Book4 Unit3
1. humour /'hju:m?/（= humor） n.[U] 幽默；滑稽
a taste of English humor 体味英语的幽默 （p17）
I can't stand people with no sense of humour .我无法忍受毫无幽默感的人。 humorous |?hju:m?r?s| adj. 滑稽有趣的；有幽默感的 He gave a humorous account of their trip to Spain. 他饶有风趣地讲述了他们的西班牙之行。
He was quite humorous, and I liked that about him. 他很幽默，我喜欢他这一点。 2. △ punchline / ?p?nt?la?n /n.故事、笑话等中的妙语；关键语
Do you know what a punchline is ?你知不知道什么是妙语？（p17） 3. △verbal / ?v?:bl / adj.口头的
Which do you like better: verbal or nonverbal humor? 你更喜欢哪一种幽默：有语言的幽默还是不用语言的幽默？ 4. △nonverbal [?n?n'v?:bl] adj.不用语言的 non-verbal communication非语言交际 5. △mime / ma?m / n.哑剧
Charlie Chaplin is a mime artist查理.卓别林是一位哑剧表演艺术家。 She performed a brief mime. 她表演了一小段哑剧。 6. comedy / ?k?m?di / n.（c）喜剧；喜剧片 a romantic comedy 浪漫喜剧
7. up to now 直到现在 (多与现在完成时连用)
As Victor Hugo once said, \to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.
维克多·雨果曾经说过：“笑容如同阳光，驱散人们脸上的阴霾”关于这一点，直到今天也没有人比查理·卓别林做的更好。(p18)
Up to now, the work has been quite smooth. 到目前为止, 工作很顺利.
8. △brighten / ?bra?tn / vt.使更愉快；使更有希望
He brightened the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.在两次世界大战及中间艰苦的岁月里，他给英国和美国人民带来了快乐。（p18） A smile brightened her face.她的脸上露出了灿烂的笑容。
9. △ depressed / d??prest / adj.忧愁的；沮丧的
He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives. 在人们感到沮丧的时候，查理使人们开怀大笑，于是他们对自己的生活感到更加满足。
She's been very depressed and upset about this whole situation. 她对整个情形感到极其沮丧和不快。
10. content
（1） / k?n?tent / ◎adj. 满意的；满足的
feel/be content with 对...满足
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…so they could feel more content with their lives. 于是他们对自己的生活感到更加满足。 be content to do sth (=be willing to do sth) 愿意 I was content to wait. 我愿意等候。 ◎vt. 使满意；使满足
My apology seemed to content him.
我的道歉好像使他感到满意。
content oneself with sth 使自己满足于…
You should content yourself with what you have. 你应该满足于你所拥有的一切.
He contented himself with one glass of beer per day. 他每天喝一杯啤酒就心满意足了。 ◎n. 满足
to one's heart's content 心满意足地;尽情地
They could read to their heart's content. 他们可以尽情地阅读。 （2） /?k?ntent/ n.
①[C] 所容纳的东西;所含之物
I emptied the contents of the bag onto the table.我把提包里的东西倒在桌子上。 ②[U] (书、演讲、电视节目等的)内容
She hadn't read the letter and so didn’t know its contents.
她没有看过那封信，所以对其内容一无所知。 ③[U] 含量;成分
He was astonished at the high gold content in the 340 million-year-old rock.
他对这块有3.4亿年历史的岩石的高含金量大为惊异。 food with a high fat content脂肪含量高的食物
12. performer /p?'f?:m?/ n.[C] 表演者；表现者
He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall performers. 他生于1889年，出身贫寒。他的父母都是杂耍戏院里贫穷的演员。(p18) WW is the star performer of the motor industry this year.
大众汽车在本年度汽车行业中出类拔萃。 【拓展】
perform /p??f?:m/ vt.& vi. 执行; 履行; 表演; 扮演; 运行；表现 performance /p??f?:m?ns/ n. 表演; 演技; 表现; 执行
13. astonish / ??st?n?? / vt.使惊诧
Once that bird starts to fly and sing, it will astonish the world. 这鸟不飞则罢,一飞就冲天;不鸣则罢, 一鸣就惊人.
The news astonished everyone.这消息使大家十分惊讶。 astonishing /?s't?ni?i?/ adj.令人感到惊异的
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. 你可能会感到惊奇，查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌，他刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞。(p18)
She ran 100m in an astonishing 10.9 seconds. 她以惊人的10.9秒速度跑完了100米。 astonished /??st?n??t/ adj. 感到十分惊讶的；吃惊的
He was astonished to learn he'd won the competition. 他听说他比赛赢了，感到很惊讶。 They were astonished to find the driver was a six-year-old boy.
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令他们吃惊的是，开车的居然是个6岁的小男孩。 astonishment /??st?n??m?nt/ n.[U] 惊讶；惊异
To my astonishment , she remembered my name. 她竟记得我的名字，使我万分惊讶。 He stared in astonishment at the stranger. 他惊愕地盯着陌生人。
15. fortunate / ?f?:t??n?t / adj.幸运的；吉利的
I am fortunate enough to visit many parts of the world as a lecturer. 我很有福气，去过世界许多地方作演讲。
He was extremely fortunate to survive. 他能活下来真是万幸。 I was fortunate in having a good teacher. 我很幸运，有位好老师。 unfortunate /?n?f?:t??n?t/ adj. 不幸的; 令人遗憾的
He was unfortunate to lose in the final round.他不幸在最后一轮输了。 It was unfortunate that he couldn't speak English.可惜他不会讲英语。 fortunately /?f?:t??n?tli/adv. 幸运地
I was late, but fortunately the meeting hadn't started.我迟到了，不过幸好会议还没有开始。 unfortunately /?n?f?:t??n?tli/ ad.不幸地; 遗憾地
Unfortunately his father died. 不幸的是他的父亲去世了。(p18) 【高考链接】 Unfortunate, I had an accident and hit another car.（2012浙江卷） 答案：Unfortunate—Unfortunately 句意：不幸的是，我出了事故，撞了另一辆车。用副词作状语，修饰整个句子。 17. badly off adj.穷的；缺少的
Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off. 不幸的是他的父亲去世了，使得他的家庭更加艰难。(p18)
I am quite badly off recently. 最近我经济上很拮据. be badly off for sth. 某物短少；缺乏
The school is badly off for books. 这个学校的确非常缺少图书. 【拓展】
well off 富有的；富裕的
Most of these people are very well off. 这些人大都很富裕。 They are much better off than us. 他们比我们富得多。 a well-off family富裕家庭
18. △teens /ti:ns/ n.十几岁
By his teens, Charlie had, through his humour, become one of the most popular child actors in England. 在十多岁的时候，凭借着自己的幽默，查理已经在英国成为最受欢迎的童星之一。
19. ordinary / ??:dnri / adj.平常的；普通的
He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. 他能够不说话而仅靠动作来模仿傻子做日常的任务。(p18) The meal was very ordinary.这顿饭平常得很。
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20. bored / b?:d / adj. （人感到）厌烦的
No one was ever bored watching him. 看他的表演没有人会感到无聊。(p18) There was a bored expression on her face. 她脸上有一种厌倦的表情。 be/get bored with sb/sth （对某人 / 事物）厌倦的 He is bored with life.他厌倦了生活。
be/get bored with doing sth 对做某事感到厌倦的
The children quickly got bored with staying indoors. 孩子们在屋子里很快就待不住了。 【拓展】
boring /?b?:r??/ adj. 没趣的；令人厌倦（或厌烦）的 He is a boring man. 他是惹人烦的人。
She tried several jobs, but they seemed very boring to her. 他尝试了几分工作，但对她而言，都似乎是无聊的。 a boring book/evening无聊的书 / 夜晚 bore |b?:(r)| vt.（尤指因啰唆）使厌烦
Life in the city bores me. 城市生活令我生厌。 I dropped out of high school. It bored me to death.
我从中学退学了，那种学校生活令我烦得要死。
21. △subtle /'s?btl/ a.微妙的；精巧的；技艺精湛的
His subtle acting made everything entertaining. 他巧妙的表演使得一切都那么滑稽可笑。(p18)
22. entertain / ?ent??te?n / vt.vi. 款待；使欢乐；使娱乐
He made some delicious food to entertain the guests.他做了一些美食招待客人。 entertain sb to sth 请某人吃某物
He entertained her to Beijing duck . 他请她吃北京烤鸭。 entertain sb with sth 用…… 娱乐某人
He entertained us with his stories and jokes.他既讲故事又说笑话，把我们逗得乐了。 entertaining / ?ent??te?n??/ adj. 有趣的，娱乐的，使人愉快的 How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining?
然而这个小流浪汉是如何把悲凉的遭遇变得滑稽可笑的呢？(p18) an entertaining speech/evening妙趣横生的演讲/令人开心的晚会
entertainment /?ent??te?nm?nt/ n.[C]&[U] 文娱节目；娱乐活动; 款待 There will be live entertainment at the party. 联欢会上将有现场表演节目。
24. △charming / t?ɑ:m?? / a.迷人的；有魅力的 charming character可爱的角色
To begin with he was Prince Charming. 首先，他是一个白马王子。
25. △ tramp /tr?mp/ n.[C] 流浪汉；行乞者 26. throughout /θru:'aut/ ◎prep.遍及；贯穿
He grew more and more popular as his charming character, the little tramp, became known throughout the world.
他塑造的可爱的“小流浪汉”角色开始闻名于世，而查理越来越受欢迎。(p18)
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The museum is open daily throughout the year. 这个博物馆一年到头每天都开放。 ◎adv. 到处；始终；全部
The house was painted white throughout.这所房子全都粉刷成了白色。 The ceremony lasted two hours and we had to stand throughout. 仪式进行了两个小时，我们自始至终都得站着。
27. homeless / ?h??ml?s / adj.无家的；无家可归的 the homeless无家可归的人们
The project has been set up to help homeless people/the homeless.
这个计划的目的是帮助无家可归的人。
28. moustache /m?s'tɑ:?/ n.[C] 小胡子; 上唇的胡子；髭
He was short and bald and had a moustache. 他个头不高，秃顶，留着八字胡。 29. worn / w?:n / adj.用旧的；用坏的；筋疲力尽的 an old pair of worn jeans 一条破旧的牛仔裤 The stone steps were worn and broken.这些石头台阶被磨平破裂了。 She looks thin and worn. 她显得憔悴不堪。
30. △ worn-out adj.磨破的；穿旧的；筋疲力尽的（常用来作定语）
The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat.这个穷苦的无家可归的小流浪汉，留着小胡子，穿着大裤子、破鞋子，头顶着黑色的小圆帽。 (p18)
worn - out clothes/equipment破旧衣服/设备 worn-out horses筋疲力尽的
worn out adj.磨破的；穿旧的；筋疲力尽的（常用来作表语） Before the race, he is fine. But afterwards he is worn out. 赛前他状态很好，赛后就筋疲力尽了。
These shoes are worn out. 这双鞋破得不能再穿了。
31. △stiffly / st?fl? / ad.僵硬地
He walked around stilly carrying a walking stick. 他手里拿着一根手杖迈着僵硬的步伐四处走动。(p18)
32. failure / ?fe?lj?(r) / n.
①[C]失败者; 失败的人（或事物）
This character was a social failure.这个角色是个社会生活中的失败者。 The whole thing was a complete failure.整个事情彻底失败了。 He was a failure as a teacher.他当教师并不成功。 ②[U] 失败
The success or failure of the plan depends on you.这项计划的成败取决于你。 All my efforts ended in failure .我的一切努力最后都无济于事。
I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying. 我可以接受失败，但我不能接受从不去尝试。 【拓展】
success n. [C]成功的人（或事物）[U] 成功
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