A taste of English humour(Period 1 Reading)
when you are ill,you can’t taste properly.
the dish tastes delicious.
2.what does humour mean?
1)mean v. to have sth.as a meaning 意思是
e.g.what does this sentence mean?
the flash light means that you must stop.
what do you mean by that remark?
2)mean v.(mean doing sth.) to intend to indicate 意味著（必須要做某事或導致某種結果）
e.g.being a student means studying hard.
in some parts of london,missing a bus means waiting for another hour.
3)mean v.(mean to do sth.) to have as a purpose or an intention打算做……
e.g.what do you mean to do with it?
i had meant to come over to see you last night,but i had an unexpected visitor.
4)be meant for 打算給予;打算作……用
e.g.these rooms are meant for the children’s center
3.do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin,bumping into someone else round a corner?
find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin中,find后面跟復合結構n,用it代替不定式,it作形式賓語，能用于這種結構的詞還有feel，think,make,consider等。
e.g.do you find it easy to solve the problem in this way?
i don’t think it possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.
do you consider it necessary to do the experiment once again?
we have made it a rule not smoke in the office.
4.perhaps it makes us feel more content with our life because we feel there is someone else worse off than ourselves.
1)content n.(often contents) sth.contained in sth.所容納之物,內容,目錄;(often content)the subject matter of a written or spoken work,such as a book,magazine or a speech.
e.g.the drawer had been emptied its contents.
she hadn’t read the letter and also was unaware of the contents.
at the front of book is a table of contents,giving details of what is in the book.
the content of your essay is excellent,but it’s not very well expressed.
i like the style of her writing but i don’t like the content.
2)content adj.satisfied,happy,not wanting more 滿意的;滿足的
e.g.the old granny is content to live in the small village alone.
are you content with your present salary?
she is quite content to stay at home,looking after her children.
3)content v.to make content or satisfied使……滿意或滿足
e.g.we should never content ourselves with book knowledge only.
he contented himself with one piece of cake.
4)worse off 是badly off 的比較級形式,in a poor position,esp.financially境況比……更差;better off 是well off 的比較級形勢,in a better position境況比……較好
e.g.they are too badly off to have a holiday.
we should not complain about being poor—many people were much worse off.