Learning about Language教学实录及点评

必修2Unit 1 Cultural relics Learning about Language

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孙丽君

Aims:（目标）

To learn about the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clause To discover some useful words and expressions To discover some useful structures Procedures:（步骤）

I. Warming up

Warming up by discovering useful words and expressions

Please turn to page 3. Do exercises 1, 2 and 3 first. Please check your answers Warming up by explaining

Now, class, since you’ve read the passage, could you explain to me how to use the phrase “belong to”? The word “to” here is a preposition, indicating the possession, and is always followed by nouns or pronoun. Look at Ex 3. II. Learning about Attributive Clause 1. What is an adjective Clause? An adjective clause is a dependent clause which takes the place of an adjective in another clause or phrase. Like an adjective, an adjective clause modifies a noun or pronoun, answering questions like “which?” or “what kind of?” Consider the following examples: Adjective：

the red coat

Adjective clause：

the coat which I bought yesterday

Like the word “red” in the first example, the dependent clause “which I bought

yesterday” in the second example modifies the noun “coat.” An adjective clause usually comes after what it modifies, while an adjective usually comes before. In formal writing,

an adjective clause begins with the relative pronouns “who(m),” “that,” or “which.”

In informal writing or speech, you may leave out the relative pronoun when it is not the subject of the adjective clause, but you should usually include the relative pronoun in formal, academic writing:

informal ：The books people read were mainly religious.

Formal：

The books that people read were mainly religious.

Informal：

Some firefighters never meet the people they save.

Formal：

Some firefighters never meet the people whom they save.

Here are some more examples of adjective clauses: ①the meat which they ate was tainted

This clause modifies the noun “meat” and answers the question “which meat?”.

②They’re talking about the movie which made him cry

This clause modifies the noun “movie” and answers the question “which movie?”.

③They are searching for the student who borrowed the book

The clause modifies the pronoun “student” and answers the question “which student?”.

④Did I tell you about the author whom I met?

The clause modifies the noun “author” and answers the question “which author?”.

2. Restrictive & non restrictive clauses

Do the following pairs of sentences mean the same thing? ①、My uncle, who lives in London, is very rich.

My uncle who lives in London is very rich. ②、The policies, which were unpopular, were rejected by the voters.

The policies which were unpopular were rejected by the voters. The first sentence in each pair has a non-restrictive clause within two commas, and the second has a restrictive clause.

Summary(总结) A non-restrictive clause simply adds more information into the sentence and does not affect the meaning of the main clause:

it is therefore bracketed off with commas

A restrictive clause defines its referent in the main clause more specifically and contributes significantly to the meaning of the sentence.

Practice(巩固练习) A test on FORMAL ADJECTIVE CLAUSES Directions: Combine the sentences. Use (b) as an adjective clause.

1) (a) An antecedent is a word. (b) A pronoun refers to this word.

An antecedent ____ 2) (a) The blue whale is considered the largest animal that has ever lived.(b) It can grow to 100 feet and 150 tons.

The blue whale ____ 3) (a) The plane was met by a crowd of 300. (b) Some of them had been waiting for more than 4 hours.

The plane ____

4) (a) In this paper, I will describe the basic process.(b) Raw cotton becomes cotton thread by this process.

In this paper, I will describe ____ 5) (a) The giant anteater licks up ants for its dinner.

(b) Its tongue is longer than 30 centimeters (12 inches).

The giant anteater ____

6) (a) The anteater’s tongue is sticky.

(b) It can go in and out of its mouth 160 times a minute.

The anteater’s tongue ____

Test(测试) Quiz on Attributive clause 1. As many children

came were given some cakes.

A. that

B. as

C. who

D. whom

2. The visitors saw rows of houses the roofs

are red.

A. on which

B. of which

C. where

D. that

3. I usually take a nap after lunch,

is my habit.

A. which it

B. as it

C. as

D. that

4. Please tell me the way

you did the job.

A. how

B. where

C. which

D. in which

5 .Is this museum

some German friends visited the day before yesterday?

A. the one

B. which

C. that

D. where

6. Little has been done

is helpful to our work.

A. that

B. what

C. which

D. all that

7. Perhaps this is the only market

you can get such cheap goods. A. that

B. of which

C. by which

D. where

8. We’ll put off the outing until next week, __

we won’t be so busy.

A. when

B. which

C. at which

D. in that