Unit 8 Role Models of the Times Garmmar&Vocabulary 课件2023-2024学年高二上学期 中职英语高教版（2021）基础模块3

- Unit 8 - Role Models of the Times Grammar & Vocabulary 1 Contents Part 1 Grammar Part 2 Vocabulary Part 3 Homework Part 1 Grammar Grammar I’ll do what I can to protect people, like Ren Changxia. Yuan set world records in hybrid rice yields in 1999, 2005, 2011 and 2017, providing a solution to worldwide hunger. One of them is Yuan Longping, known as the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. Having done nearly 200 experiments, they finally succeeded in getting artemisinin. Look at the phrases in bold. What are the functions of each of them in the sentence? 4 Grammar Infinitive phrases (to do) can act like adverbs and modify a verb. Usually, when an infinitive phrase is functioning as an adverb, it explains the why of the verb. I need to study for the exam. Infinitives The infinitive “to study” functions as an adverb, modifying the verb “need”. 5 Grammar I woke up early to study. She worked hard to finish the project. He exercises daily to stay healthy. He bought flowers to apologize to his girlfriend. We went to the concert to see our favorite band. More examples: 6 Grammar The present participle is formed by adding -ing to the base form of a verb. It expresses ongoing action or state of being and can be used as an adjective. walking the dog at midnight. v-ing form Our parents found us The entire present participle phrase “walking the dog at midnight” modifies the pronoun us, describing what they were doing when their parents found them. 7 Grammar Rising out of the sea in front of us, the sun started to warm our faces. Peering over the top of his glasses, her tutor shook his head. Swimming in the lake, the fish were happy. Waiting for his friend to arrive, Pedro answered emails on his phone. More examples: 8 Grammar Unlike with present participle phrases, the noun with a past participle phrase (v-ed) is receiving the action, not doing it. Lucy usually returns compliments. v-ed form Known for his kindness Keep in mind that Lucy is not doing the action of knowing; inst