Unit3 A taste of English humour
答案: ①entertaining himself with ② there are; entertainments ③ for entertainment
3. failure
n.［u］失敗；［c］失敗的經歷；失敗的人或事
i became successful after many failures.
在多次失敗后，我終于成功了。
the new restaurant was a failure and soon closed.
那家新飯店經營不善,不久便關門了。
聯想拓展
反義詞：success n.成功；成功的人或事
fail v. 失�。徊患案�
fail in 失��；不及格；不足；缺乏
fail to do sth. （表示否定）未能做某事；沒有
i failed to persuade him. 我沒能說服他。
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完成句子 （原創）
①at last, he was （了不起的成功者）, while she was （失敗者）.
②i （不能）see why you find it so amusing.
答案: ① a great success；a failure ② fail to
4. convince
vt. 使確信；使信服
常用結構：
be convinced/sure of sth./that確信；堅信
convince sb. to do sth. 說服某人做某事
convince sb. of sth./that 使某人相信……
we convinced anne to go by train rather than plane.
我們說服安妮乘火車而不是乘飛機去。
it’s hard to convince my family that we can’t afford a new car. 很難讓我的家人相信我們買不起新車。
聯想拓展
convincing adj. 有說服力的；令人信服的
convinced adj. 感到信服的；相信的
convincible adj.可被說服的，可喻之以理的
be convinced of sth./that 相信……
i am convinced of his honesty. 我對他的誠實深信不疑。
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單項填空 （原創）
①it will be very difficult to them our innocence.
a. convince; of b. believe; in