Words and Phrases
❖ sense of humour
—— ability to be amused. Eg: Our teacher has a wonderful sense of humour.
❖be bound up with
—— be closely connected to
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Question
What is the basis of ‘ sick humour ’ ?
It is usually based on tragic situation, such as violent death or serious accidents.
Days passed, and nothing more was said about the roast pig.
Finally the teacher said to the boy: I thought your father was going to send me over some roast pig.
❖ dread
—— fear, but greater degree and usually stress something which is about to happen. dread doing sth dread+ that subordinate clause
Eg: I’m dreading telling him the truth. I dread that I may never see you again.
Eg: His character is very much bound up with his
childhood experience. The welfare of individual is bound up with the
welfare of the community.
❖be based on
very distasteful.
❖ pester
—— annoy or disturb sb pester sb for sth / pester sb to do sth
Eg: There were beggars pestering the tourists for
money. My son always pesters me to buy him sweets.
—— Use something as grounds, evidence, etc for something else.
Eg: His novel is based on his experience. This book is based on historical facts.
❖universal: commonplace
Console yourself—it could be worse.
❖chance: possibility
Eg: Her chances of survival are good.
It was the chance he had been waiting for .
There’s a good （some/little/no）chance that……
Yes, said the boy, he did intend to, but the pig got well.
Joke 2: Two birds
Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow （燕子）, the other is sparrow（麻雀）. Now who can tell us which is which?
Joke 1:Good wishes
One day a boy came to his teacher and said: teacher, my father wants to know if you like roast pig.
I certainly do, said the teacher, and you tell your father he is very kind to think of me.
Eg: Food is a topic of almost universal interest.
❖appeal: attraction
Eg: His songs usually have wide appeal.
❖stem from
Eg: Their argument stemmed from a
❖take heart
—— become encouraged or more confident ‘ heart ’ here means hope or courage.
❖ console
—— give comfort or sympathy to sb who is unhappy or disappointed.
Eg: I tried to consБайду номын сангаасle her with a box of chocolates.
I was consoling her on breaking up with her boyfriends.
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer. Teacher: Please tell us. Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.
misunderstanding.
❖come in to fashion
Eg: When did mini-skirts into fashion?
❖distasteful: unpleasant, disagreeable
Eg: He found the subject of their conversation