内容正文:
Unit 1 Food matters
Grammar and usage (II)
To-infinitives as subjects and predicatives
· 内容分析:
本板块围绕单元话题,引导学生在有关“外出就餐和在家做饭”的语篇中观察、探究动词不定式做主语和表语的用法,并自主归纳其核心规则;再让学生通过句子、语篇两个层面练习巩固所学、内化新知。
· 教学目标:
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. identify the use of to-infinitives as subjects and predicatives;
2. work out the rules of to-infinitives used as subjects and predicatives;
3. use the right forms of to-infinitives to finish tasks of rewriting sentences and completing a magazine article;
4. apply to-infinitives in new situations.
· 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 Revision
· 动词不定式作主语
1. 动词不定式具有名词特征,可充当主语。(做主语时谓语动词用单数形式)
To see is to believe.
眼见为实。
To say is one thing and to do is another.
说是一回事,做又是另一回事。
注:单个不定式作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式;两个及以上不定式作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式;但作为一个整体时,谓语动词用单数形式。
到哪里去度假以及何时去度假还没有决定。
Where to go on a holiday and when to go for the holiday ______ (decide).
到哪里去,何时去度假还没有决定。
Where and when to go on a holiday________ (decide).
答案:
have not been decided
has not been decided
2. 动词不定式句子的主语时可以用形式主语it代替,将不定式置于句末,平衡句子结构。
It is a shame to litter.
乱扔垃圾可耻
It is a privilege to meet you.
认识你很荣幸
3. it 作为形式主语时,常见句型。
It + be +adj. + (for sb) to do sth (adj 修饰物)
It + be +adj. + (of sb) to do sth (adj 修饰人)
It + be + n. + to do sth
It takes/ took/ will take sb some time/money to do sth
4. 动词不定式句子的主语时, 若其后面需要用动词作表语时,则作表语的动词也最好使用不定式形式,保持形式一致 (to do is to do)
To save me is to save yourself.
救我也是救你自己。
动词不定式句子的主语时, 会有时态、语态的变化。
It is a great honor for me to be invited here today.
今天我很荣幸被邀请到这里。
Her birthday party is to be held next Friday.
她的生日将于下周五举行。
· 动词不定式作表语
1. 动词不定式做表语直接用在系动词之后,起解释说明的作用,其主语通常是 aim, ambition, dream, duty, goal, idea, intention, plan, purpose, task, way, wish等表示意向、打算、计划的词。
Her wish is to be a teacher.
她的愿望是当一名教师。
The duty of soldiers is to defend their country.
军人的职责是保卫祖国。
2. 动词不定式做表语用在seem, appear, remain, prove, turn out等之后:
Several problems remain to be settled.
有几个问题有