内容正文:
Unit 2 Natural disasters
Grammar and usage (II)
To-infinitives as attributives and adverbials of result
· 内容分析:
本板块围绕单元话题, 引导学生在关于“经历飓风”的采访中观察、识别、探究动词不定式做定语和结果状语的用法;在此基础上,让学生自主归纳出该语法项目的核心规则;随后通过句子和语篇两个层面的练习,巩固动词不定式做定语和结果状语的用法;最后要求学生使用动词不定式完成一段对话。
· 教学目标:
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. identify and categorize the use of to-infinitives as attributives and adverbials of result;
2. summarize general rules of to-infinitives as attributives and adverbials of result;
3. apply the rules and to use to-infinitives to complete or make sentences.
· 教学重难点:
1. To summarize the general rules;
2. To apply the rules correctly and properly.
· 教学过程:
Step 1 Homework checking
a. object b. object complement
c. attributive d. adverbial of purpose e. adverbial of result
______1. I’m sorry that I cannot come to your birthday party tomorrow as I have an important meeting to attend.
______ 2. She hurried to the cinema, only to find all the tickets had been sold out.
______ 3. I ask you to complete the task on your own.
______ 4. To reach the summit, we need a local guide.
______ 5. We must learn to walk before we can run.
______ 6. I’m afraid they will have a difficult decision to make.
______ 7. To avoid losing a good friend, you need to apologize as soon as possible.
______ 8. He left his hometown, never to be heard from again.
______ 9. We agreed to change our plan at the meeting.
______ 10. She invited me to watch a film.
Possible answers:
1. c 2. e 3. b 4. d 5. a
6. c 7. d; a 8. e 9. a 10. b
B1. Match the first half of the sentences below with the correct to-infinitives.
Possible answers:
1 e 2 c 3 d 4 b 5 a
B2. Complete the diary entry below using to-infinitives.
(1) to find books about hurricanes
(2) to find he was not in the office
(3) to attend
(4) to make PPT slides for my project
B3. Work in pairs and complete the conversation using to-infinitives.
(1) was actually the first to leave
(2) to ke