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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Period 3
Discovering Useful Structures
Warming-up
Read the lyrics of the song That’s why you go away, and underline all the relative clauses.
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Love is one big illusion I should try to forget
But there is something left in my head
You are the one who set it up
Now you are the one to make it stop
I’m the one who is feeling lost right now.
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Observing
Underline the restrictive relative clauses in the following sentences.
1. The Tangshan earthquake was a terrible experience that my great-grandma cannot forget.
2. The couple who live next to us volunteered to help after the volcano erupted.
3. The supplies which were provided to the disaster area were collected from around the country.
4. Mr Li is an architect whose designs for the new town have won praise.
5. A doctor with whom James used to work died in the 2016 earthquake in Ecuador.
Translate the sentences into Chinese. Think about which noun is modified by the relative clause and the function of the restrictive relative clauses.
1. The Tangshan earthquake was a terrible experience that my great-grandma cannot forget.
2. The couple who live next to us volunteered to help after the volcano erupted.
3. The supplies which were provided to the disaster area were collected from around the country.
4. Mr Li is an architect whose designs for the new town have won praise.
5. A doctor with whom James used to work died in the 2016 earthquake in Ecuador.
唐山大地震对于我曾祖母而言是一段无法忘记的痛苦经历。
住在我们隔壁的那对夫妇在火山爆发后去做了志愿者。
向灾区提供的补给品是从全国募集而来的。
李先生对于新城的设计已经获得了赞誉。
一位与James一起工作过的医生在2016年厄瓜多尔地震中牺牲了。
Observing
Can you find more sentences with restrictive relative clauses from the text on Page 50?
1. There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls. (Para 1)
2. Eleven kilometres directly below the city, one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun, a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing. (Para 2)
3. Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured.