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UNIT 5
WORKING THE LAND
Subject clauses
learning objectives
By the end of the class will be able to
1.Understand the great contributions Yuan Longping made to Modern Chinese Agriculture and proper life pursuit in Profession.(育人价值)
2.Know the concept of subject clause including leading words, word order,the rule of Subject-Predicate Agreement, the usage of it used as formal subject and sentence patterns of subject clause.(学习理解+应用实践)
3.Do a brainstorm about Yuan Longping's good qualities and use subject clause to write a paragraph about Prof. Yuan Longping's good qualities and great achievements.(应用实践+迁移创新)
listening and speaking
①What concerned Yuan most while he was young?
②What did he choose to study in college?
①What concerned Yuan most while he was young?
②What did he choose to study in college?
What concerned Yuan most was that farmers often had poor harvests.
What he chose to study in college was agriculture.
Activity 1 Circle the subject in each sentence.
Review and Explore
He considers himself a farmer.
Yuan’s innovation had helped feed.
Using salty land in China for rice production was his latest vision.
How this could be done was a challenging question at that time.
What concerned Yuan most was that farmers often had poor harvests.
When a sentence serves as subject, we call it Subject Clause.
Activity 2 Underline the subject clauses in each sentences and circle the leading words of the subject clause
Observe and Analyze
That Yuan Longping cared little for celebrity or money was true.
Wheter it was possible to develop the hybrid rice was in debate.
Who will solve the crop problem is unknown.
What impresses people most about Yuan is his ongoing ability to fulfill his dream.
When Yuan’s dream will come true is never mentioned.
Where the hybrid rice can be planted is a question.
Why Yuan developed seawater rice was to feed more people.
How this could be done was a challenging question.
主语从句引导词
the leading words of subject clause
Subordinating conjunctions
从属连