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Unit 5
Working the land
Discover useful structures
- Subject Clause
Identify subject clauses,choose proper leading words and arrange correct word order of subject clauses,and follow the rule of Subject-Predicate Agreement (主谓一致) when using subject clauses.
2. Use subject clauses to write a paragraph about Prof. Yuan Long ping’s good qualities and great achievements.
By the end of the class, learners will be better able to
Learning Outcomes
What concerned Yuan most while he was young?
2. What did he choose to study in college?
-- What concerned Yuan most while he was young was that_______________________.
--What he chose to study was____________.
agriculture
Lead-in
farmers had poor harvests
Activity 1 Circle the subject in each sentence.
He considered himself a farmer.
Yuan’s innovation has helped to feed more people.
Using salty land in China for rice production was his latest vision.
How this could be done was a challenging question at the time.
What concerned Yuan Longping most was that farmers often had poor harvests.
When a sentence serves as subject, we call it Subject Clause.
Review and Explore
That Yuan Longping cared little for celebrity or money was true.
Whether it was possible to develop the hybrid rice was in debate.
Who will solve the soil problem is unknown.
Which one is the best to expand output is not clear.
When Yuan would retire to a life of leisure was never mentioned.
Where the hybrid rice can be planted is a question.
Why Yuan developed seawater rice was to feed more people.
Activity 2 Underline the subject clauses in these sentences and circle the leading words (引导词) of the subject clauses .
Observe and Analyze
Subordinating conjunctions
从 属 连 词
Conjunctional Pronouns
连 接 代 词
Conjunctional Adverbs
连 接 副 词
what, who, whom, whose, which
that, whether
when, where, how, why
Leading words (引导词) of subject clauses
(无意义)
(是否)
(不作成分)
(作主、宾、表、定语)
(均有各自意义)
(作状语,均有各自意义)
Classify and Summarize
Complete the following sentenc