Unit 6 At One With Nature Using language 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Using language Attributive clauses introduced by a preposition + whom/which 新外研必修Book 1 Unit 6 At one with nature The Longji Rice Terraces Why did the local Zhuang and Yao people build the Longji Rice Terraces ? What do the local people think of the Longji Rice Terraces today? Analyse the sentences from the reading passage. 1. What do "which" and "whom" refer to in each sentence? 2. Why do we use prepositions before "which" and "whom" ? a ...they could increase the areas in which they could grow rice. b ...these terraces still mean a lot to the local people for whom traditions hold much value. ...the areas in which they could grow rice they could grow rice in which (the areas) ...the local people for whom traditions hold much value traditions hold much value for whom (the local people) Because “which” and “whom” serve as the object of the action phrases that end with a preposition. 3. In sentence (a), can we replace "in which" with "where" without changing the meaning? a … they could increase the areas in which they could grow rice. b … these terraces still mean a lot to the local people for whom traditions hold much value. c ... they could increase the areas. They could grow crops in these areas. d ... these terraces still mean a lot to the local people. Traditions hold much value for them. 4. What is the difference between the two groups of sentences? a&b both contain an attributive clause defining a noun. c&d consist of a pair of simple sentences, with one defining a noun in the other sentence in each pair. 1 2 Sentences with attributive clauses are well-structured and sound more logical, making the passage clearer and stress the people/things being defined. 1. These terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to ______ Guangxi is home. 2. But perhaps what is most significant is the way in ______ people have worked in harmony with nature to make these terraces and grow rice. 3. This forms clouds from ________ ra