Grammar教学目标设计

Module Six

The Internet and telecommunications Teaching Design Teaching aims and requirements of the unit 

To learn about some vocabulary and knowledge related to the internet and telecommunications 

To develop students’ expression ability as well as reading ability by reading the text 

To raise students’ interests in the internet and telecommunications



To listen and speak using the vocabulary and everyday English in this unit Teaching important point To learn the use of the definite article and zero article and compound words Teaching procedures

Step 1: General introduce Compounds are mainly nouns or adjectives that are made up of at least two parts. And each part has a separate meaning. There are noun compounds, adjective compounds, verb compounds and adverb compounds. The followings are specific introduction of compounds words. 1. Noun compounds （名词合成词）

1). noun + noun

basket + ball = basketball

house + work = housework

news + paper = newspaper

bed + clothes= bedclothes

wood + cutter= woodcutter

battle+ field= battlefield

school +leaver= school-leaver

2). adj. + noun

black + board =blackboard

English + man = Englishman loud + speaker = loudspeaker

free + way= freeway

short + wave = shortwave

main + land= mainland

3).adv./ prep. + noun

hard + seat= hard-seat

after + noon = afternoon

over + coat = overcoat

in + land = inland 4). noun + v-ing

sight + seeing=sightseeing

horse +racing= horse racing

tape +recording= tape recording

5). v. + adv.

get + together = get-together

2. Adjective compounds (合成形容词)

1). noun. + adj.

world + famous= world-famous

radio+ active =radioactive

2). adj. + adj.

reddish + brown = reddish-brown

3). n. / adj. + noun

easy + going

= easy-going

fun + loving= fun-loving

4). n. / adj. + p.p.

man+ made. = man-made

sun+ burnt= sun burnt

wide+ spread = widespread

ill +formed = ill formed

5). noun /adj. + noun + ed

kind + heart + ed

= kind-hearted

blue + eye + ed

= blue-eyed

cold + blood + ed

= cold-blooded

.

glass + topped = glass-topped

simple + minded = simple-minded

right + handed = right-handed

6). adv. (pronoun. / numeral) + noun

every + day =everyday under + ground = underground

second + hand =secondhand 3. adv. / preposition compounds (合成副词)

adv. / preposition + noun.

in + side = inside

down + stairs

= downstairs

Down +hill = Downhill

4. verb compounds (合成动词) adv. + verb

under + line = underline

over + come = overcome

over + look = overlook Step 2: The use of compounds in the sentence 1

Used as attributive They helped us to map out a long-term plan. Open-air exercises will do you good. What they need is a down-to-earth spirit. 2

Used as predictive She is lively and outgoing.

Are you airsick?

3.

Used as subject and object Sightseeing took up the whole morning. We walked till we reached the cross-roads. 4.

Used as adverbial

She greeted them warm-heartedly. You can’t just do as you please, willy-nilly.

Attention:

sometimes we can’t translate these compounds

words directly ,for example “loudspeaker” doesn’t mean“大声说话的人”，but “扬声器”。

Exercises: 1.Translate the following Chinese into English 1.

It is a

___ （双轮）pulled by a man. 2.

Is the snake ____ （热血的）or _____（冷血的）? 3.

He became a ____（有名的）

scientist. 4.

He is a very famous ____（制片人）. ( Keys:1. two-wheeled

2. warm-blooded; cold-blooded

3. well-known

4. film-maker ) 2. Multiple choices 1.Here is a ____ table that needs to be repaired. A. three-leg

B. three-legs

C. three-legged

D. three-legging

2.Every morning she would go to the city square to do some ____ exercise. A. body-shaping

B. body shape

C. body-shaped

D. body-shape 3.Well, this is a ____ matter that needs to be dealt with immediately. A. last minute

B. last-minute

C. lasting-minute

D. last- minutes 4.She left him standing there____ and sad. A.

heart- breaking

B. breaking-heart

C.

heart-placed

D. heart-broken 5.The _____ boy wrote a novel. A. 14-years-old

B.14-years-olds C. 14-year-old

D.14-yeared-old ( Keys : 1. C

2. A

3. B

4. D

5. C ) Step 3: The use of the Articles ( 冠词的用法

) 1.

The use of the Indefinite Article 1) Used for the first mentioned people or thing: Mr. Liu is a teacher. 2) Used for a kind of people or thing: A dog is a faithful animal. 3) Means “only one”: a university; a man; a dog 4) Means “every”: We work five days a week.

2.

The use of the definite article 5) Used before the people or thing that have been mentioned: She bought a cat last week , the cat is lovely. 6) Used before the people or thing that both speakers know: Would you pass me the pen? 7) Used before the only one thing in the world: the sun, the moon, the earth. 8) Used before -est form of adj. and adv.: Winter is the coldest season of the year. 9) Used in some phrases: by the way; at the moment; at the age of; in the front of ; at the beginning ; under the name of