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《A taste of English humour （Part 1）》
Unit Three
A taste of
English humour
Pre-reading and Reading(1)
1.As Victor Hugo once said,"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face".
as 引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句指代整個(gè)句子的內(nèi)容，它的位置比較靈活，可放在句首也可放在句尾，意思是“正如，正像”；which也可以引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句指代整個(gè)句子的內(nèi)容，但只能放在句尾，意思是“這，這一點(diǎn)”。
As all his friends agree,he was warm-hearted,loving and generous.
Th poor man sold his only watch,which surprised me very much.
2.And up to now nobady has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.
up to now=up till now=so far
到目前為止，多用于現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)；類似的時(shí)間狀語還有：
Since then,since,for in the past/last few (years)以及句型It is the +序數(shù)詞+that 從句（從句中謂語動(dòng)詞用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)）
They have raised more than on million yuan for the project up till now.
--nowbady has been able to do this better than Charlie chaplin.
形容詞或副詞的比較級(jí)用于否定句中時(shí)，往往表示肯定意義。
I have never seen a more interesting book.
I can't agree more.
---Shall I give you a ride as you live so far away?
---Thank you,( A )
A it couldn't be better
B of course you can
C if you like
D it's up to you
3.He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed...
at a time 一次，每次
at one time 一度，曾經(jīng)
They sent their son at college 300 yuan at a time.
At one time ,the boy wanted to steal money from the old man.
for a time 好一陣子
for the time 暫時(shí)
What's the time?幾點(diǎn)了？
How is the time ?現(xiàn)在還剩多少時(shí)間？
at this time 現(xiàn)在，就在此時(shí)
at the time （僅表過去）當(dāng)時(shí)
I don't know where he is at this time.
I warned you at the time that it was dangerous.
it is time+不定式    是該干...的時(shí)候了
it is (high)time+that從句中謂語動(dòng)詞用過去時(shí)或should do,但should 不省略
It was time for him to be off.
It is high time that you went(should go)to bed.
其它與time 有關(guān)的結(jié)構(gòu)的用法
have a good/hard time doing sth.
They had a hare time going there.
4.So they could feel more content with their lives.
content 在句中作形容詞用 意思是：滿意的，滿足的
be content with  對(duì)...滿意
be content to do sth=be willing to do
sth=be ready to do sth    樂意做
content 不能做定語，不能說a content smile 而應(yīng)該說a contented smile(滿意的微笑）
contented 也是形容詞，作表語時(shí)與content 同意，也可作定語   意思是：知足的，滿意的
content vt.使?jié)M足，使?jié)M意
content oneself with    滿足于
John contented himself with two glasses of beer.
Nothing will ever content him.
content n.目錄（常用復(fù)數(shù)），書、文章等的內(nèi)容、容量，含量，所容納的東西（只用復(fù)數(shù)）
You'd better have a look at the content of a book before buying it.
I don't like the content of the book.
Show me the contents of your bag.
5.Not that Charlie's on life was easy.
not that 并非，并不是說（對(duì)上面所說的內(nèi)容進(jìn)行補(bǔ)充說明，以免引起誤會(huì)）
Not that I hate the work,I'm not strong enough for it.
not that---but(that)   不是...而是....
Not that I don't want to go home,but(that)I have lots of work to do.
6.Unfortunately his father died,leaving the family even worse off.
leaving the family even worse off
是分詞短語在句子中做結(jié)果狀語（表示自然發(fā)生的結(jié)果）
Lots of good land has gone with them,leaving only sand.
The child slipped and fell,hitting his head against the door.
不定式作狀語表示結(jié)果時(shí)，指出乎意料的結(jié)果。
He hurried to the station,only to find the train gone.
worse off(是badly off的比較級(jí)）窮的，缺少的
I am quite badly off recently.
better off (是well off 的比較級(jí)）富裕的，境況好的