Lesson 2 Laughter Is the Best Medicine 学案一．知识点精讲（一）生词1. caution n. the quality of being careful, not taking any risks, and try to avoid danger.小心地，谨慎地eg：①. We must carry out the experiment with caution.②. We need great caution when handling the animals.2. acknowledge vt. to admit or accepteg: It is now general acknowledged that he was innocent.be acknowledged as 被公认为。。。①. Lasalle is acknowledged as the world’s greatest living authority on impressionist painting.② The people acknowledged Mandela as their leader.3. resist① vt. to try to prevent change or prevent yourself being forced to do sth.抗拒，对抗eg: I was in their power, and knew it was pointless to resist.②. to oppose or fight against 反抗eg: The city resisted the enemy for two weeks.③. vt. to stop yourself doing what you want to 忍住，按捺can’t resist sth./doing sth.忍不住，禁不住做某事eg: I cannot resist glancing at his diary.It is hard/impossible to resist an invitation like that.4．fobid—forbade ---- forbidden ①. vt. to tell someone that they mustn’t do something 不许，禁止eg: You may not got to the party----. I absolutely fobid it.②. vt. to make it impossible for someone to do sth.阻碍，妨碍，使某人不可能做某事eg: Lack of space forbids the listing of all those who contributed.5. figure 用心 爱心 专心1①. n. someone who is important in a particular way 人物，重要人物 eg：He was the outstanding political figure of his time.②． n. a person in a painting or model 画像，塑像eg: an 18th century Maori figure③. n. a number 数学，数字符号，位数eg: We should try to keep unemployment figures down.（二）.短语1. get rid of 丢弃，扔掉，摆脱，除去，赶走eg: It is time that we got rid of all these old toys. I can’t get ...
