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Unit 4 Period 2 Grammar & Vocabulary
【学习目标】
Learning Objectives
1 To know the usage of to-infinitive, -ing and -ed as predicative and use them correctly
2 To use compound adjectives correctly
【学习过程】
Learning activities
目标一: To know the usage of to-infinitive, -ing and -ed as predicative and use them correctly
Activity 1: Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
a Every artist’s wish is to create something that expresses an idea.
b He was particularly interested in the old story about a fish jumping through the “Dragon Gate”.
c Yang Liping’s passion is dancing.
1 Apart from nouns and adjectives, what other word forms can serve as predicative?
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2 Can “interested” in sentence (b) be replaced by “interesting”? Why or why not?
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Now look for more sentences with these structures in the reading passage, and summarise their uses in your own words.
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Activity 2: Analyse the groups of sentences. Summarise the usage of to-infinitive, -ing and -ed in each group.
Group 1:
My work is to clean the room every day.
My chief purpose is to point out the difficulties of the matter.
Every artist’s wish is to create something that expresses an idea.
Summary:
动词不定式作表语说明_____________________,表示具体的或将来的动作,还可以表示目的、结果、安排、命令、决求、劝告、意愿等。
当主语aim,duty,hope,idea,mistake,plan,purpose,suggestion等词或以这些词为中心词的名词词组时,动词不定式作表语表示主语的内容
Group 2:
One way for him to find inspiration is turning to his children’s toys.
Summary:
动词的-ing form作表语用来说明______________,表示主语的某种性质或状态。当与主语是同一概念的时候,主语与表语的住置可以替换,如:
上面的例句也可以替换为:
Turning to his children’s toys is on