高考英语 Unit 3 A taste of English humour要点梳理+重点突破 新人教版必修4

[即学即练2](1)We __________________ the news of her sudden death. 她突然去世的消息使我们震惊。

(2)It ____________ us to hear that you did not receive our letter. 听说你还没收到我们的信，这使我们十分惊讶。 (3)It was an ____________ story.这故事令人惊讶不已。 were astonished at astonished astonishing

3．entertain vt.&vi. 使快乐，款待

entertaining adj. 引人发笑的，有趣的，娱乐的 entertainment n. 招待，款待，娱乐

entertain sb. with sth. 用……使某人快乐 entertain sb. to sth. 用……招待/款待某人 give an entertainment to sb. 招待某人

[即学即练3](1)He often __________ the children ______ funny expressions. 他经常用滑稽的表情逗孩子们玩儿。 (2)I usually _________ my friends ______ dinner on Sundays. 我常在星期天请朋友们吃饭。

(3)It’s not a very serious film, but a good _______________. 这不是一部严肃的电影，而是一部很好的娱乐片。

entertains with

entertain to

entertainment

4．overcome v. 战胜；克服；征服

be overcome by sth.……使某人垮掉，……使某人昏迷

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be overcome with emotion/excitement/horror/grief 因情感/兴奋/恐怖/悲伤而不能自持

[即学即练4](1)In the final game Sweden easily ____________ France.在决赛中，瑞典队轻松战胜了法国队。 (2)Her parents __________________ grief at the funeral. 在葬礼上她的父母悲痛欲绝。

(3)The dead woman had __________________ smoke. 这个女人是被烟呛死的。 overcame

were overcome with been overcome by

5．convince vt.使确信，使信服，使认识 convincing adj.令人信服的；有说服力的 convinced adj.确信的；深信的；坚信的 convince sb. of sth. 说服某人相信某事 convince sb. that... 使某人信服(相信) be convinced of... 确信……

be/feel firmly convinced that... 确信；笃信；坚信……

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(1)We finally ____________ them ______ our adventure. ＝We finally ___________ them ____________ our adventure. 我们最终令他们信服了我们的冒险经历。

(2)Her smile ___________ him ______ she was happy. 她的微笑使他确信她快乐。

(3)They __________________ the result of the experiment finally.他们最终相信了实验结果。 (4)I __________________ his guilt. ________he is guilty. 我确信他有罪。

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convinced of

convinced to believe convinced that

were convinced of am convinced of that

(5)There is now ____________ evidence that smoking causes lung cancer.现有令人信服的证据说吸烟能导致肺癌。

convincing

6．direct vt.&vi. 导演；指挥；指示 adj. 径直的；直接的；直率的 adv. 直接地 direct sth. to/towards sth./sb.

direct sth. at/against sth./sb.把……对准 (某方向或某人)

direct sb. to sp. 给某人指路，为某人领路 direct sb. to do sth. 指示/命令某人做某事 that 从句(用虚拟语气)

the direct road/train 直通道路/直达列车

be in direct contact with sb. 与某人有直接的联系 go direct to sp. 直接去某地

[即学即练6](1)She prefers to ______ rather than ______. 她宁愿当演员，不愿当导演。

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(2)The police officers had __________________ search the building. 警察奉命搜查这栋大楼。

(3)The judge _________ that the mother be given custody of the child. 法官判决这孩子由母亲照管。 act direct

been directed to directed

7．particular adj. 特殊的，特别的，挑剔的 n. 细节，细目 be particular to 是……特有的

be particular about/over sth. 对……讲究，挑剔 in particular 尤其，特别，格外

[即学即练7](1)The coconut __________________ the tropics.椰子是热带地区特有的。 (2)She __________________ her clothes. 她对衣着很讲究。

(3)She loves the song ____________， because her mother used to sing it. 她特别喜爱这首歌，因为她妈妈过去经常唱。

is particular to is particular about in particular

8．whisper v．&n.低语，耳语，私语；私下说，低声地说 in a whisper (＝in whispers) 低声地 whisper about sth. 密谈某事

It is whispered that... 有人私下说…… whisper to sb. 对某人窃窃私语

[即学即练8](1)They debated it ____________.

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