高一英语必修四Unit3单词2

高一英语必修四Unit 3单词2

A taste of English humor

12. pick out:

a.选出…选择 She picked out a pink dress for her daughter.

b.看出；辨认出…… Can you pick out your mother in this crowd?

拓展与pick有关的短语:

pick off 摘取 pick oneself up（倒下的人）站起来

pick up 拾起/捡起/拿起(电话)，（车，船）搭载客人, 驾车去接（人）/取（物），

接收（信号，广播电视节目），学会（语言）

[考例] It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ___ my friend. (四川2007)

A. turn out B. bring out C. call out D. pick out

[点拨] pick out辨认出；turn out结果是；bring out 拿出；call out叫出

13. cut off: 切下，剪下

eg. He cut off piece of cloth and wrapped the wound.

cut off还可译为“切断；停掉；使电话中断”。如：

eg.They’ve the water temporarily because they are repairing

one of the main pipes.

Our food and water supply at that time.

We Because I failed to pay the telephone bill, the telephone operator (cut in 打断别人的谈话，插嘴。)

[考例] He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was _______ from the outside world. (北京2004春)

A. cut out B. cut off C. cut up D. cut through

[点拨] cut off “隔离，使孤立”。cut out 删掉；cut up切碎；

cut through穿过

mouthful n. 一口；满口

He took

I felt so full that I couldn’t eat another .

handful 一撮，一把 sand 一把沙子

cupful 一满杯 milk 两杯牛奶

spoonful 一匙；满匙 sugar 两匙糖

houseful 满屋；一屋子

armful 一抱之量 books 一抱的书direct

a. adj. 直的；直线的；直达的 There is no train from here to Taichung. a road to London

b. adj. 坦白的；率直的。

He has a direct way of speaking.

He gave me a direct answer.

particular adj.专指的；特别的；格外的；不寻常的

be particular about / over sth对某事很讲究 / 很挑剔

in particular意为“特别地”

There was nothing in the newspaper of particular importance.

I'm not particular about my clothes; I don't mind what I wear.

He talked about the ball games in general and talked about football in particular. What in particular did you like about the last apartment that we saw?

20. slide (slid, slid)vt./vi

slide on the ice

They slid the boat into the boat.

21. amuse vt. 使发笑，使愉快

(1) amuse sb. (with……)

Her story amused the children greatly.

The girls amused themselves with dolls.

She amused herself by reading detective stories.

(2) be amused at /by /with

be amused to do

The audience was amused by the magician’s tricks.

I was very much amused to see the seal perform its tricks.

(3) amusing: an amusing story

(4) amusement (u.) 娱乐，兴趣(c.) 快乐的事，娱乐品

The little girl looked at me in amusement.

To our great amusement, the teacher sang a funny song in class.

There were lots of amusements at the fair.

22. whisper: vt./vi./n.

eg. She whispered a warning to me and then disappeared.

She said it in a whisper, so I couldn’t hear.

He is whispering to his sister.

He whispered to her so that no one could hear.

23. react: react to reaction

24. drunk adj.

He was half a man

drink ( drank, drunk/drunken)

★限时训练：

1.She is perfectly ______ to live in a hut and paint pictures all day.

A. likely B. fit C. content D. Satisfactory

2.What me most was that he didn’t pass the exam.

A. astonish B. astonishing C. astonished D. to astonish

3.They don’t seem too badly _______ — they have smart clothes and a nice house.

A. on B. over C. for D. off

4.The refugees（难民）were badly off_______blankets and food after the big earthquake.

A. with B. for C. from D. on

5. It is believed that if an event is _______, it will surely ______the readers of the paper.

A. astonished; astonish B. astonishing; be astonished

C. astonishing; astonish D. astonished; be astonished

6. His _______ to answer the question made the teacher disappointed.

A. sense B. poverty C. failure D. difficulty

7. As a wife she was _____ failure , so their marriage ended in ______ failure .

A. /; / B. /; a C. a; a D. a; /

★限时训练答案： CCDBC,CD

用所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。

1. Judging from his expression, he was ______ (content) with his work.

2. The car rushed at an _________ (astonish) speed.

3. ____________ (unfortunate), I hurt my leg when I fell down on the ice.

4. I’m _____ (bore) with the subject anyway.

5. We took pity on the ________ (home) girl and took her into our house.

6. My clothes are ________ (wear out) and I have to mend them.

7. There is no difficulty in the world that cannot be ________ (overcome).

8. She sat there, ________ (chew) a piece of gum.

9. No one has come up with a ________ (convince) explanation of why this kind of animal is dying out.

10. The play was ________ (direct) by a very famous director.

11. The whole family were proud of his __________ (outstand) performance.

12. When he read the book a second time, he found it ___________ (entertain). 答案：

2.ing 3.ly 4.d 5.less 6.worn out

8.ing 9.ing 10.d 11.ing 12. ing