高中英语知识点总结：A taste of English humor知识点讲解
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一.核心单词例析
1. astonish vt 使惊讶(= surprise sb. greatly)
The earthquake astonished the whole country. 这次地震震惊了全国。
辨析：astonishing adj.令人震惊的;astonished adj.感到惊呀的
2. particular 非一般的，特别的，特殊的
He left for no particular reason. 他无缘无故就走了。
To Jane, her diary is a particular friend. 对简来说，日记是她的特殊朋友。
搭配：in particular =especially特别是
3. entertain vt. & vi. 使欢乐, 招待, 款待
We were all entertained by his humorous stories. 他的幽默故事使我们大家都很开心。
They often entertained their friends at weekends. 他们常在周末招待朋友。
I don’t entertain very often. 我不常在家请客.
派生：entertaining adj. 使人愉快的，有趣：his entertaining silent movies他那逗乐的无声电影，an entertaining story/guess一个有趣的故事/客人。
4. throughout prep. 遍及, 贯穿adv. 到处, 始终, 全部
It rained throughout the night. 雨下了一整夜。
I watched the film and cried throughout. 我看那个电影时从头哭到尾。
5. failure n.失败(不可数);失败的经历，失败的人或事(可数)
Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
I became successful after many failures. 在多次失败后，我终于成功了。
She was a failure as a manager. 她是一个不称职的经理。
6. overcome v. 克服，战胜(defeat);找到解决......的办法)
He has overcome the bad habit of smoking. 他改掉了吸烟的坏习惯。
After hours of hard working, they overcame the difficulty. 经过几个小时的努力，他们终于把这难题解决了。
搭配：be overcome with /by因......不能自持
He was overcome by the heat. 他热得受不了。
7. fortunate adj. 幸运的，交好运的(=lucky)
He is a fortunate man (=a lucky dog). 他是个幸运的人。
I was fortunate to have a good teacher. 我很幸运，有位好老师。
派生：fortunately adv.幸好(=luckily常置于句首);unfortunate adj. 不幸的(=unlucky) ;unfortunately adv. 不幸的是(=unluckily);fortune n. 运气，财富，巨款
