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The Nominative Absolute Construction（独立主格结构）

Teaching aims: 1.enable the students to master the usage of the nominative absolute construction.

2.enable the students to apply the nominative absolute construction. Teaching method: observe--- analyze--- conclude--- apply

Step1:lead in How can we combine them into one sentence?

1.It rained heavily.

2. He stayed at home. Solution1: We can use “and 、but、

or、

so” to connect them.

____________________________________________________________________________ Solution2: We can change one of them into a clause, using a conjunction

such as: when、

before 、after、

if、

unless、

since、

as、

because…

____________________________________________________________________________ Solution3: We don’t use any conjunction.

____________________________________________________________________________ Step2:

observe some examples about the Nominative Absolute Construction 1. If weather permits, we will go to the beach tomorrow.

Weather permitting, we will go to the beach tomorrow.

2. Because the book is written in simple English, we can understand it easily.

The book written in simple English, we can understand it easily.

3. Nobody will come tomorrow, so we will have to put off the meeting.

Nobody to come tomorrow, we will have to put off the meeting 4. The Trojans asleep, the Greek soldiers climbed out of the big wooden horse. 5. Lunch over, they cleaned the table.

6. They are boating on the river, some beautiful flowers on the bank.

Step3: analyze the structure

Observe the six sentences. They are the Nominative Absolute Construction. What do you find about the structure. Question1: Location（位置）:

Where is this structure put in the whole sentence? ____________________________________________________________________________ Question2: What is the structure? ____________________________________________________________________________ Question3: Why do we call it “独立主格”? compare the structure with V-ing\ed as adverbial (状语) and get the answer. 1. ________(write) by Mark Twain, the book is popular. 2.He lay on the sofa, _________(listen) to music. ____________________________________________________________________________ Step4: conclude the usage of the structure 1.

n\pron +

V-ing\

V-ed \ to do

，

1.Weather____________ (permit), we will go to beach tomorrow. 2.The book_______ (write) in simple English, we can understand it easily.

3. Nobody__________ (come) tomorrow, we will have to put off the meeting.

Conclude：___________________________________________________________________ 2.

n\pron +adj \adv \prep phrase

, How to change the following sentences into the Nominative Absolute Construction. Please cross

out(划去) the unnecessary part. 4. After the Trojans were asleep, the Greek soldiers climbed out of the big wooden horse.

5. After Lunch was over, they cleaned the table.

6. They are boating on the river, and some beautiful flowers are on the bank.

Conclude：___________________________________________________________________ 3.attention one: 1. The food to cook, the girl was busy preparing them.

2. The food being cooked, the girl was telephoning. 3. The food (having being) cooked, the girl began to enjoy it.

Attention two: 1. There _______ no bus, we had to walk home.

2. It _______Sunday, all the offices are closed.

3. The new teacher came in, a smile on her face.

Step5:Apply what you have learnt to describe the following pictures.

1.The thief was caught by two policemen, his hands _______(tie).

2.A beautiful girl stood there, tears _______ (roll) down from her cheeks. 3.. Many things_________(settle) ,the manager looked worried.

4. Many things________(settle) ,the manager looked happy.

Practice: make up a sentence using the given words

1.Fox、

come 、gun 、shoulder ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. girl、lying on the grass、eyes、

look at

2. It 、fine、

girl、

lying on the grass ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. monitor 、come、

book 、in hand ___________________________________________________________________________ 4.students、

read carefully 、boy 、asleep ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. girl、stand、

bottle、

in hand ___________________________________________________________________________ Step6: Group work create your own sentences using the Nominative Absolute Construction.

1._________________________________________________________________________ 2._________________________________________________________________________ Step7: Appreciate

Let’

conclude what we have learnt in this lesson. We learnt the Nominative Absolute Construction. The structure is _____________________________________________________

In fact, the Nominative Absolute Construction is widely used in any English novels, which can make the story greatly vivid. Here are some sentences found in. Read them aloud. 1.

Harry picked it up and stared at it, his heart beating like a giant elastic band(橡皮筋).

2.

He turned the envelope over, his hand trembling. 3.

He turned over to get comfortable, his stomach rumbling(隆隆声) with hunger. 4.

The cat was sitting as still as a statue, its eyes fixed unblinkingly on the far corner. Step6: Homework After class please try to think about the structure of “ with+ O+OC”. Maybe you can find some relationship between them.