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The Attributive Clause
StepⅠ. Greetings & Lead in (5’)
T: Class begins.
S1: Stand up.
Ss: Good morning, Ms Li.
T: Good morning, boys and girls.
It’s a nice day, right? First, let’s listen to a popular song, called She. While listening, please pay attention to the lyrics. Now I’m gonna play it for you. If you can sing it, sing along. ( Play the short video.)
Oh, it’s a nice song, isn’t it? Now, let’s look at the lyrics on the screen. Please pay attention to the red sentences, such as “ that you never forget”. What do we use this sentence to describe?
S1: We use this sentence to describe the word “the one”.
T: And the next red sentence?
S1:We use the sentence “you met” to describe “the heaven-sent angel”.
T: And the last red sentence, we use it to describe or define “ the reason”, right ? What kind of sentences are they?
Ss: They are attributive clauses.
T: Yeah. Today, we’ll review Grammar----The Attributive Clause.
OK, now let’s look at the objectives of this lesson. By the end of this lesson, you will be able :
1. to consolidate(巩固) the basic usage of relative pronouns & adverbs
2. to understand and apply the special usage of “that, which, as”
3. to use the attributive clause in actual contexts
4. to know some methods of learning English, strengthen your confidence and have perseverance to conquer English
But what is an attributive clause?
First, let’s look at a sentence----He is an international student. In this sentence, we use “international” to describe “student”, “international” is an adjective, right? So, we can say that the adjective acts as attribute. Clear? Next sentence----He is a student who studies computer science in Tsinghua University. The yellow part is a clause, not a word, right? We use a clause to describe the noun “student”. So we can say that the clause acts as attribute. So, an attributive clause is a sentence that acts as attribute to describe a noun or a pronoun.
Now look at the sentence on the screen.(He is a student who studies com