Unit 20 Humor

一、單元小結

1、詞匯

2、短語

3、交際用語表達打算和計劃（Expressing intentions an plans）

4、 語法 (The –ing Form-used as Attribute and Object Complement)

二、重難、難點內容講解

humor (=humour) 幽默；詼諧；心情；情緒 He has no sense of humour. (感受幽默的能力)

out of humor 心情不好；不高興 humored adj. 具有心情的

good-humored 情緒良好的 ill-humored 心情不佳的

humorous adj. 富于幽默感的；滑稽的 bitter adj. 苦的;

The soup is bitter.

a bitter pill (to swallow)不得不接受的苦衷

chalk [C & U] 粉筆

① a piece of chalk 一支粉筆 ②a box of coloured chalks 一盒彩色粉筆

③as different as chalk and cheese 截然不同的 ④not by a long chalk 一點也不；絲毫不

The problem isn’t solved yet, not by a long chalk. 問題還沒解決，還差得遠呢。

intend 想要；打算；

①what do you intend to do/doing today? 你今天打算做些什么？ (intend to do/doing)

②They intend that this reform shall be carried through this year. (intend that…)

他們計劃今年完成這一改革。

③I intend them to see the result soon. 我打算讓他們早點看到結果。 (intend sb. to do)

④His son is intended for the medical profession. 他計劃讓他的兒子習醫。 (intend for…)

(have a plan for sth. in one’s mind usu. use pass.v 為…而準備；預定)

intention n. 打算；意圖；目的

①If I’ve hurt your feelings, it was quite without intention.

如果我傷害了你的感情，那完全是無意的。

②He’s full of good intentions, but can’t really do anything to help.

他雖然一片好心，但是實際上卻幫不上什么忙。

certain 確定的；無疑的；某種

There are certain reasons why his temper became very bad.

有某些原因使得他的脾氣變的很壞。（某種）

②She is certain to pass the exam. (be certain to do sth.) 她肯定會考試及格。（確定的，無疑的）

③She was quite certain about/of it. (be certain about/of ) 她對此很有把握。（確定的，無疑的）

④We’re not certain where he lives. (be certain that) 我們不敢肯定他住在哪兒。（確定的，無疑的）

⑤We went to the theatre early and made certain we all got seats. (make certain確保；使確實)

我們很早就去劇場，以確保我們人人都有座位。

amuse vt. 使發笑；給…提供娛樂

①We amused ourselves by playing games. 我們玩游戲自娛自樂。（給…提供娛樂）

②His answer amused me very much. 他的回答使我覺得很好笑。（使發笑）

amusement n. 快樂；娛樂；消遣 amusing adj. 引人發笑的；好笑的

be amused at (by, with) 對...感到有趣 appreciate 賞識；了解，理解；感激；增值

①His abilities were not appreciated in his job. （vt. 賞識；欣賞）

② I don’t think you appreciate the difficulties it will cause.

我認為你不完全了解這件事回造成怎樣的困難。

I appreciate that this is not an easy decision for you to make.

我完全理解你作出這項決定是不容易的。 （to understand fully; recognize 了解；理解）

③I’d appreciate it if you would turn the radio down. (=please turn it down)

（vt. to be thankful or grateful for 感激） 請你把收音機的音量挑低一些。

④Houses in this area have all appreciated (in value) since the new road was built. vi.（財產等）增值

自從新路修好之后，這個地區的房產都增值了。

appreciation n. 欣賞；賞識；評論；增值

appreciative adj. 感激的；贊賞的be ~ of sth

suffer v. 忍受；遭受…痛苦；容忍

①he died very quickly, he didn’t suffer much.

他死得很快，沒有受多少痛苦。（遭受痛苦）

②She was very generous to him but she suffered for it when he ran away with all her money.

她對他非常慷慨大方，但他卻把她的錢財席卷一空逃跑了，這使她吃足了苦頭。（suffer for sth. 受損失）

③If you break the law, you must be prepared to suffer the consequences.

如果你犯法，你就要準備承擔后果。（承受）

④He doesn’t suffer fools. 他對蠢人沒有耐心。（容忍，忍受）

⑤She suffers from headaches. 她患頭痛病。

suffer from… 為…所苦 esp.over a long period of time

operate v. 運轉; 操作；經營；生效，起作用；動手術

①The machine is operating well now. 這部機器現在運轉得不錯。（運轉）

②Do you know how to operate the heating system? 你知道怎么操作這加熱系統嗎？（vt. 操作）

③Our company operates in several countries. 我們公司在好幾個國家有業務活動。（vi. 經營）

operating losses 經營損失

④The new law operates against us. 這項新法律對我們不利。（vi. 起作用）

⑤I’m afraid we’ll have to operate on that patient. 恐怕我們要給那位病人開刀了。（vi. 動手術）

operating system 電腦的操作系統

operating theatre 手術室

operation n. 操作；運轉；手術 操作的；有效的；運轉的

direction n. 方向；指導

directions（復數形式）指示；說明書

①She drove off in the direction of London. 她驅車朝倫敦方向駛去。(towards London)

②Our company is under the direction of a good manager. 我們公司由一位好經理管理。

③His greatest problem is that he has no sense of direction.

他最大的問題是自己毫無目標。（=lack direction）

④Follow the directions on the paper please. 請按照紙上的用法說明去做。 （復數形式）指示；說明書

rude

不禮貌的；粗魯的；簡陋的

①Don’t be so rude to your father. 不要對你爸爸那樣沒禮貌！(be rude to sb.)

②It’s very rude of her to leave without telling us.

她不和我們打聲招呼就走了，這是非常不禮貌的。 (be rude of sb to do sth.)

三、重難點句子講解

1、 It’s their clothes, make-up and the way they walk that makes people laugh.

逗人們笑的是他們的衣著、打扮和走路姿勢。

It is (was)…that(who)…是個強調句型，用來加強主語、賓語、表語和狀語等語氣的結構。被強調的部分通常位于It is/was后,that/who前。如果被強調的是人可用that,也可用who;如果被強調的是事或物，則只能用that.

Eg: 我昨天在街上遇到了那位有名的歌手。

①It was I who met that famous singer on the street yesterday. （是我而不是別人遇到，強調主語）

②It was on the street that I met that famous singer yesterday.

（是在大街上而不是在別的地方，強調地點狀語）

It was yesterday that I met that famous singer on the street.

（是昨天遇到的而不是別的時間，強調地點狀語）

注意：只要把需要強調的部分提到It is/was后that/who前，所以去掉這個句型，原句還是完整的。

I met that famous singer on the street yesterday.

3、 Typical for China is the crosstalk show, where a pair of comedians entertain the audience with word play. 中國喜劇的典型是相聲，兩個滑稽演員通過玩弄辭藻來逗樂觀眾。

說明:這是一句倒裝句，其主語the crosstalk show, typical 是 adj. 作表語。原來句子順序是The crosstalk show, …, is typical for China. 由于show后面跟了一句較長的非限定性定語從句，整個句子結構不平衡，所以把表語和系動詞前置。

4、Skilled artists make use of all the richness of the spoken language to create a rapid flow of fun.

技藝高超的藝術家利用豐富多彩的口語，創造出連綿不絕的樂趣。

①make use of 利用某事物或某人 (=use)

make（good/full）use of sth. to do/doing

Students should make（full）use of their time to study. 學生們應該（充分）利用他們的時間去學習。

② a flow of 某事物的持續或連續供應。

the constant flow of information 源源不斷的信息 cut off the flow of oil 切斷石油輸送

5、 I decided to look on the whole matter as a great joke!

我決定將整件事情當作一個大笑話。

look on…as… = consider…as

(把…看作…) = regard…as = think of …as = treat… as

Eg:

I looked on it as a great honor. 我把這看作是一種很大的榮幸。

We can’t look on the enemy as friends. 我們不能把敵人當作朋友。

6、The interview went very well. 面試進展得很順利。

go: 進展，進行，在不同的情況下有不同的譯法。

But things do not go according to plan. 但是形勢并沒按計劃發展。

Everything goes well with me. 一切對我來說都很順利。

When his work wasn’t going right, he was restless.

當工作不順利的時候，他感到煩躁不安。

7、People make us laugh by making fun of somebody’s way of dressing or telling an amusing story.

（1）make sb./sth. do sth. 常見的使役動詞和感官動詞如：

make, let, have, feel, listen to, hear, look at, observe, see, notice, watch…等，后面常接省略了to的不定式做其賓語補足語。

Eg: Don’t have him stand outside. 不要讓他站在外面。 Let me see. 讓我想想。

注意：當以上的詞用在被動語態結構中（let 和 have 沒有被動式），其主語補足語都要加上to.

Eg: We were made to work more than ten hours a day. 我們過去被迫每天工作十多個小時。

（2）make fun of 嘲笑 =laugh at;play jokes on

Don’t make fun of others. 不要取笑別人。

四、語法講解

動詞--ing形式作定語和賓語補足語

(The –ing Form-used as Attribute and Object Complement)

現在分詞作定語，與被修飾的名詞有邏輯主謂關系。

1、單個分詞作定語常置于被修飾的名詞的前面作前置定語，表示它所修飾的名詞正在進行的動作。

a sleeping baby一個正在睡覺的孩子 the dancing girl 跳舞的女孩 a flying kite 放飛的風箏

running shoes 跑鞋 a walking stick 手杖 a dancing-teacher 舞蹈教師 a smoking pipe煙斗

Our teacher uses a very good teaching method．

At the foot of the hill there is a natural swimming pool．

2、現在分詞短語常置于被修飾名詞的后面作后置定語，可以改寫為定語從句。

Eg:①A crosstalk show has two speakers making many jokes and funny conversations.

=… who make … 相聲里兩個人說笑話逗樂子。

②There was another car coming in the other direction. =… which came … 對面來了另一輛車。

③ I know the man standing there.

= I know the man who stands there. 我認識站在那兒的那個人。

現在分詞作賓補時，則表示賓語正在進行的動作，它常用在see, watch, notice, hear, feel,get, keep, have等動詞的后面。 Eg: ①Neighbors watched him dropping something heavy into the river.

鄰居們看見他把一些重東西扔到河里去了。

②We can see steam rising from the wet clothes. 我們可以看見蒸汽從濕衣服里冒出來。

③At one moment in a show, you can hear the audience laughing loudly.

演出期間，偶爾可以聽見觀眾大笑。

1、European football is played in 80 countries, ______ it the most popular sport in the world.

A. making B. makes C. made D. to make

2、A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _____ in the kitchen.

A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked

3、He saw some people ____in a restaurant, talking to one another.

A who was sitting B. were seated C. who were seating D. sitting

4、On hearing the sound, the birds flew away in every _____

A. way B. direction C. place D. side

5、We’ve ______ you to do those for one of your friends who can help you.

A. promised B. allowed C. hoped D. intended

6、He _______ a little hero.

A. looked up as B. looked on as C. was looked on as D. was looked up as

7、The ______ boy was last seen _______ near the East Lake.

A. missing; playing B. missed; playing C. missed; played D. missed; to play

8、I appreciated _______ the chance to study abroad two years ago.

A. having been given B. having given C. to be given D. to have been given

9、The next morning she found the man _____ in bed, dead.

A. lying B. lie C. lay D. laying

10、There was a terrible noise ______ the sudden burst of light.

A. followed B. following C. to be followed D. being followed

答案

:1、A 2、B 3、D 4、B 5、D 6、C 7、A 8、A 9、A 10、B