内容正文:
Sentences
with Inanimate Subjects
无灵主语句 灵动生新意
Lead-in
How to express
joy ?
Joy wells up inside her.
Her eyes sparkle with pleasure.
Her face lights up with delight.
Her heart pounds with excitement .
Sentence with Inanimate Subject(无灵主语句)
用无生命的事物做主语(无灵主语inanimate subject),如:表示抽象概念、心理感觉、事物名称或时间地点等,但谓语却常常使用“有灵动词”(animate verb),常带有拟人化的修辞色彩。
Definition
Night approaching, darkness ruled the forest.
无灵主语 +
有灵动词
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People are suffering from poverty.
Poverty is still killing people.(模块10 U1)
2. At dawn, the little boy was still working.
Dawn saw the little boy still working. (全国卷II)
3. She began to speak and seemed to have much to say. Words began to flood out of her. (江苏卷)
◆The year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of
the founding of the Communist Party of China.
(China Daily)
Comparison
To develop objectivity(客观)
To add to the vividness(生动)
To achieve concision(简洁)
无灵主语五大种类
(Observe & Summarize)
Try to find out the characteristics of the Subjects in the following sentences :
Different Types
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Summary 1:
主语是_______________名词
常见的谓语:seize, choke, flood, give way to, desert, tear 等。
Group 1:
1. Panic seized her.
2. Despair choked her words.
3. A great sense of relief flooded over him.
情感状态等抽象
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Group 2:
Liuyang has witnessed great changes in recent years.
2. The following year saw the death of his mother.
3. The town boasts a beautiful lake(以…为荣).
Summary 2 :
主语是表示___________名词
常见的谓语:witness, find, see, boast等
地点或时间
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Group 3:
1.The thick fog blanketed the field.
2. An earthquake came like a thief in the night,without warning.
3.The rain prevented tourists from enjoying the full moon.
Summary 3 :
主语是表示_________等名词
常见谓语:blanket, come, bring, prevent, strike, hit, threaten 等
自然现象
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Group 4:
1. Her face lit up/brightened when I gave her the present.
2. Laughter lingered around the room.
3.