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Unit 4 Meeting the muse
Period 2 Using language
Step 1: to-infinitive, -ing and -ed as predicative
Activity 1: Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
a. Every artist's wish is to create something that expresses an idea.
b. He was particularly interested in the old story about a fish jumping through the “Dragon Gate”.
c. Yang Liping's passion is dancing.
1 Apart from nouns and adjectives, what other word forms can serve as predicative?
Apart from nouns and adjectives,to-infinitive, -ing and -ed can serve as predicative.
2 Can “interested”in sentence (b) be replaced by “interesting”? Why or why not?
No, it can't. Because “interested” usually indicates a person's interest in something while “interesting” usually indicates something making a person interested. In sentence (b), the subject is “he”, which refers to a person.
1动词不定式形式作表语时表示的动作往往是具体的、一次性的动作,特别是将来的动作。通常主语是表示“目的,愿望,梦想,需求”等的名词(aim, duty, hope, idea, happiness, job, plan, problem, purpose, thing, wish)或what引导的主语从句。Every artist’s wish is to create something that express an idea.
2动词-ing形式作表语时表示一般性、习惯性的动作,或抽象的动作,大部分时候主语与表语可互换。例如One way for him to find inspiration is turning to his children's toys. = Turning to his children's toys is one way for him to find inspiration.
动词-ing形式作表语还可以表示主语具有的特征和属性。例如:The news is really exciting. (这个消息真令人振奋。)
3动词-ed形式作表语,表示主语(人和事物)的被动关系或存在状态或情感情绪。动词-ed表达情绪或心理状态时,相当于形容词,意为“感到……”,修饰人。
Excited look/face/expression/sound/voice/tears/smile 激动的神情/表情/声音/泪水/笑容
Acticity2: Underline the predicatives.
to see
tired
determined
called
sure
there
amazing
wide
parted
1.强调句It was/is+强调部分+that(人/who)+剩下部分;去掉”It was/is…that…”成分完整。
2.非谓语做后置定语,相当于who were waiting…,在这里现在分词形式表进行
3.look over one’s shoulder 回头看
4.虚拟语气,好像她要讲话一样,对将来的虚拟,从句可用were(about)to do ; did; should do.
Activity 3 fill the blanks.
Chinese artist Wu Guanzhong is 1. known(know)for his paintings using oils and also for those using the more traditional Chinese method of ink. According