内容正文:
Unit 5 On the road
Using language
by Ada
Using language
-ing as attributive
Attributive (定语):用来修饰、限定、说明名词或代词的品质与特征的成分。
种类:主要有形容词、名词、代词、数词、介词短语、动词不定式(短语)、分词、定语从句等相当于形容词的词、短语或句子作定语。
含义:汉语中常翻译为“……的”。
Using language
1. Look at the sentences from the interview and answer the questions.
-ing as attributive
a ...there were over 200,000 people reading my blog.
b I love to photograph the rising sun.
1 In sentence (a) who read the blog?
Over 200,000 people read the blog.
Using language
1. Look at the sentences from the interview and answer the questions.
-ing as attributive
a ...there were over 200,000 people reading my blog.
b I love to photograph the rising sun.
2 In sentence (b) what is rising?
The sun is rising.
Using language
1. Look at the sentences from the interview and answer the questions.
-ing as attributive
a ...there were over 200,000 people reading my blog.
b I love to photograph the rising sun.
3 When so we put the -ing form before the noun it modifies and when do we put it after?
If we use one single -ing form to modify a noun, we usually put it before the noun. If the -ing form plus other words is used to modify a noun, it is usually put after the noun.
Using language
Compare them with the following sentences and answer the questions.
a ...there were over 200,000 people reading my blog.
b I love to photograph the rising sun.
c ...there were over 200,000 people who read my blog.
d I love to photograph the sun that is rising.
-ing as attributive
Using language
Compare them with the following sentences and answer the questions.
4 What is the difference between the two groups of sentences?
The first group uses the -ing form as attributive while the second group uses attributive clauses.
-ing as attributive
Using language
Compare them with the following sentences and answer the questions.
5 Why does the author choose to use sentences (a) and (b) in the reading passage.
Because sentences using the -ing form as attributive are more concise(简洁的) and colloquia