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Unit 6 The Media
Lesson 1
Grammer Focus
1
Exploring
1. … it is safe to say that great films may be made from not particularly
good books. (lines 5-6)
to say that great films may be made from not particularly good books
2. It allowed the previously unfilmable to become a reality. (lines 28-29)
CGI technology
Find the following sentences in the article. What does “it” refer to in each situation?
3. … it is the book writer who is in the best position to do film
adaptations. (lines 30-31)
the book writer
4. … find it difficult to adapt to a new form. (lines 33-34)
to adapt to a new form
5. … it is clear that viewers will not be disappointed! (line 38)
viewers will not be disappointed
Exploring
1. … it’s normal to have high expectations when a film … (line 2)
to have high expectations
2. … it becomes a question for screenwriters to decide what is appropriate for
the screen and what to leave out. (lines 13-14)
to decide what is appropriate for the screen and what to leave out
3. … it is always a bad idea to watch a film of a book you love. (line 39)
to watch a film of a book you love
Find more sentences with “it” in the article. What does each of them refer to?
Exploring
Work out the functions of “it”
Working out
Presentation
Part 1
人称/非人称代词
Part 2
形式主语
Part 3
形式宾语
Part 4
强调句型
It做人称/非人称代词
It是一个第三人称单数代词,指代谈到的人或物。
用法
1. It is a beautiful day here and I am sitting under the big tree. (指天气)
2. It’s my birthday in two weeks’ time and I’ll be 82 years old! (指时间)
3. I love spring. It’s a wonderful time of the year. (指季节)
4. It’s less than 100 kilometers from here to Jinan. (指距离)
5. There is a knock on the door. It must be the postman. (指未确定身份的人)
6. If you do the same thing over and over again, you begin to do it automatically.
(指代前半句的same thing)
Working out
It做形式主语
由于主语从句过长,为了避免头重脚轻,常常用it做形式主语,而把主语从句放在句末。
1. It is clear / obvious /