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阅读进阶 Graded Reading
在前两期中,我们知道要读懂一个句子的大意,不需要读每一个字,只需要找到句子中的关键词。关键词有两种:一种是结构性关键词,另一种是内容性关键词。在这一期,我们将学习结构性关键词的一个核心内容:谓语动词。
句子中的结构关键词之一:谓语动词
在一个英语句子中,可能有多个动词出现,但只有一个词是谓语动词。这个词通常表示动作的主体,也就是主语的主要动作。
请看下面5个句子。红色字体为谓语动词。
1. Do you speak English?
2. I love my school.
3. It takes me two hours to get there.
4. I have milk and bread for breakfast.
5. I play computer games every weekend.
显然,这些句子中的谓语动词是句子的核心成分,也就是句子中的关键词。阅读一个句子时,如果你能迅速地辨认出句子的谓语动词,就基本上把握了句子的核心意思。
小练习
找出下面8个句子中的谓语动词。
1. It gets over 20 million times’ views.
2. Many things change.
3. You will grow up.
4. You may leave your hometown.
5. We want to tell you what China looks like now.
6. The movie came back this summer holiday.
7. Less and less Chinese people write Chinese characters.
8. The new season also has other changes.
你找到这些句子的谓语动词了吗?如果你同时在学习我们的微技能写作系列,你也可以分析一下这些谓语动词的词性和他们的句式。
我们虽然知道谓语动词的词性不是寻找关键词的核心,但如果熟悉了一个动词的词性,这将会很快找到与谓语动词相关联的关键词。比如,一个及物动词后面一定会直接跟一个名词。这个名词,通常也会是句子的关键词。而一个不及物动词通常不会直接跟一个名词。如果要跟名词的话,就需要一个介词。而这个介词,通常不是句子的关键词。下面我们分别以上面几个句子为例来分析这两种情况。
1)及物动词+名词
It gets over 20 million times’ views.
You may leave your hometown.
Less and less Chinese people write Chinese characters.
2)不及物动词+(介词)+(名词)[来源:学科网]
You will grow up.
The movie came back this summer holiday.
He goes to school on foot everyday.
同学们现在有没有对谓语动词是句子的核心结构词或是结构关键词有点体会了呢?
下面是前一期我们要大家做过的关键词阅读练习,请你体会谓语动词在句子中的作用。
Do you want to have a great seventh grade? Here are some tips:
1. Always be yourself. Don’t care too much about what other people think of you.
2. Always have a small group of best friends.
3. Always put your study in the first place. There are many interesting things in the seventh
grade! But don’t forget your study!
4. Have fun!
写作进阶 Graded Writing
同学们,在上一期,我们初步学习了英语问句的构成。这一期,我们将系统地学习一般疑问句和特殊疑问句的构成以及回答。
一般疑问句和特殊疑问句
请大家先看下面的几个简单对话,并回答问题。
A: Do you speak English?
B: Yes, I do. But only a little.
A: Are you a student of Grade 7?
B: Yes, I am.
A: Where are you from?
B: I am from China.
A: How do you do?
B: How do you do?[来源:学科网