Unit 3 A taste of English humour 1.content(adj.) 满足的;满意的 (n.) 满足2.fortunate(adj.) 幸运的;吉利的3.overcome(vt.& vi.) 战胜;克服4.outstanding(adj.) 突出的;杰出的;显著的5.gesture(n.) 姿态;手势 (vi.) 做手势6.particular(adj.) 特殊的;特别的(n.) 细节;细目7.occasion(n.) 时刻;场合8.slide(vt.& vi.) (使)滑动;(使)滑行 (n.) 滑;滑动;幻灯片9.whisper(n.) 耳语;低语 (vt.& vi.) 低语;小声说10.mess(n.) 脏或乱的状态11.humour(n.)幽默;滑稽→humourous(adj.)滑稽的;幽默的12.performer(n.)表演者;演出者→perform(v.)执行;表演→performance(n.)执行;演出13 . entertain(vt.& vi.) 使 欢 乐 ; 款 待 → entertainment(n.) 娱 乐→entertaining(adj.)愉快的;有趣的14.convince(vt.)使信服→convincing(adj.)令人信服的→convinced(adj.)坚信不移的15.direct(vt.& vi.)导演;指示;指挥;(adj.)直的;直接的;直率的→director(n.)导演→direction(n.)指导→directly(adv.& conj.)直接地;径直的;一……就……16.amuse(vt.)使发笑;使愉快→amusing(adj.)好笑的;有趣的→amused(adj.)愉快的→amusement(n.)消遣;娱乐(活动)17.astonish vt.使惊诧→astonished adj.感到惊讶的→astonishing adj.令人感到惊讶的→astonishment n.惊讶18.react vi.作出反应;回应→reaction n.反应;回应1.up_to_now 直到现在2.feel/be_content_with 对……满足3.badly_off 穷的;缺少的4.pick_out 挑出;辨别出5.cut_off 切断;断绝6.as_if/as_though 好像17.star_in 担任主角;主演8.be_particular_about 对……挑剔1.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.维克多·雨果曾经说过:“笑容如阳光,能驱走人们脸上的冬天。”关于这一点,直到今天也没有人能比查理·卓别林做得更好。名师指津:as 引导定语从句,意为“正如,正像”。例句仿写:正如我们多次强调的那样,“为人民服务”是我们的第一宗旨。As we have stressed many times,“serve the people” is our first policy.2.Unfortunately his father died ,leaving the family even...