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人教版(2019)必修三
Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations
Discovering Useful Structures
Describe festival activities
Learning objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. analyse and identify -ing forms as attribute and predicative;
2. grasp the usage of -ing form as attribute and predicative;
3. use -ing form as attribute and predicative to complete related
exercises;
4. apply -ing form as attribute and predicative to describe festival
activities.
Let’s discuss.
Lead-in
On New Year’s Eve, there are millions of people watching Spring Festival Gala with their families.
From pasting paper-cut to setting off fireworks, the whole experience is interesting.
What role do the -ing forms in these sentences?
-ing forms as attribute and predicative
These lanterns are amazing.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the shining moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes.
Families celebrating the Lunar New Year can enjoy exciting dragon dances and carnivals together.
Read the sentences below and discuss the functions and meanings of the italicised -ing form.
Presentation
the -ing form as the predicative
the -ing form as the attribute before the noun
the -ing form as the attribute after the noun and the -ing form as the attribute before the noun
I think the Rio Carnival would be the most exciting.
It’ll be too tiring to walk or dance for a long time in those shoes.
Another example is Halloween, which slowly became an exciting festival for children, in spite of its religious origins.
The first week was a little confusing.
Find more examples from the unit.
the -ing form as the predicative
the -ing form as the attribute before the noun
the -ing form as the predicative
the -ing form as the predicative
The -ing form as the predicative
1. 动词-ing形式作表语有时相当于名词,用于说明主语的内容,即主语等同于
表语,两者可互换。
My full-time job is teaching English, which means I make a living by teaching.
我的全职工作是教英语,这意味着我以教书为生。
2. 动词-ing形式作表语有时相当于形容词,用于说明主语的性质、特征和状态,
意为“令人……的”。动词-ed形式作表语有时相当于形容词,表示