A smile a day keeps

the doctor away.

1. What is the funniest thing that has ever happened to you ? Why was it so funny?

2. When and where do you laugh most? Why do you think this is funny?

3. Can you give us any jokes in English?

Joke A couple at a dentist's

A man and wife entered a dentist's office.The wife said, "I want a tooth pulled. Idon't want gas or Novocain because I'm ina terrible hurry. Just pull the tooth asquickly as possible."

You're a brave woman said the dentist. Now,show me which tooth it is.

The wife turns to her husband and says "Openyour mouth and show the dentist which toothit is, dear."

New words

proverb strengthen immune

immune system be equivalent to

rowing machine

increasingly

emotion

therapy comedy

clown foundation charity

run undergo

• Everyone knows that it is fun to laugh and that laughing makes you feel good.

It is fun to play / playing golf.

We had a lot of fun at the party.

What fun the children have at the seaside!

• be good for

• do good to sb.----do sb. Good

• What good can it do?

strengthen v 加强； 巩固；

1. We will strengthen the protection of wet land. 我们将加强对湿地的保护。

2. We should strengthen education on both these points. 我们要加强这些方面的教育。

3. We want to strengthen our ties with them. 我们想加强与他们的联系。

strong strength strengthenAdj. n v

• be equivalent to 相当于； 等同于e.g. What is 7 dollars equivalent to in RMB? 7 美元相当于 多少人民币？Her smile was equivalent to saying “Go ahead.” 她的微笑等于说““动手吧”

increasingly adv. 越来越多地；日益增加地

e.g. 1. I find it ~ difficult to live within my income.

▲ increase v. &n. 增加，增长

comedy n. 喜剧

▲ comedian n. 喜剧演员

foundation n. ① 建立；设立 ②基金会 ③基础；基本原理e.g.

1.The university has been famous for medical studies ever since its ~ .

2.The ~ offered $10 million for the children who have no chances to go to school.

emotion n （喜、怒、哀、乐）情绪，感情

e.g.

1. The program will arouse the emotions

for the viewers.

那个节目将会激起观众的情绪。

汉译英：他是一个感情强烈的人。He is a man of strong emotions.

3.She tried to appeal to our emotions rather than our reason. 她想对我们动之以 情而非讲理。

4. I was overcome by / with emotion. 我激动的无法自己。

• arrange• 整理 ; 布置

She arranged the flowers in a vase. 她把花瓶里的花插好。

• 安排 ; 筹备 [+to-v][+that][+wh-]It was arranged that they should leave the following spring. 已安排他们于第二年春天离开。

• I will arrange everything. 我会安排一切的。

• Everything has been arranged satisfactorily.• 一切都得到了令人满意的安排。• I arranged to meet them at 10 o’clock

• vi. 作安排 , 作准备 [for]Bill arranged for this man to come whenever needed. 比尔安排这人随叫随到。

• arrangement

Set up in 1997, it runs the Clown Doctor programme.

Given time, he’ll make a first-class tennis player.

After his journey from abroad, Richard Jones returned home, exhausted.

Attracted by the beauty of nature, the girl from London decided to spend another two days on the farm.

Language points:

Dressed in a white uniform, he looks

more like a cook than a doctor.

Lost in the mountains for a week,

the two students were finally saved

by the local police.

Language points:

run v 管理； 运作；提供（服务等）

1. The engine is running properly. 发动机运转正常。

2.The factory stopped running after the earthquake. 那工厂在地震后停止营运了。

3.How often the buses run here? 这里的公交车多久来一班？

根据下例句子的意义， 确定 run 的含义：• She ran down the road.

• My car was running at fifty miles an hour.

• As soon as the police appeared, the thief ran off.

• The river runs into the Pacific.

• A good idea ran through her mind

跑

行驶

逃跑流

突然想起

undergo v. 经历 ( 变化 ; 不快的事 )eg.

1.We have undergone many hardships since the war. 战争发生以来我们经历了许多磨难。

2.The explorers had to undergo much suffering. 探险者不得不经历很多的磨难。

cheer … up 使高兴起来； 使振作起来

• He took her to the ballet to cheer her up.

• Cheer up! The news isn’t too bad.

cheer v. 欢呼，喝彩cheerful adj. 快乐的；令人愉快的

deny v. 否认 ~ doing / that

▲ There is no denying that … 不可否认， 很清楚

e.g.

1. There is no denying that cosmetic surgery do

make people more beautiful.

2. He denied all charges. 他否认了所有的指控。 3. Do you deny having stolen the bicycle? 你否认你偷自行车吗？

=Do you deny that you had stolen the bicycle?

V. 拒绝e.g.

1.The boss denied our request for higher wages. 老板拒绝了我们加薪的要求。

2. He denies his children nothing

= He denied nothing to his children 他对孩子有求必应。

• apply applicant 申请人，应征者• application 申请书， 应用

• apply sth. to sth.

• apply for sth.

• apply to sb. for sth.

volunteer v. 志愿

volunteer for sth

volunteer to do

e.g.

1. He ~ed for guard duty.

2. He ~ed to clean the classroom.

▲ volunteer n. 志愿者

Check-up

Use the correct form of the words in the box to complete the sentences.

be equivalent to, increasingly, strengthen, undergo, deny, run

1. When questioned by reporters, the film star _________ all of the rumours being said about him.

2. Since their food was bad, the customers decided to complain to the woman who _____ the restaurant.

3. The storm ____________ until it became a typhoon.

denied

run

strengthened

4. A mile ________________ 1609 kilometres.

5. The athlete ____________ many difficulties in his path to the Olympics.

6. Over time, the city grew _____________ larger, until it contained 7.2 million people.

is equivalent to

underwent

increasingly

be equivalent to, increasingly, strengthen, undergo, deny, run

He said that he liked rain very much

and that he wouldn’t use an umbrella

when it was raining.

No one knows whether it will be fine

tomorrow and whether he will come to

work.

Language points:

• Anyone with a sense of humour

and a desire to help others can apply.

e.g.

China is a country with a long history.

He married a woman with a large fortune.

She is a girl with blue eyes and golden hair.

Language points:

Exercises 同位语从句练习

II. Choose the best answer:

1. Where did you get the idea ________ I could not come ？

A. whether B. that C. if D. what

2. They were all very much worried over the fact ________ you were sick.

A. that B. if C. whether D. why

B

A

3. Along with the letter was his promise ________ he would visit me this coming Christmas.

A. which B. that C. what D. whether

4. He always works hard even if he knows the fact ________ he is not in good health. A. what B. whether C. if D. that

B

D

5. Some researchers believe that there is no doubt ________ a cure for AIDS will be

found. A. which B. what C. that D. whether

6. The question ________ the manager should resign must be decided soon. A. whether B. that C. when D. who

C

A