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课件网) Unit 4 Topic Talk Language Points comedy / k m di/ n. 戏剧，喜剧片 e.g. The movie is a romantic comedy that is worth seeing. comedies n.(pl) comedian n.喜剧演员 cross talk n. 相声 e.g. Cross talk is a traditional form of Chinese comedic dialogue. pretend /pr tend/ v. 假装 e.g. My favorite kind of comedy is when someone pretends to be someone else. ① Jim pretended not to know I had rejected his invitation. ② The employee pretended to have made sense of what his boss said but in fact, he was at a loss what to do next. ③ When his father stepped into his room, he pretended to be studying. pretend (not) to do sth 假装（没）做某事 pretend to have done sth 假装已经做某事 pretend to be doing 假装正在做某事 ④ He pretended that nothing had happened. humorous / hju m r s/ adj. 幽默的 ① The old man is so humorous that he often makes people around burst out laughing. ② She is outgoing and has a great sense of humor. humor n. 幽默，诙谐 a sense of humor 幽默感 plot /pl t/ n. 情节 e.g. The book is well organized in terms of plot. accent / ksent/ n. 口音 e.g. She spoke with a strong Australian accent. imitate / m te t/ v. 模仿 e.g. No computer can imitate the complex functions of the human brain. imitation n. 模仿，效仿 facial / fe ( )l/ adj. 面部的，脸上的 ① Sometime it’s hard to understand a person by his facial expressions. ② Her face lit up (= showed happiness) when she spoke of the past. ③ Such was the situation we were facing. face n. 脸，面孔 face v. 面对 ① I want to discuss the plan for our vacation with you face to face. ② Faced with the severe financial burden, he had to work day and night. ③ She showed great courage in the face of danger. face to face 面对面 be faced with sth 面对… = face sth in the face of 面对… = Facing he severe financial burden, he had to work day and night. interact / nt r kt/ v. 交流；相互作用 e.g. Compared with teens a couple of decades ago, the way they interact with traditional media like books and movies is fundamentally(根本地) different. interact with 与…互动 anxiety / za ti/ n. 焦虑，不安，担心 e.g. Worried about the coming examination, she was full of anxiety. with anxiety one’s anxiety for be anxious for 焦虑地 某人对…的渴望 对…的渴望 be anxious to do 渴望做某事 be anxious about 对…焦虑 My daughter studies very hard, because she is anxious to go to college. But she is anxious about not passing the entrance exam. I am really anxious that she should get rid of anxiety. ① There is growing public (anxious) over levels of air pollution in our city. anxiety Practice: ② As the final exam is coming，the students are (anxious) preparing for it. ③ She was anxious her son’s safety when the doctor was operating on his injured leg. anxiously about ④ She was anxious (make) a presentation in class and drew her teacher’s attention. to make well-being / wel bi / n. 舒适；健康；幸福 emotional/physical/psychol ... ...
