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1、【素材】 Unit 3 A taste of English humoii司汇拓展1 mean V. 意味着 Being a student means studying hard . 做为一个学生，（意味着）你要 努力学习。 打算，意欲。 I meant to give you this book today ,but I forgot .我本来打算今天给 你这本书的， 可是我忘了。拓展 mean doing sth. 意味着。 mean to do 打算或企图做某事。What do you mean by你什么意思？be meant for 打算作用。These rooms are mea
2、nt for the childre'nscenter . 这些房间是打算用作儿童活动 中心的。2. content n. 所容纳的东西。He took away all the contents of my desk drawer. 他拿走了我书桌抽屉里的所有东西 .V .使满意或满足。He contented himself with one piece of cake . 他吃了一块蛋糕非常的满足。 adj. 满意的，满足的。He is content to remain where he is now . 他安于现状。Are you content with your pres
3、ent salary? 你对你现在的薪水满意吗？3. astonished 使大为吃惊，使惊异It will astonish you to hear what I paid for this ring . 听到我花多少钱买这枚戒指会使 你大吃一惊。He was astonished to hear he had got the job 他. 听到获得了那份工作而感到惊讶。拓展astonishing adj. 令人惊奇的astonished adj. （某人）处于惊异、吃惊状态 astonishment n. 惊讶4. particular adj.单独的、特殊的、非一般的She has a
4、particular preference for Chinese art. 她对中国艺术有特 殊爱好。特定的、个别的We will make an exception in this particular case. 我们将把这个例 子当做例外。拓展 particularly adv. 特别的、与众不同地 particularity n. 精确、细致 in particular特别的be particular about对挑剔的、对讲究的5. entertain V. 热情款待、使有兴趣He en terta ined friends at dinner.他招待朋友吃饭。Could you
5、entertain the children for an hour, while I make suppe我做晚饭时，你能哄孩子们玩 一个小时吗？拓展 entertainment n. 娱乐、文娱节目 entertaining adj. 愉快的，有趣的entertainer n. 款待者，演艺人员1. failure n. 失败They were afraid of risking failure because they didn't want to lose face. 他们怕冒失败的风险，因为他们不愿意丢脸。 失败的人He is a failure at his career.
6、他是一个事业失败的人。2. overcome V.战胜、克服The learner of a second language has many obstacles to overcome. 第二语言学习者有许多障碍要克服。征服（以感情征服、使深受影响）She was overcome with emotio n她活动得不能自持。3. fortune n.运气、好运He decided to go home for the holidays, and his fortune turned for the worse. 他决定回家度假，没想到他的运气变得很糟。成功 No matter what t
7、hey tried, it ended in fortune. 无论他们是怎么做的，最后都 成功了。 一大笔钱 We spent a fortune on a new flat. 我们花了一大笔钱买了一所新房 子。拓展 fortunate adj. 幸运的、幸福的 fortunately adv. 幸运地 fortuneless adj. 不幸的、无财产的4. direct V. 导演、指引 Who directed the new film? 谁导演的这部新片。The driver directed us to the airport. 司机给我们指明了机场方向。拓展 directionn.
8、 方向、指导directly adv. 直接地in direct adj.间接的 in the direct ion of 向方向in all directi ons 向四面八方un der the direct ion of 在指导下10outstanding adj. 杰出的，显著的 He is an outstanding pupil. 他是一位杰出的学 生。outstandingly adv. 杰出地、显著地11. request V.恳求，请求May I request your attention? 请你们注意一下好吗？要求 I requested them to stop mak
9、ing such a noise我要求他们别再制造这样的 噪音。I requested of him that he should leave.我要求他们离开。n. 要求，请求 He repeated his request that I should play with him. 他再三要求我跟他一起玩。拓展by request应的要求in request 受欢迎on request 一经要求12. whisper低声说，耳语The two girls were whispering in the library. 这两个女孩在图书馆里低声说话。私下地说，传播开来His adve ntures have bee n whispered everywhere 的冒险经历被到处传遍了。n.低语，耳语 She said in a whisper.她低声地说。