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新牛津译林版高中英语必修三Unit 2 Natural Disasters
Grammar and Usage
Exploring the rules
Leading-in
What kind of natural disasters are connected with a strong storm?
Typhoon, hurricane, tornado …
What should people do during a strong storm?
Stay inside and close and lock all the windows and doors. Listen to the radio to keep informed of what is going on ...
Read the dialogue on Page 20 .
Anna is interviewing her teacher, Mr Li, about his experiences during a hurricane.
After reading, please answer the following questions.
Anna is interviewing her teacher, Mr Li, about his experiences during a hurricane.
1. How did Mr Li know that the hurricane was coming?
From the local news on TV.
2. What made Mr Li scared during the hurricane?
The power failure.
3. A hurricane is destructive. In what details can we know it is destructive in this text? Please find them out.
The road was blocked.
There may be the power failure.
Many huge trees lay across the street and water was seen everywhere.
There was a lot of damage and suffering.
4. What should we do when a hurricane hits?
First, we should stay inside, because going outside
during a hurricane is much too dangerous.
Second, we should prepare enough food and water to
last a whole week.
To-infinitives as attributives To-infinitives as adverbials of result
I was staying in Atlanta, and that was one of the cities to be hit. That morning, I turned on the TV for some local news, only to hear that a hurricane was on its way.
Task 2
Read the passage about an interview and complete the tasks (P20)
Find the sentences with to-infinitives
I looked out of the window, only to see huge trees lying across the street and water everywhere.
There was nothing for me to do.
I had enough food and water to last a whole week.
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Working out the rules
When the to-infintive is used as an attributive, it is often put (before/after) the noun or pronoun it modifies.
When the to-infintive is used as an adverbial of result, it can refer to an __