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Unit 5
Using Language—
Grammar
什么是非谓
语动词啊?
“非谓语非谓语”,就是不能直接作谓语的动词呗!
非谓语动词都有哪些呢?
不定式
V-ing形式
V-ed形式
它们在句中不能作谓语,那能作什么成分呢?
让我们来读一些句子,总结一下吧!
a. Today, architects continue to explore ways to capture the beauty of natural forms, …
b. … it appears to float above the waterfront promenade and the water that surrounds it.
c. Visitors are often amazed to find themselves in an urban building that so truly captures the beauty of natural forms.
d. Creating buildings such as these enables us to live in closer harmony with our environment.
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
Look at the “to do” structures in sentences (a) and (b). Do they serve the same function in each sentence?
In sentence (c), is the -ed form used as an adjective or a past participle?
Why does the author use the -ed form other than the -ing form?
Object
Predicative
Subject
Adjective
The author wants to describe the visitors' feeling, so the -ed form is used.
What is the function of the -ing form in sentence (d)?
Now let's read more examples.
Non-finite forms can be used as subject, object and predicative.
People whose interest is exploring the relationship between art and science will enjoy Singapore's ArtScience Museum.
2. To use biomimicry is to create structures based on natural forms and processes.
3. Visitors are often amazed to find themselves in an urban building that so truly captures the beauty of natural.
4. To meet the needs of today while protecting the world of tomorrow may be a challenge, but even the simplest organisms can help teach us how to achieve this.
1. People whose interest is _________ (explore) the relationship between art and science will enjoy Singapore's ArtScience Museum.
2. _______ (use) biomimicry is ________ (create) structures based on natural forms and processes.
3. Visitors are often ________ (amaze) to find themselves in an urban building that so truly captures the beauty of natural.
4. ________ (meet) the needs of today wh