Unit3 A taste of English humour 根据语境猜词义(1) He is content despite his great poverty. (2) Can you tell me the content of the box?(3) He is always content to help others. 1 、 content n . &adj. 根据语义找匹配:A. 感到满足的 B. 愿意,乐意 C. 所含之物 (1) A (2) C (3) B1 、 content n . &adj. be/feel content with 对……感到满足、对……满意be content to do sth. 愿意做某事、乐意做某事 to one's heart' s content 尽情地;心满意足地短语 单项填空 ( )We sat there, ______with what we listened to. A. satisfying B. to satisfy C. contented D. content1 、 content n . &adj. D 本题考查动词用法。 satisfied 表示“感到满意的”,把 A 、 B 两项排除; content 既是形容词,又是动词, be content with 对……满足。2 、 astonish vt. 根据语境猜词义(1) Wen Chuan Earthquake astonished the whole country. (2) We are all greatly astonished that she has failed. 根据语义找匹配: A. 感到惊讶的 B. 震惊 (1) B (2) A 2 、 astonish vt. astonishing adj. 令人惊讶的 ( 指事物本身的特征 )astonished adj. 感到惊讶的 ( 指人的主观感受 )astonishment n. 惊讶近义词: amaze , astound , surprise , shock链接be astonished at/by sth. 因 / 被某事感到惊讶 be astonished to do sth. 对做某事感到惊讶 be astonished that 对……感到惊讶to one's astonishment 让某人惊讶的是……in astonishment 惊讶地短语2 、 astonish vt. It astonishes sb. that 令某人惊讶的是句型 单项填空 ( )(1) It is believed that if a report is ______ , it will certainly ______ the readers of the paper. A. astonished; astonished B. astonished; astonishC. astonishing; astonish D. astonish; astonish2 、 astonish vt. C 考查 astonished 和 astonishing 的区别。根据语境:报告应该是“令人震惊的”,所以选 C 。 ( )(2) To our ______ , he wasn't ______at the ______news at all. A. astonishment; astonish; astonishedB. aston...