📖 Chaplin - A Great Master of Humour 卓别林——一位幽默大师
第 18 篇 · 共 40 篇 ｜ 高考词汇以 绿色 高亮，下方附释义
S1
Chaplin was an extraordinary performer who starred in and directed many outstanding comedies.
卓别林是一位非凡的演员，他主演并导演了许多杰出的喜剧片。
extraordinary 非凡的、出色的
star in 主演
outstanding 杰出的、出色的
comedy 喜剧
S2
Few were bored watching his moustache, his gestures or his entertaining reactions when chased by detectives.
看他那撮小胡子、他的手势，或者他被侦探追赶时那逗人的反应，很少有人会觉得无聊。
moustache 小胡子
gesture 手势、姿态
entertaining 逗人的、有趣的
detective 侦探
S3
Being drunk, sliding on a banana skin or whispering his own failures to nobody, he made us feel more content with our life without any verbal explanation.
无论是喝醉了、踩到香蕉皮滑倒，还是自言自语地说着自己的失败，他都能让我们对生活更加满足，而这不需要任何言语上的解释。
slide 滑倒、滑动
whisper 低声说、耳语
content 满足的
verbal 言语的、口头的
S4
His particular sense of humor has astonished everybody throughout the world up to now.
他那独特的幽默感至今仍让全世界的人惊叹不已。
particular 特别的、独特的
sense of humor 幽默感
astonish 使惊讶、使惊叹
throughout 遍及、贯穿
S5
In a small budget film, he played a badly-off and homeless person wearing worn-out shoes and messy clothes.
在一部小成本的影片里，他扮演一个穷困潦倒、无家可归的人，穿着破旧的鞋子和邋遢的衣服。
budget 预算（small-budget 小成本的）
badly-off 贫困的
homeless 无家可归的
worn-out 穿破的、磨旧的
S6
On one occasion, he was trapped by a snowstorm in a vast mountainous area.
有一次，他被一场暴风雪困在一片辽阔的山区里。
occasion 场合、时刻（on one occasion 有一次）
trap 困住、使陷入
snowstorm 暴风雪
vast 辽阔的、巨大的
S7
Though he overcame many difficulties, he wasn't fortunate enough.
尽管他克服了许多困难，他还是不够幸运。
overcome 克服
fortunate 幸运的
S8
With all the porridge eaten up, he picked out a shoe and boiled it to eat.
粥全部吃光以后，他挑出一只皮鞋，把它煮了来吃。
porridge 粥
eat up 吃光
pick out 挑出
boil 煮、煮沸
S9
He cut off the leather bottom and chewed it like a pancake.
他切下鞋的皮革底，像吃煎饼一样嚼了起来。
leather 皮革
chew 咀嚼
pancake 煎饼、薄饼
S10
According to an actress, his acting was so convincing and amusing that everybody couldn't help bursting into laughter.
据一位女演员说，他的表演如此令人信服又如此逗趣，以至于人人都忍不住大笑起来。
convincing 令人信服的
amusing 有趣的、逗笑的
burst into laughter 突然大笑起来