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Section Ⅲ Discovering Useful Structure
La Tomatina is a festival that takes place in the Spanish town Buñol every August.I think many food festivals are ①boring because people are just eating.However,this festival is ②interesting because people don't actually eat the tomatoes.Instead,they throw them at each other!The number of people ③taking part in this tomato fight can reach up to 20,000,and it is a very ④ exciting fight that lasts for a whole hour.The ⑤ amazing thing is how clean Buñol is after the tomatoes are washed away after the fight.This is because the juice from tomatoes is really good for making surfaces clean!
1.加黑部分①②在句中作表语。
2.加黑部分③④⑤在句中作定语,分别修饰名词people,fight和thing。
动词ing形式作定语和表语
动词ing形式分为动名词和现在分词两类。动名词兼有动词和名词的特征和作用,在句中作主语、宾语、表语和定语;现在分词兼有动词、形容词和副词的特征,在句中作定语、表语、补足语和状语。本单元主要学习动词ing形式作定语和表语的用法。
一、动词ing形式作定语
单个动词ing形式作定语,常放在被修饰词前作前置定语;动词ing短语作定语,常放在被修饰词后作后置定语。
1.动名词作定语,表示被修饰词的某种功能或用途,相当于由for构成的介词短语。
①a reading room=a room for reading 阅览室
②a walking stick=a stick for walking 拐杖
2.现在分词作定语,它和被修饰词之间有逻辑上的主谓关系,表示所修饰词正在进行的动作,相当于一个定语从句。
①a rolling stone=a stone that is rolling
一块滚石
②The man speaking to the teacher is our monitor's father.
→The man who is speaking to the teacher is our monitor's father.
正与老师说话的那个人是我们班长的父亲。
【点拨】 现在分词、过去分词和不定式作定语的一般区别:
现在分词表示正在进行或习惯性的动作;过去分词表示被动或完成意义;不定式表示动作尚未发生。
①You should adapt to the changing situation.
你应该适应不断变化的形势。
②The ground is covered with fallen leaves.
地上满是落叶。
③I'm looking for a room to live in.
我正在找房子住。
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同义句转换
①The taxi that took us to the airport broke down.
→The taxi taking us to the airport broke down.
②The boy playing football on the playground is my younger brother.
→The boy that/who is playing football on the playground is my younger brother.
③That was an experience that frightened everyone.
→That was a frightening experience.
二、动词ing形式作表语
1.现在分词作表语,往往具有形容词的性质,说明主语的性质、特征和状态等。作表语的现在分词,许多是由能够表示人们某种感情或情绪的动词变化而来的。常见的有moving,interesting,encouraging,exciting,inspiring,boring,surprising,puzzling,amusing,astonishing,这类分词有“令人……的”的含义,常修饰物。
The problem which he met in the new school was quite puzzling.
他在新学校遇到的问题很令人费解。
【点拨】 动词ing形式与动词ed形式作表语的区别:
动词ing形式用于说明主语的特征,意为“令人……的”;动词ed形式表示主语所处的状态,意为“感到……的”。常用的动词ing形式及动词ed形式有:
动词ing形式
动词ed形式
interesting有趣的
interested感兴趣的
exciting令人激动的
excited感到激动的
disappointing
令人失望的
disappointed
感到失望的
encouraging令人鼓舞的
encouraged 感到鼓舞的
pleasing令人愉快的
pleased感到愉快的
puzzling令人费解的
puzzled感到费解的
satisfying令人满意的
satisfied感到满意的
surprising令人惊异的
surprised感到惊异的
worrying令人担心的
worried感到担心的
①The news was very exciting.After hearing the news, we felt quite excited.
这个消息是令人兴奋的,听完这个消息我们感到非常兴奋。
②How disappointed I was when I heard the disappointing news!
当我听到这个令人失望的消息时,我是多么失望!
2.动名词作表语,用于说明主语的内容,主语和表语在概念上必须一致,两者可互换。主语一般只限于表示工作、任务,如duty, job, task 和精神态度,如wish, happiness等的抽象名词。
①Her job is keeping the lecture hall as clean as possible.
→Keeping the lecture hall as clean as possible is her job.
她的工作是尽量保持报告厅干净。
②Her duty is taking care of the babies.
→Taking care of the babies is her duty.
照看婴儿是她的职责。
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用所给词的正确形式填空
①Mr Chen was satisfied (satisfy) with my answer.
②Some people believe that buying a car is simply wasting (waste) money.
③It is particularly worrying (worry) that nobody seems to be in charge.
④It is amazing (amaze) that the boy is able to solve the problem so quickly.
⑤The snake looked quite frightening (frighten) and the lady let out a cry of scream at the sight of it.
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