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Unit1 Cultural Relics Learning about language Knowledge objectives: helping students know the difference between restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clause

Ability objectives: having students do exercises related to restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clause

Key points: the difference between restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clause

Special difficulties: the ability to use restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clause Teaching methods: learning and practicing teaching Teaching aids: multi-media Teaching procedures: 1.

check answers on page3 2.

review the attributive clause 

An attributive clause is a dependent clause which takes the place of the adjective in another clause or phrase. Like an adjective, an attributive clause modifies a noun or pronoun, answering the question like “which?” or “what kind of?” . eg: This is an old computer which works much slower.

Those who break the rules must be punished.

Do you know the man whose name is Mike? 

Practice: (1) This is the person ______ (who/whom) you are looking for.

whom (2) All _____ (that/which) we have to do is to practice every day.

that (3) I know the reason _____ (that/why) he came late.

why

(4) This is the place _____ (where/which) we lived for 5 years.

where (5) I will never forget the day ____ (that/when) I met you.

when 

Read the passage again and underline all the sentences with attributive clauses.

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finding out the difference between the two sentences (1)

A. The old man has a son, who is in the army. B. The old man has a son who is in the army. (A句中的从句是非限制性定语从句，是对先行词son的补充说明。整个句子的意思是：这个老人有一个儿子，在部队工作。隐含的意思是老人只有一个儿子。B句中的从句是限制性定语从句，是对先行词son进行限定、修饰。整个句子的意思是：这个老人有个在部队工作的儿子。隐含的意思是也许还有其他的儿子，在干其他的工作。) (2)

A. My younger brother, who is 18 years old is a college student.

B. My younger brother who is 18 years old is a college student. (A句中的从句是非限制性定语从句，是对先行词brother的补充说明。整个句子的意思是：我弟弟是大学生，今年18岁。B句可译成我18岁的那个弟弟是个大学生。从句是限制性定语从句，限定了先行词的意义，明确是18岁的那个弟弟，而不是其他的，即有可能还有几个弟弟。) (3)

A. Jim doesn’t like to ask questions, which makes his teacher angry.

B. Jim doesn’t like to ask questions which makes his teacher angry. （A句中的定语从句修饰的是整个前面的主句部分，B句中的定语从句修饰先行词questions，所以表达的意义有明显的区别。A句意为：吉姆不喜欢问问题，这让老师很生气。B句意为：吉姆不喜欢问使老师生气的问题。）

总结：

（1）

限制性定语从句是句中不可缺少的组成部分，主句和从句中间不用逗号分开，引导限制性定语从句的关系代词有who, whom, whose, which, of which等，这些关系代词都不能省略。

（2）

非限制性定语从句是对主句先行词的补充说明，没有从句不影响主句意思的完整。一般用逗号把主句和从句分开，通常不用关系代词that。

4.

practice (1)

The doctor was impolite to the patient, ____ of course, made things even worse. A. who

B. whom

C. which

D. what

(2)

He’s got himself into a dangerous situation ____ he was likely to lose control over the plane. A. where

B. which

C. while

D. why (3)

I don’t like cars ____ owners park too close to me. A. which

B. who

C. whose

D. of which (4)

____ is known to everybody, the moon travels around the earth once every month. A. which

B. that

C. as

D. such (5)

The weather turned out to be very good, ____ was more than expected. A. what

B. which

C. that

D. this (6)

Charlie Chaplin, ____ childhood was hard, began acting at the age of five. A. who

B. whom

C. whose

D. his (7)

We are talking about a subject the importance ____ hasn’t yet been realized. A. which

B. that

C. of which

D. whose (8)

The science of medicine, ____ progress has been very rapid, is perhaps the most important of all the sciences. A. which

B. that

C. in which

D. with which

(9)

He will have to put off his concert until next month,____ he has finished his travels around the world. A. which

B. where

C. when

D. that (10)

I’ll never forget ____ I first met my parents-in-law,____ house was beside a mountain. A. that; which

B. when; whose

C. which; that

D. when; it CACCB

CCCCB

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Find all the non-restrictive attributive clauses in the passage. 6.

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