Revision Module 6 Unit 1 Laughter is good for you

Word checkpoints

1. One __________( 鲜为人知的 ) fact is that he was once a __________( 备受喜爱的 ) comedian.

2. Zhao Lirong was an ____________( 热情的 ) ___________( 女演员 ). She’ll live in our heart for ever.

3. Bi Fujian’s ____________( 受欢迎 ) with all age groups is due to his __________ ( 幽默的 )hosting style.

little-knownwell-loved

enthusiasticactress

popularity

humorous

Fill the proper words in the blanks

4. He says sitting on an invisiblebench is very __________.( 舒服的 )

5. The teacher looked __________( 恼火的 ) when his student ___________( 漫步 ) over to the courtyard instead of following him.

6. Father often makes us burst into l__________ by telling us different j_________.

Fill the proper words in the blanks

cosyannoyedwandered

aughterokes

7. Director is a person in c_______ of the performance of a drama.

8. Wearing jeans and sports shirt is not ___________ for a job interview in the government.

9. The boy was very angry and ____ the letter to pieces.

10. A good actor or actress can reach a wide a____________.

Fill the proper words in the blanks harge

appropriate

tore

udience

1.raise

2.worthwhile

3.annoyed

4.routine

5.award

6.appropriate

7.enthusiastic

8.amuse

9.live

10.tear

11.somehow

12.silent

key words

the usage of these words

1.Writing is tough work, but I hope it will all be worthwhile.

It is worthwhile to do sth

doing sth

be worth

n/pron

doingbe worthy

of sth

of being done

to be done

短语链结

worth worthy worthwhile

A. It is ___________ to buy /buying the dictionary.

B. I think the dictionary is _______ of being bought.

C. I think the dictionary is _______ buying.

D. I think the dictionary is _______ to be bought.

worthy

worth

worthy

worthwhile

Test1.They would rather the money they collected went to a ____ cause.A.worth B. worthy to C. worthwhile D. worthy of

2. ----What do you think of the book? ----Oh, excellent. It’s worth ____ a second

time.A.to read B. to be read C. reading D. being read

annoyed annoy

annoy sb

be annoyed with sb

be annoyed at/by sth

1. 她对你刚才所说的话很恼火 .

2. 我看到 John 要对我发火了

She was annoyed at what you just said.

I saw John was becoming annoyed with me.

2.Mike looks annoyed.

amuse

amusement

amusing

amused amuse sb

amuse oneself with

be amused at/by/with

3.His popularity with all age groups and his ability to amuse people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.

My grandmother seemed to be highly _________ by my remarks.

He is a really special person, gentle and __________ at the same time.

He told her a (an) ___ story. There was an ____ expression on her face.

A.fun; amused B. interesting; amusingC. amusing; amused D. amused; amusing

amused

amusing

practice

4. Each time he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV.

①He was born in Shanghai but now he lives in Beijing.

②He lives a happy life.

③The professor made an experiment on a live animal.

④The opening ceremony will be broadcast live on TV.

居住

生活 , 过…的生活

活的

现场直播的

compare

alive living lively live

practice

1.She was ________ when they took her to the hospital.

2.The boy gave us a ___________ description of what had happened.

3.English is a __________ language and is always changing.

4.The cat was playing with a __________ mouse.

alive

lively

living

live

lively, living, live, alive

5 tear n/v

tear up

tear down

tear to pieces

tear in half/two

tear into halves

撕毁

撕下，拆毁

撕成碎片

撕成两半

burst into tears 　　　　　　突然哭起来(burst out crying)

in tears 　　　　　　　含着眼泪

move to tears 　　　　感动得流泪

hold back one’s tears 忍住眼泪

examples

1.He was angry and ________the letter.

2.The workers _________the old building and set up new ones.

3.The ticket collector ____my ticket ______and handed back the half.

4.She burst __________on hearing the news.

tore up

tore down

torein two

into tears

辨析1. somehow somewhat anyhow

A. The price was ___________ higher than I'd expected.

B. ___________ the right chance never seemed to present itself.

C. It may rain, but _______________I shall go out.

D. I think we can manage that _____________.

somewhat

Somehow

anyhow

somehow anyhow

辨析2. quiet silent still calm

A. You’d better be _______ about what happened .

B. Please keep _____ when I take your photograph.

C. Be _____! I’m telephoning.

D. The police chief advised his men to stay ____ and not to lose their temper.

silent

still

quiet

calm

3. glare at glance at stare at

A. The little girl ___________ the little cats tumbling over each other in their basket.

B. She _________me if I go near her desk.

C. He stole a ____________ the pretty girl across the table. 

stared at

glares at

glance at

辨析

4. raise rise arise

A. She ______ her finger to her lips as a sign for silence.

B. The sun _____ in the east and sets in the west.

C. A new difficulty has ______.

辨析

raised

rises

arisen

Phrases

1. 雇佣 , 承担2. 编造3. 打断 , 闯入4. 对……有影响5. 一度 , 曾经6. 伸出 , 拿出7. 应该做8. 有意义9. 被分成10. 适合于……

take on

make up

burst in

have an effect on/upon

at one time

hold out

be supposed to

make sense

be divided into

be appropriate to/for

take on

1. 我们将雇佣新秘书．

2. 不要接受超过你所能承担的工作量．

3. 他的家乡呈现出新面貌

We are going to____ _____ ____ _____ __________.

Don’t ____ ____ _____ _____ than you can do.

His hometown_____ __ _ ___ ____.

take on anew secretary

take on more work

takes on a new look

take in

take up

take over

take down

take off

take after

take place

take to

take sth for granted

吸收，欺骗占用接管，接替 写下，记下起飞，脱下与……相像发生喜欢，开始从事想当然

有关 take的短语

take after, take over, take up, take down

1.I won’t __________ much of your time.

2.When Mr Green retired, his son ___________ the business from him.

3.Your son does not _________ you in any way.

4.He ___________ the details in a note book.

take up

took over

take after

took down

take in, take on, take to

1.You’ve __________ too much.

2.Don’t be ________ by his promises.

3.Tom _________ Alice as soon as they met.

taken on

taken in

took to

一词多义 make up

1. She is very good at making up stories.

2. Great Britain is made up of three parts.

3. Nowadays many girls make up when they are still quite young.

4. We must make up for the lost time.

5. She has made it up with him.

6. I have made up my mind, and nothing you say will change it.

make up

tear up ___hold up ___fix up ___set up ___keep up ___take up ___step up ___show up ___pick up ___stay up ___give up ___

A维持，不落后B建立，开办C修理，安排D耽搁，使停顿E撕毁，撕碎F放弃，停止G从事，占据H挺住，熬夜I捡起，用车接J露面，出现K加速，增加

EDCBAGKJIHF

1.After he retired from office, Rogers ____ painting for a while, but soon lost interest. (2006 省广东 )

A. took up B. saved up

C. kept up D. drew up

2. She ____ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.(2006 福建 )

A. picked out B. made out

C. made up D. picked up

3. For all these years I have been working for others. I’m hoping I’ll ____ my own business someday. (2006 江西）

A. turn up B. fix up

C. set up D. make up

at a time 一次at that time 那时at times 有时 , 间或at the same time 同时at no time 任何时候都不in no time 立刻 , 马上for a time 暂时 , 一时

at one time 一度 , 曾经

Experts have been warning ____ of the health risks caused by passive smoking.(2007 　江西）

A.at a time B. at one time

C. for some time D. for the time

hold out 伸出，拿出

hold on

hold up

hold back

hold onto

hold off

hold with

别挂断 , 继续

耽搁 , 阻挡

抑制 , 阻止

保住 , 紧抓不放

疏远 , 拖延

赞同

We thought of selling this old furniture, but we’ve decided to ______ it. It might be valuable.(2005 上海 )

A. hold on to B. keep up with

C. turn to D. look after

The big strike of the workers would __________ the production of cars for several months.

A. hold down B. hold on

C. hold with D. hold up

Practice

高考链接1. Many people have come to realize

that they should go on ____ balanced diet and make ____ room in their day for exercise .(2006 江西 )

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

2. Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and __ jokes. （ 2006 江苏）

A. turning up B. putting up

C. making up D. showing up

3. If you think that treating a woman well means always ___ her permission for things, think again. （ 2006 湖南）

A. gets B. got

C. to get D. getting

4. Don’t be _____ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. （ 2007 辽宁）

A. taken off

B. taken out

C. taken away

D. taken in

5. My morning _________ includes jogging in the park and reading newspapers over breakfast. (2007 上海 )

A.drill B. action

C. regulation D. routine

6. Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she ___ English for a year. (2007 湖南 )

A. studies

B. studied

C. is studying

D. has been studying

7. Could I speak to ____ is in charge of International Sales, please?(2007 山东 )

A. anyone B. someone

C. whoever D. no matter who

8. Scientists are convinced _____ the positive effect of laughter ____ physical and mental health. (2007 江西 ) A. of; at B. by; in C. of; on D. on; at

9. He tried his best to solve the problem, ____ difficult it was.(2005 天津 ) A. however B. no matter C. whatever D. although

10.---Hi, is that Peter Brown?

---Sorry. You _____ the wrong number.(2007 北京朝阳区期末 )

A.must have dialed

B. must dial

C. should dial

D. should have dialed

Style Observational,prop,2____and impressionist

Billy Crystal

A famous 3______

A film and TV 4_____

A 5_____of the Academy Awards

Has outstanding ability to 6_____and 7_____ people all over the world.

ConclusionLaughing keeps us 8_________

Laughing helps us 9_________ pain

Laughing makes us live 10 _________

1 ＿＿＿＿＿＿ comedy

1.Stand-up 6.improvise

2.physical 7.amuse

3.Comedian 8.healthy

4.actor 9.fight

5.host 10.longer

以“ Why a sense of humor is important” 为题写一篇 150 词左右的短文。根据如下要点拓展：

1. 幽默能体现个性； 2. 幽默有益于身心健康；3. 幽默能融洽与他人的关系

1. 显示人的个性 ______________

2. 不感到无聊 ________________

3. 有教养的人 _________________

4. 有益身心健康 _________________

5. 保持你快乐 __________________

6.融洽与他人的关系 ______________

7. 从不同角度看问题 _______________

1. 显示人的个性 __________________________2. 不感到无聊 ____________________________3. 有教养的人 ______________________________4. 有益身心健康______________________________

shows one’s characteristics

never feel dull /bored

a well-educated person.

do good to your health mentally and physically

5. 保持你快乐 ____________________

6.融洽与他人的关系 _______________________

7. 从不同角度看问题

__________________________

keep you in high spirits

get along well with sb.

see things from an entirely different point

Why a sense of humor is important Humor always shows a person’s characteristics. If you can see everything with a sense of humor, you are an interesting person, and people will never feel dull together with you. It also shows that you are a well-educated person. You are healthy and happy with your sense of humor, for it can always keep you in high spirits, which will do good to your health mentally and physically. A sense of humor changes the color of the whole world before you.

You will get along with others with your sense of humor. People feel it a pleasure to be with you, for you help them to see things from an entirely different point and a much brighter point of view.

So go and make someone laugh, which may help them and you live longer.

Thank you!