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XB3U4 grammar usage
Appositive clauses
Identify the use of appositive clauses
Work out the rules of appositive clauses
Use appositive clauses to finish related tasks
Talk about heritage protection using appositive clauses
Learning Objectives
Lead in
Read the article on P48 out loud
How were the Abu Simble temples saved from the rising waters?
An international team worked together to take the
temples apart, moved their parts to a new location and then put them back together. They eventually managed to relocate all the Abu Simbel temples without incident.
Phrases
There are divisions among historians over…
be under serious threat
cause widespread concern among sb
sb have no idea/clue whether
put together a team of architects
take the temples apart
There is no guarantee that
demonstrate the power of international cooperation in times of crisis
heritage preservation
关于…历史学家之间存在分歧
受到严重威胁
在…之间引起广泛担忧
不知道…是不是…
召集一队建筑学家
拆除寺庙
不能保证…
证明了危机时刻国际团队的合作力量
文化遗产保护
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Tips: A noun clause is a type of dependent clause that performs a nominal function.
In grammar, an appositive is a word, phrase, or clause that supports another word, phrase, or clause by describing or modifying the other word, phrase, or clause.
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Find the sentences with appositive clauses and fill in the box on P48 following the example tips given
…they had no idea whether the temples could be saved from the rising waters.
Some experts, however, had a feeling that it was possible.
At first, they had no idea which way could work.
There was no guarantee that it would work.
Furthermore, the experts had no clue whether any parts of the temples would break during transport.
…,but we have the belief that we will need this kind of cooperation in heritage preservation.
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Work out the rules
that
whether
which, what, why…
truth, problem, question, advice, suggestion, solution,belief
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Read and compare the following pair of sentences
The news that he told us at the meeting made us excited.
The news that Mary