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Unit 3 book 4 1.up to now up to now 直到现在；到目前为止（通常与现在完成时连用） 同义短语so far，by now, till/until now Up to now, no one has made comments on this matter. I have heard nothing from him up to now. 2. content [ktent] adj.满足的；满意的 content adj. 满足的；心满意足的:be (feel)content/satisfied with以……为满足……；be well content to do sth.非常乐意做某事 Don’t be content with such a small success反义词：discontent 2) vt. 使满足content作动词时： content oneself with 满意于；满足于；’d better not content yourself with such a small success. 3) n. 满足 “满足；满意”，n.[u]满足；to one’ s heart’ s content 尽情地；心满意足地 还有“容量；题材；内容；”的意思。 书的目录； 3. performer n.表演者，演出者→perform v.表演；做，履行，执行（carry out） →performance n.表演，履行，成绩 4. astonish v.使惊讶→astonishing adj.令人惊讶的 astonished adj.感到惊讶的→astonishment n.惊讶 be astonished/surprised at / by 对……感到惊讶/know/learn 听到/看到/得知… 很吃惊。 astonished adj. (人) 惊讶的 astonishing adj. 令人惊讶的 astonishment n to one’s astonishment 令人感到惊讶的是n.幸运，运气；财产Everyone is the architect of his own fortune. Laziness is a spring of ill fortune. He dreamed of making a fortune. 6. badly off badly off 穷的；处境差；缺少的（for sth） 比较级：worse off境况更差，更穷困 反义词：well off富裕，处境好（比较级：better off境况更佳） I am quite badly off recently. 最近我经济上很拮据。 His health is worse off than before. 他的身体比以前更糟糕。 【联想拓展】go from bad to worse 越来越差，每况愈下 get worse and worse越来越差，每况愈下 7. entertain 【知识归纳】entertain vt. vi. 使欢乐, 招待, 款待 He entertain us for hours with his story and joke. 他给我们讲故事、说笑话，让我们高兴了好几小时。 We were all entertained by his humorous stories. 他的幽默故事使我们大家都很开心。 They often entertained their friends at weekends. 他们常在周末招待朋友。 I don’t entertain very often. 我不常在家请客. 【联想拓展】entertaining adj. 使人愉快的，有趣的： his entertaining silent movies他那逗乐的无声电影， an entertaining story/guest一个有趣的故事/客人。 entertainment n.款待，请客；娱乐，消遣 throughout 1)throughout prep.遍及, 贯穿 It rained throughout the night. 雨下了一整夜。 Words and images are being sent throughout the world by  文字和图像正通过移动电话传遍全世界。 常见的搭配有： throughout the day 整天　??throughout one’s life 终生throughout history 在整个历史上　??through