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石家庄精英中学学生课堂导学提纲(理) 高一英语 编号：YYTG-必修4-41 Apr. 22th, 2015 Edited by: Liu Lingling 一．单词拓展
1．humour n．幽默；滑稽→humorous adj.富于幽默的
2．performer n．表演者；演出者→perform vt.做；执行；履行；表演；演出→performance n．演出；表演；履行
3．astonish vt.使惊诧→astonishing adj.令人感到惊讶的→astonished adj.惊讶的→astonishment n．惊讶
4．fortunate adj.幸运的；吉利的→fortunately adv.幸运地 5．bored adj.厌烦的→boring adj.令人厌烦的→bore vt.使厌烦 6．failure n．失败(者)→fail vi. & vt.失败；不及格；使失望
7．overcome vt. & vi.战胜；克服→overcame(过去式)→overcome(过去分词) 8．convince vt.使信服→convincing adj.令人信服的
9．direct vt.& vi.导演；指示；指挥→direct adj.直的；直接的；直率的→director n．指挥者→direction n．方向→directly adv.直接地→indirect adj.间接的
10．particular adj.特殊的；特别的→particular n．细节；详细→particularly adv.特殊地；特别地 11．actress n．女演员→actor n．男演员
12．slide vt. & vi.(使)滑动；(使)滑行→slid(过去式)→slid(过去分词)
13．amuse vt.使发笑；使愉快→amused adj.感到好笑的；感到愉快的→amusing adj.令人发笑的；令人愉快的
14．explanation n．解释；讲解；说明→explain vt.解释；说明 15．mountainous adj.多山的；山一般的→mountain n．山；山脉(pl.) 16．react vi.作出反应；回应→reaction n．反应 二．Reading中重要语言点
1. content adj. “满足的；满意的”
be content to do意为“乐意去做某事”；be content with sb / sth意为“对某人或某事感到满意”，相当于be pleased with或be satisfied with。
I’m content to help you to set up a website on the Internet.
Those who are not content with the progress they have made will have greater success.
注：worse off是badly off的比较级，意思是“境况比??更差”；better off意为“境况比??好”。如：
To my surprise, I found his living conditions were much worse off than mine. With the development of economy, more and more people are better off.
【知识拓展】content还可作动词，意为“使满足”；作名词时，表示“满足；心满意足”，也可
高一英语（1组） 第 1页 (共2页) 表示“（书、报纸等的）内容；目录；含量”。如： My explanation seemed to content him. Now she began to live in peace and content.
We've discussed the unusual form of the book — now, what about the content?
2. astonish vt．意为“使大为吃惊；使惊异”，比surprise程度强，比shock程度弱 I was astonished to hear that the professor had broken down because of his hard work. I was astonished by how much she'd grown. 【知识拓展】
(1) astonishing adj．意为“令人惊异的”。如：
The astonishing news made the world astonished, and a great many people expressed their opinions on the Internet.
(2) astonished adj．指(某人)处于惊异、吃惊状况，常用be astonished at sth。如： He was astonished at what Tom had said and done.
(3) astonishment n.意为“惊讶”，可用to one’s astonishment表示“使某人吃惊的是”。如： To my astonishment, she still remembered my birthday.
3. particular adj. “专指的；特别的；格外的；不寻常的”。
be particular about / over sth意为“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.
4. worn-out adj.
(1) “磨损的；损坏的；穿破的 (用坏的以至完全无用的)”。 Since your shoes are worn-out, why not buy another pair? (2) “筋疲力尽的；耗尽的”，相当于be tired out。 He was worn-out after the long journey.
5. failure “失败”时，是不可数名词；意为“失败者；失败的事”时，是可数名词。 As we all know, failure is the mother of success. At last, he was a great success, while she was a failure.
高一英语（1组） 第 2页 (共2页)
石家庄精英中学学生课堂导学提纲(理) 高一英语 编号：YYTG-必修4-41 Apr. 22th, 2015 Edited by: Liu Lingling To our disappointment, the party turned out to be a failure.
【知识拓展】fail还可作动词 “失败；不及格；无法做到”，可用fail to do sth或fail in doing sth。I failed to persuade him to give up smoking. = I failed in persuading him to give up smoking.
6. overcome v. “控制(感情)；克服(困难)；征服；战胜”， to overcome difficulties / obstacles / problems等 He made great efforts to overcome the difficulty.
They succeeded to overcome the tallest mountain in the world.
7. in search of
Today, many countryside people have rush to the city in search of good jobs. The researchers are in their search for the animals which they want to experiment with. 注意：in search of 中of不可换用for。
【知识拓展】search还可以是作动词，意为“搜寻”，search 的宾语是寻找的东西所在的处所，即search someplace for sth，意为“搜查某地找??”。 They searched the building for the robber. He searched his pockets for some change.
而search sb for sth意为“搜某人身以找到某物”。 He searched the boy for the lost pen.
search for = look for = hunt for意为“到处寻找”。
People who are searching after inner peace sometimes turn to religion.
8. pick up “拾起；拿起”。 He picked up his hat and went out. pick up还有其他意思：
(1) 在中途搭载承载(乘客、货物等)。 The bus stopped to pick up passengers．
(2) (偶然地)发现，得到，购买；学得，得到(知识、利益)。 She picked up French very quickly in France. (3) 恢复，使恢复。
I believe he will pick up by the seaside.
高一英语（1组） 第 3页 (共2页) (4) 接收，收听(广播)。
It is easy to pick up the programme clearly through my radio. pick out意为“选好；选出；认出；看清楚”。 Have you picked out the movie you want to see?
Can you pick out your brother out from that group of people?
9. (1)cut off “切下来；剪下来” “切断；停掉；使电话中断” He cut off piece of cloth and wrapped the wound.
It was dangerous that our food and water supply were cut off at that time. We were cut off in the middle of our telephone conversation.
(2)She kept cutting in on our conversation. 我们谈话时她老是插嘴。 (3)The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking. 医生劝他少喝酒。
(4)They cut away all the dead branches from the tree. 他们把这棵树上的枯枝全部砍掉了。
10. convince vt.使信服，说服；使认识错误
convince sb. of sth.使某人相信某事convince sb.to do sth.说服某人做某事 convince sb.that 使某人相信……
You will need to convince them of your enthusiasm(热情，热忱) for the job. 你要使他们相信你殷切希望得到这份工作。
I’ve been trying to convince Joan to come with me.我一直设法说服琼跟我一起来。 I managed to convince them that the story was true.我设法使他们相信那故事是真实的。 convinced adj. 确信的，信服的
be convinced of... 确信……；相信…… be convinced that... 确信…… We are all convinced of his innocence.我们都相信他是无辜的。
I was convinced that we were doing the right thing.我确信我们做的事情是正确的。 11. direct
(1) vt.& vi. 导演；指示；指挥
He directed many plays in London.他在伦敦导演过许多戏剧。 (2) adj. 直接的，亲自的；直率的
He took a direct flight to New York.他直飞纽约。
(3) adv. 中途不停地; 径直地;亲自地; 直接地The train goes there direct. 这趟列车直达那里. 高一英语（1组） 第 4页 (共2页)