By Miss Gu

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1. Seeing the funny scene, the man roared with laughter.

He who laughs last laughs longest.

a laughable mistake laughing-gas laughing faces

他的話說完后,他們爆發出一陣大笑.

After his words, they burst into laughter//burst out laughing.

2. Eat more fruit: it is good for your health!// it will do you good.

He says he is leaving the country for good and all.

The matter is as good as settled.

Half of his goods were stolen.

3. The teacher agreed to the boy’s suggestion.

I agreed with him/what he said. I am in agreement with his opinion.

The weather here doesn’t agree with her. 這里的氣候不適合她.

Your story agreed with what I had already heard. 你講的情況和我聽到的一樣的.

We agreed to the plan he had made. He agreed to make a speech.

They agreed on a date for the next meeting. 他們就下次會議的日期達成了協議.

達成協議 reach/come to/arrive at an agreement

Do stay here for supper. Is it agreed? 一定留下吃晚飯， 說定了吧？

4. He has a good sense of humor. 他很有幽默感。

5. A stand-up comedian may tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience.

They responded quickly to the appeal from the government. 他們迅速回應了政府的呼應.

When asked, he made no response. ( didn’t answer)

Her cries for help met with no response.

Responses to our advertisement have been disappointing.

In response to complaints, the company reviewed its safety procedure.

Her proposals met with an enthusiastic response.

Management has granted a 10% pay rise in response to union pressure.

The tax cuts produced a favorable response from the public.

5. `我不喜歡你和你媽媽說話的方式。

I don’t like the way (that/in which) you talk to your mother.

他想出的解決問題的方法是很聰明的。

The way he thought of to solve the problem is a clever one.

6. The children queued up to get the tickets. (排隊)

We should not jump the queue at any place. (插隊)

8．live alive living lively

English is a living language. He has a lively imagination.

He has a special way to make his classes interesting and lively.

Let’s keep the fish alive. He is regarded as one of the best living writers at present.

We are watching the live coverage if the World Cup.

This evening there will be a live broadcast of the debate.

living expenses The injured man is living /alive. a lively boy

He failed to live up to his parents’ expectation.

I don’t like the noise, but I learnt to live with it./

Cattle live on grass while man live on wheat.

He has lived through two wars and three revolutions.

9. 克里斯托沒有講預先準備好的笑話，而是即興編了一個。

Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one.

She never goes out without making herself up first.

Farming and mining make up most of the country’s industry.

The committee is made up of seven members.

They quarreled with each other but soon made up.

We must make up for the lost time somehow.

He soon made up the lessons he had missed.

make up take up put up come up keep up be laid up look up

He took up cycling to keep healthy when he retired.

We must find a place where we can put up for the night?

We can look up the word in the dictionary.

If this rain keeps up, all the crops will be ruined.

I was laid up for six weeks with a very serious illness.

The teacher asked us to make up a dialogue.

Some interesting questions came up at our discussion.

She looked up his number in the phone book to make sure that she got it right.

10. People made fun of her because she wore such a strange hat.

Don’t be serious. He just played a trick on you just now.

Don’t play jokes on that poor girl.

11. We amused ourselves by watching the passers-by. (entertain/make..laugh/smile)

She looked at me in amusement.

To our great amusement, the teacher sang a funny song during the class.

12. Who acts the role of Hamlet?

He ran into the burning house and saved the child. That was really a brave act.

An act of Congress 美國的法案

選擇：

1. Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and ________ jokes.

A turning up B putting up C. making up D showing up

2. We went to Canada to travel and my cousin _________ as our guide.

A played B showed C acted D performed

3. Some aspects of a pilot’s job _________ be boring and pilots often ________ work at inconvenient hours.

A. can; have to B may; can C have to; may D ought to; must

4.----There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

----My goodness! I can’t imagine ______ that old.

A to be B be have been C being D having been

5. He _____ the insult _____ punch.

A. respond; in B. respond to; in C. respond; with D. respond to; with

6. The advertisement received quick ________.

A. response B. recognize C. reaction D. refuse

7. Stand-up ______ is special because the _____ may talk directly to audience members.

A. comedy; comedian B. comedies; comedians

C. comic; comedian D. comedian; comic

8. As you have seen, the value of a nation’s currency is a _____ its economy.

A. response B. revolution C. reaction D. reflection

9. The policeman _____ the thief saying that all these evidences ______ your guilt.

A. pointed to; pointed to B. pointed at, pointed at

C. pointed at, pointed to D. pointed to, pointed at

10. We ____ that the two strangers have been up to no good lately.

A. have pointed them out B. have pointed to them

C. have pointed out them D. have pointed out to them