b. The horse sensed danger and stopped. n.内容内容 adj.满足的满足的 v.
19、使使满足满足 n.理解力理解力 v.感觉到感觉到 3. failure a. Failure can also breed success. b. The systems failure meant the workers had to wait for the engineer to repair it. 4. star a. The star of this film is a previously unknown actor. b. In his last film he starred as a cowboy. 5. whisper a. She said it in a whispe
20、r, so I couldnt hear her. b. The leaves whispered in the breeze. n.失败失败 n.故障故障 n. .明星明星 v.主演主演 n.耳语耳语 v. .飒飒作响飒飒作响 1. We should learn to _ (克克 服困难服困难), no matter how hard they are. 2. Though he is always wearing old clothes, he is _ (并不如你想的那么穷并不如你想的那么穷) as you think. 3. It _ (很幸运很幸运) that he _ (被选出被
21、选出) for the final competition. overcome difficulties not so badly off was picked out was very fortunate Translate the sentences into English. 4. Do you _ (觉得他这个人很好相处觉得他这个人很好相处)吗吗? 5. She _(感到非常满足感到非常满足) stay at home looking after her children. 6. He is a _ (不是个成功不是个成功 的艺术家的艺术家), but a success as an
22、art teacher. 7. _ (主演主演) the film Spiderman III, Tobey Maguire is very popular_ (全世界全世界). find it easy to get along with him is quite content to failure as an artist Having starred in throughout the world 8. _ (令我们惊奇是令我们惊奇是), he was not_ (惊奇的惊奇的) the news _ (我们都认为惊奇的我们都认为惊奇的). 9.There is _(直达的火车直达的火
23、车) from Germany to France, _ _ (这会节省你很多的时间这会节省你很多的时间)。 10.Children _ (来自富裕家来自富裕家 庭的庭的) have more chances to _ (国外深造国外深造). a direct train which can help you save a lot of time from well off families go abroad for further education To our astonishment astonished at we all think astonishing 11.我对这次竞赛的方
24、式很满意。我对这次竞赛的方式很满意。(be/feel content with) 12.12.雨下了一整夜雨下了一整夜。(throughout) 13.13.黄色的大衣使她在人群中显得非常显眼。黄色的大衣使她在人群中显得非常显眼。(pick out) Im / feel perfectly content with the way of the competition. It rained throughout the night. The yellow coat picks / picked her out in the crowd. 14.14.你不必说服我你是这份工作的合适人选。你不必说
25、服我你是这份工作的合适人选。 (convince) 15.15.他的孩子们并没有表现出对看电影的兴趣他的孩子们并没有表现出对看电影的兴趣, ,这总这总 让他颇感惊讶。让他颇感惊讶。(astonish) You dont have to convince me youre the right person for the job. It always astonished him that his children showed little interest in seeing films. Homework 1. Finish the exercises in Discovering useful words and expressions. 2. Finish the exercises in Using words and expressions in Workbook.
