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Unit 6 Beautiful landscapes Grammar
Mountains
Mountain
Volcano
Desert
Water Hills
River
Iceberg
Ocean
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Forest
A Using indefinite pronouns
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I give life:my water is fresh water,so everybody can
drink it and use it for farming and washing.
Nothing can get in my way.
Nobody wants to live in such difficult conditions,...
We use indefinite pronouns to refer to people and things when we do not know or do not need to mention who or what we are talking about.
1.What are these words in bold? Indefinite pronouns.
2.When do we use them?
Lead-in Read the sentences and pay attention to the words in bold.
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Presentation Do you know other indefinite pronouns?
People Things
somebody Some one something
anybody anyone anything
nobody no one nothing
everybody everyone everything
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Presentation People Things
somebody someone something
anybody anyone anything
nobody no one nothing
everybody everyone everything
When do we use them?
We use pronouns ending in -body or-one for people , and pronouns ending in -thing for things .
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I can't see anybody/anyone/anything up the
任何人anybody/anyone/ mountain.
任何事anything Does anybody/anyone want to visit the desert?
常用于否定句或疑问句 Can you see anything in the river?
We usually use indefinite pronouns beginning with any-in
negative sentences and questions
We usually use indefinite pronouns beginning with some-
in positive sentences.
Look!There's somebody/someone on the mountain!
There seems to be something in the river.
常用于肯定句
某人 somebody/someone/ 某物 something
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每个人,人人
Is everybody/everyone going to the forest? Everything is ready for our trip to the forest.
everybody/everyone/ everything
每件事 ,一切
nobody/no one =not anybody/not anyone nothing =not anything
There is nobody/no one up the mountain. There is nothing in the river.
没有人
nobody/no one/ nothing
没有事
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>Can you tell me something about it? >Would you like something to drink? >Why don't you ask someone for help?
When we are
offering something or when we expect the answer to be "yes",we can
use somebody/
someone/something in questions.
B.g.Would you
like something to drink?
Presentation Read the sentences and think whether they are
疑问句中,如果表示建议或请求、希望得到对方肯定
回答,也用some- 不定代词。
correct or not.
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Practice
A1 Mr Wu is asking the students to describe a picture.Look at the picture and complete the sentences with the correct indefinite pronouns.
somebody/someone
Millie: Look!There's(1) sitting by the campfire.There isn't anyone/anybody else with him.He may be lonely.
Sandy: YesNo body/No one camping with him.He's alone.Not
everybod y/everyone likes camping,but the man seems to enjoy it.
Simon: I can see a fire,but the man isn't cooking
(5) anything .It looks like there's
(6) nothing to eat.
Daniel: There's(7) Something inside his tent:
it looks like a light.The tent looks warm. I think he has got(8) everything ready for a good night's sleep.
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Language points
1.不定代词做主语,谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。
2.修饰不定代词的词要后置(不定代词+形容词)。
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B Using what and how
to express strong feelings
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Lead-in
Read the conversation below about Huanglong in Sichuan and pay attention to the use of what and how.
Sandy: Look at this photo of Huanglong. What a
We use what and how in sentences to express strong
feelings about someone or something.
Exclamatory Sentences 感叹句
beautiful view!
Daniel: Yes. How amazing!
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What a high mountain (it is)! How high (the mountain is)!
beautiful forests (they are)! beautiful (the forests are)!
wonderful
landscapes (the earth has)! wonderful (the earth's
landscapes are)!
a huge ocean (it is)! huge (the ocean is)!
To make a sentence to express strong feelings:
·we use a(n) noun phrase oun phrase,adjective)after what;
·we use a(n) adjective (noun phrase,adjective)after how.
Presentation Read the table and finish"Work out the rule!"
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What a high mountain (it is)! How high (the mountain is)!
beautiful forests (they are)! beautiful (the forests are)!
wonderful
landscapes (the earth has)! wonderful (the earth's
landscapes are)!
a huge ocean (it is)! huge (the ocean is)!
what(+ 不定冠词)+形容词+名词+主语+谓语
how+ 形容词+主语+谓语
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Practice
Mr Wu is talking to Daniel about the Songhua River.Complete their conversation
with what and how.
Mr Wu: The Songhua River runs through Heilongjiang and Jilin and it's about 2,300 kilometres long.
Daniel: Wow!(1) What a long river!
Mr Wu: The land along the Songhua River is very good for growing corn.There are many large farms there.
Daniel: (2) How useful!The farmers must love the river.
Mr Wu: Yes.The landscape along the river is very beautiful.
Daniel: (3) How wonderful!What's the best way to see the Songhua River? Mr Wu: Just take a boat trip,and you can enjoy the nice views along the river.
Daniel: (4) How interesting!I love learning about new places.
Mr Wu: I'll ask each student to talk about their favourite landscape next week.
Daniel: (5) What a good idea!That will be really fun!
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Thank you!
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