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Unit 4 Films and film events Grammar and usage: Emphasis Teaching aims: 1. Review the words appearing in the last period. 2. Learn the grammar and usage: emphasis. Teaching important points: 1. Help the students master the grammar and usage: emphasis. 2. Help the students finish each exercise correctly. Teaching difficult point: the grammar and usage: emphasis

Teaching methods: 1. Practicing to make the students master the grammar and usage: emphasis correctly 2. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class. Teaching aids: 1. the multimedia 2. the blackboard Teaching procedures: Step 1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual. 2 lead-in T: Let’s learn the usage of emphasis Situation: •

Mary: I have got three tickets for Harry Potter.

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Here are two tickets for you, John and Rose. •

John: Thank you. I am glad to have got a ticket for it. It is an interesting film. I

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want to see it again. •

Rose: It is such an interesting film. I really want to see it again. I am so glad to

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have got a ticket for it. Thank you Mary. •

Compare what John said with what Rose said, and tell why Rose use such;

really; so. •

The adjective such is used to emphasize an interesting film, While the adverbs really

and so

are respectively used to emphasize the verb want

and the adjective glad. Rose used them to express her strong feeling about the film ---how anxious she wanted to see Harry Potter again. •

These sentence structure are called emphasis. 3 Grammar Look at the following and see how they are emphasized

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Everyone was so excited about her speech. •

It was such an interesting television show. •

I really want to see it again. •

Actually, the festival in Venice doesn’t just feature Hollywood films.

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We can use certain words such as so, such, really and just to show emphasis. Look at the following and see how they are emphasized

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Many of the films are from the USA, but we do give awards to films from other countries. •

We did want to have a festival that was fair. •

Do tell us a little about the festival you represent.

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I do hope you have a merry Christmas

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he does know the place well

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If we want to emphasize the affirmative verb of a sentence with a simple present or simple past tense, we add the auxiliary do ; does or did before the verb.

Translate the following with emphasis •

我的确相信他是老实人。

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I do believe that he is an honest man.

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她确实喜欢文学。

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She does like literature.

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他们昨天的确去看过你，但没见到你。

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They did go to see you yesterday, but failed to meet you.

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你到那儿后务必给我来信。

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Do write to me when you get there．

Change he following with emphasis •

He has finished his homework so far. •

He has really finished his homework so far. •

They are reading in the library now. •

They are reading in the library now indeed. •

I shall be very glad. •

I shall be very glad indeed. •

I'm not interested in fishing. •

I'm not really interested in fishing. Look at the following sentence from the text and pay attention to how it is emphasized. •

It was then that Robert Redford took over and changed the focus to saluting independent films.

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If we want to emphasize a part of a sentence other than the verb, we can use the pattern ‘it +be +the part to be emphasized +that clause’.

we can use this pattern to emphasize the subject, object or adverbial. Look at the example below and see how each part is emphasized: •

Robert Redford took over the festival in1981. •

Subject:

it was Robert Redford that / who took over the festival in 1981. •

Object:

it was the festival that Robert Redford took over in 1981. •

Adverbial:

it was in 1981 that Robert Redford took over the festival. When the subject we emphasize is a pronoun, we usually use its object form.

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去年是我代表了多伦多国际电影节

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It was me who represented the Toronto international film festival last year.

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就是她报告警察的。

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It was she (her) who told the police. •

我们刚刚谈论的就是你。

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It was you who we were talking about.

We can use the pattern ‘it was not until…that…’ to emphasize time expressions.

It was not until I spoke to Kathy that I knew how special the Sundance film festival was It was not until 1920____regular radio broadcasts began．

A．while B．which

C．that D．since It was not ________ she took off her glasses ________ I realized she was a famous film star. A. when; that

B. until; that

C. until; when

D. when; then Change he following with emphasis •

I didn’t know how special the Sundance Film Festival was until I spoke to Kathy. •

It was not until I spoke to Kathy that I knew how special the Sundance Film Festival was. •

My father did not come back until 8 p.m. last night. •

It was not until 8 p.m. last night that my father came back . •

I didn’t know what to do next until you told me. •

It was not until you told me that I knew what to do next. •

My aunt did not recognize me until I told her who I was. •

It was not until I told her who I was that my aunt recognized me . This emphatic structure can also be used in questions. •

What did he go to see last night? •

What was it that he went to see last night? •

When will we have a meeting to discuss it? •

When is it that we will have a meeting to discuss it? •

Where did they visit the year before last? •

Where was it that they visited the year before last? •

Who can explain the question to us? •

Who is it that can explain the question to us? We can also use ever; exactly; on earth and in the world in questions. •

What are you doing in the room?

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What on earth are you doing in the room? •

When will the train leave? •

When exactly will the train leave? •

Where have they stayed for the whole afternoon? •

Where ever have they stayed for the whole afternoon? •

How did you go there? •

How exactly did you go there? •

Who will go there with us? •

Who on earth will go there with us? Pay attention to the difference between attributive clause and emphasis

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It was midnight __________ he came back. It was at midnight __________ he came back •

It was on October 1st,1949 _______ he joined the Party that he was killed. •

It was October 1st,1949 ________ he joined the Party that he was killed. •

It was in the street _________ I met him yesterday.

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It was the street ________ I met him yesterday. •

It is in the classroom _______ we will have the test. •

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the classroom _______ we will have the test. Pay attention to the situation where the attributive clause and emphasis are used together 1. 强调句型与定语从句合用：考试试题中常将定语从句的考点与强调句型合考,从而增加试题的迷惑性。例如: It was in Beihai Park ________ they made a date for the first time ________ the old couple told us their love story. A. where; that

B. that; that C. where; when

D. that; when 该题中"they made a date for the first time"为被强调部分"Beihai Park"的定语,所以答案选A。

Pay attention to the situation where the object clause and emphasis are used together

2. 强调句型与宾语从句合用，强调句型用于宾语从句,为一大热门考点。例如: She looks sad. Could you please tell me ________ that prevents her from being as happy as before? A. what it is

B. it is what

C. how it is

D. it is how 该题中tell后面的宾语从句为强调句型,若将"it is...that..."去掉,宾语从句中剩下的部分为

________ prevents her from being as happy as before,该结构中缺少主语,应用"what",所以答案选A。

Step 4 Consolidation A Read Julia’s diary entry and underline all the emphases she used.

B Read what Julia is telling Mary. Write sentences to emphasize the underlined parts. 1. It was a major Hollywood studio that my uncle just sold a film script to. 2. It is for years that he has wanted to be a novelist or screenwriter 3. It was a local television channel that bought a script from him. C Mary is asking Julia to repeat what she has told her. Look at Julia’s answer and have Mary from the questions by using the question from of the pattern it + be VERB+ the part to be emphasized +that clause. 1 Who was it that your uncle just sold a film script to ? A major Hollywood producer! 2. How long is it that he has wanted to be a novelist or screenwriter? For years!

3. What was it that bought a script from him? A small, local television channel. 4. When was it that a local television channel bought a script from him? A few months ago. 5 homework