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Unit 1

cultural relics

Periods 3&4

Learning about Language

Teaching Goals: 1. To learn about the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clause 2. To learn how to use some useful words and expressions. 3. To learn how to use some useful structures Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Warming Up Ask Ss to finish Ex1 (P3), Ex2 (P3) and Ex3 (P4).

Suggested Answers:

Ex1: 1.select

2. rare

3. reception

4. amaze

5. less than

6. wooden

7. in search of 8. survive

9. remove

10. artist

11.former

12.at war Ex2:

dynasties

style

amazing

jewels

designed

decorated

fancy

rare

doubt

worth Ex3:

A.3

B.2

C. 3

D.1 Step 2. Learning about the attributive clause 1. Show Ss the definition of an adjective clause (attributive 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”. Note that 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

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Some firefighters never meet the people they save. Formal

Some firefighters never meet the people whom they save. More examples of adjective clauses:

The meat which they ate was tainted.

They're talking about the movie which made him cry.

They are searching for the student who borrowed the book.

Did I tell you about the author whom I met? 2. Get Ss to tell whether 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. (3) My niece, whose husband is out of work, will inherit the house, which I have always treasured.

My niece whose husband is out of work will inherit the house, which I have always treasured. Suggested answers:

The first sentence in each pair has a non-restrictive clause within two commas, and the second has a restrictive clause. 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(1a = an uncle who happens to live in London). Conversely, a restrictive clause defines its referent in the main clause more specifically and contributes significantly to the meaning of the sentence. Thus it is that particular uncle who lives in London who is referred to (1b). In 2a, all policies were unpopular and all were rejected, whereas in 2b only the policies that were unpopular were rejected. Note that in restrictive clauses the non-human relative pronoun is either 'that' or 'which', whereas for human referents the relative pronoun can be either 'who/m' or 'that' ( the man that/whom I will marry ...)

3. Let Ss select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. (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?

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A. the one

B. which

C. that

D. where (6) The farmer uses wood to build a house ____ to store grain.

A. in which

B. where

C. that

D. with which (7) I shall never forget the years _____ I spent in the country with the farmers, ____ has a great effect on my life.

A. when; which

B. that; which

C. when; that

D. which; that (8) Little has been done ____ is helpful to our work.

A. that

B. what

C. which

D. all that (9) Perhaps this is the only market ____ you can get such cheap goods.

A. that

B. of which

C. by which

D. where (10) 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 Suggested Answers:

(1) B

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

(5) A

(6) A

(7) B

(8) A

(9) D

(10)A 4. Ask Ss to finish Ex3 (P4) and Ex4(P4) Suggested Answers:

Ex3: 1.Here are the farmers who discovered the underground city last month. 2. Hangzhou is famous city in China, where many people come to buy tea. 3.I don’t know the reason why she got so angry. 4. The

old

man, whom you are talking to, saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it. 5.The woman remembered the day when she saw Nazis burying something near her home. 6.St Petersburg is a very beautiful city, which was once called Leningrad. 7.I remember the soldier who told me

not to tell anyone what I had seen. 8.The soldiers moved the boxes to a mine, where they wanted to hide them. 9.Xi’an is one of the few cities whose city walls remain as good as before. 10.Shanxi Province is a place whose/where cultural relics are well looked after. Ex4: 1.

whose daughter studies in a key university 2.

who discovered the Terracotta Warriors 3.

which was decorated with valuable jewels 4.

where she can learn about former dynasties 5.

which was drawn by a famous artist in the Tang Dynasty 6.

which is very beautiful 7.

when we get together to celebrate

8.

that I can’t remember 9.

which is known for its its good food 10.

when the weather was warm and sunny

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Periods 5

Using language

Teaching Goals:

1. To learn to tell facts from opinions. 2. To write a reply letter. 3. To learn to talk about cultural relics. Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Warming up Purpose: To get Ss to know the difference between a fact and an opinion. 1. Definition

A fact must be real, objective and without a personal judgment. So it can be proved. An opinion always expresses one’s own ideas. It is always subjunctive. So it has not been proved. 2. Read the passage (P5) and answer the following questions: (1) If you want to go in for law against somebody, and if you want to win, what’s the most important thing you should do first? (2) What makes a judge decide which eyewitness he can believe and which not? Suggested Answers:

(1) Searching for facts. The more, the better. (2) The evidences offered by the eyewitnesses. Step 2 Guided reading 1. Read the passage and define what evidence is. 2. Read the passage and translate each paragraph into Chinese. 3. Read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the part. Suggested Answers:

Collocation from Using Language on page 5 in a trial, rather than, more than, to tell the truth, agree with, It can be proved that ..., no reason to, a reply to, think highly of, search for, return…to…

Step 3. Note taking Listen to the tape and fill in the forms (P5).

As we know, people have never stopped searching for the Amber Room. This time we'll listen to what three people say they know about the missing Amber Room. Get Ss to share their forms and tell what are facts and what are opinions in the three forms. Step 4 Speaking

Purpose: 1. To learn how to ask for or give opinions.

2. To learn how to write a letter of suggestions. 1. Group work (1) We often use some expressions to ask for opinions. What are they? What do you think of ...? Do you believe ... ?

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How can you be sure of ...? How do you know that? (2) We often use some expressions to give opinions. What are they?

I think ... I don't think ...

I don't agree that ... I suppose that ...

Suggested Answers:

Of the three eyewitnesses, only Anna Petrov has no selfish reason. In particular, she is not involved in any current effort to find the treasure. Therefore she is the most believable.

Jan Hasek is less believable because he owns a little restaurant near the mine. If the search stopped, his business would suffer.

Hans Braun is also less believable, because somebody has asked him for help.

2. Individual work (1) Sometimes we may fall into or face a moral choice. That is a moral dilemma. Let’s read the letter (P7) and see what's Johann’s choice and opinion. Answer the following questions. ①

What's Johann’s opinion about the Amber Room? ②

Do you agree with Johann? Step 5. Debate Divide Ss into two groups and organize a debate. Have a class debate and take notes of the main ideas of the two sides and their reasons. At the end take a class vote. ①

When you write your letter, you may choose to agree or not agree with the writer. ②

You must give a reason why you agree or don't agree with the writer. ③

Be sure to give an example from your own life so that the reader can better understand your opinion. Step 6 Writing

Write a report on your debate according to the demand of part 4 of P7. Step 6. Homework Finish the exercises in the workbook so as to consolidate what has been learned.

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