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How to better your composition-----The non-finite verbs Teaching aims: (1) Students can use non-finite verbs to combine sentences. (2) Students can rewrite and better their composition. Teaching difficulties:

Students can use non-finite verbs to combine sentences. Teaching aids: Multi-media, blackboard. Teaching procedures: Part 1. (1) Choose which sentence is better. a. When she heard the news, she burst into crying.

Hearing the news, she burst into crying.

b.Australia is located on the west coast of the Pacific. Australia is the largest country in Oceania.

Australia, located on the west coast of the Pacific, is the largest country in Oceania.

c. Although he had failed many times, he didn’t lose heart.

Having failed many times, he didn’t lose heart.

(2) Teach the methods of getting high marks in composition. 高级词汇，非谓语动词，强调句，名词性从句，定语从句，状语从句，等等。

(3) Review the meanings of non-finite verbs as attributes in sentences. (4) Show some examples The book carries articles about the cultures of their home countries.

They are written by foreign friends.The book carries articles written by foreign friends about the cultures of their home countries.

(5) Combine the sentences People are talking about the new movie Transformers: The Last Knight.

The new movie will come out on June 23, 2017.

There are a great many tourists on Tiananmen Square. They are taking pictures with the giant picture of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

We are excited at China’s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1. It was successfully launched in South China's Hainan province, April 20, 2017.

(6) Make sentences according to the pictures. Part 2. (1) Review the meanings of non-finite verbs as adverbials in sentences. (2) Show some examples He didn’t know anything about the accident. He went to work as usual.

Because he didn’t know anything about the accident, he went to work as usual.

Not knowing anything about the accident, he went to work as usual. (3) Combine the sentences a. The mother suffered great pain. The mother gave birth to her lovely baby daughter.

b. The mother took good care of her sick daughter day and night. The mother was exhausted.

c.The mother heard her daughter’s complain “Stop nagging”.

The mother felt heartbroken.

d. The mother was concerned about her daughter in school. The mother kept telling her to behave herself.

e. The mother knew it was the first time for her daughter to leave home for university. The mother was filled with worry and joy.

f.The daughter had her own baby. She realized how great her mother was.

(4) Practices

She walked out of the classroom. And many students followed her.

Around 540 million people are affected by second-hand smoke, and it caused 100,000 deaths a year.

Because he hadn’t seen the movie before, he went to the cinema.

(5) Make sentences

因为在这个国家没有朋友，她觉得要想找到工作是不可能的。

这本用简易英语写成的书很容易读懂。

发现他的好朋友沮丧，他竭尽所能地让他朋友开心。

(6) Better the passage Nowadays, some students often cheat in exams. It is popular among students who are lazy and don’t work hard at their lessons. They cheat for they want to get high marks so that they can be praised or even admired. Also, some students who work hard at their lessons will cheat in exams because they are afraid of failing in exams.

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Homework: Better your composition written last week.

（2012）假定你是李华，从互联网（the Internet）上得知一个国际中学生组织将在新加坡（Singapore）举办夏令营，欢迎各国学生参加。请写一封邮件申请参加。

内容主要包括：

1.自我介绍（包括英语能力）；

2.参加意图（介绍中国，了解其他国家）；

3.希望获准。