外研版（2019） 选择性必修第三册 Unit 2 A life's Work Using language 课件（36张）

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Using language
Unit 2 A life’s work
目录
contents
Grammar
I
Listening & speaking
II
III
Homework
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Vocabulary building
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Grammar
Grammar: Predicative clauses
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
a. This is what makes them so special.
b. A simple restaurant was where he usually had the same meal of sausages, eggs and coffee.
1. What form does the predicative take in sentences (a) and (b)
Grammar: Predicative clauses
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
a. This is what makes them so special.
b. A simple restaurant was where he usually had the same meal of sausages, eggs and coffee.
2. Why is “what” used in sentence (a) and “where” used in sentence (b)
Grammar: Predicative clauses
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
a. This is what makes them so special.
b. A simple restaurant was where he usually had the same meal of sausages, eggs and coffee.
3. What other words do you know that can lead a predicative clause
1. What form does the predicative take in sentences (a) and (b)
The predicative in sentences (a) and (b) takes the form of a clause.
Grammar: Predicative clauses
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
2. Why is “what” used in sentence (a) and “where” used in sentence (b)
“What” is used in sentence (a) because it acts as the subject of “makes” in the predicative clause. “Where” is used in sentence (b) because it acts as the adverbial in the predicative clause.
Grammar: Predicative clauses
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
3. What other words do you know that can lead a predicative clause
Other words are who, when, how, why, etc.
Grammar: Predicative clauses
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
Now look for more sentences with predicative clauses in the reading passage, and summarise their uses in your own words.
... and this was how he wanted it.
This devotion and hard work is what we see reflected within his photos.
Grammar: Predicative clauses
表语从句
表语从句是指一个句子作为表语，放在系动词之后，说明主语是什么或者怎么样。
Grammar: Predicative clauses
含有表语从句的一般结构为“主语+系动词+关联词+表语从句”。
1. 可接表语从句的系动词有 be, look, seem, sound, appear 等。
表语从句
例如：It seems as if it were spring already.
似乎春天已经来了。
Grammar: Predicative clauses
表语从句
Grammar: Predicative clauses
2. 引导表语从句的常见关联词有连接代词 who, which, whatever 等，连接副词 how, why, whenever 等，从属连词 as, that, whether 等。
例如：①The problem is who we can get to replace her.
问题是我们找谁来代替她。
表语从句
例如：
②The problem is how we can find him.
问题是我们如何找到他。
③The fact is that we have no idea to solve this problem. 事实是我们不知道怎么解决这个问题。
④The question is whether they will help us.
问题是他们会不会帮助我们。
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3. 其他词引导的表语从句
表语从句
seem 似乎 look 看起来 taste 尝起来
sound 听起来 feel 摸起来 appear 好像
Grammar: Predicative clauses
① as if / as though 引导的表语从句。此类表语从句可用陈述语气，也可用虚拟语气，常与以下系动词连用：
3. 其他词引导的表语从句
表语从句
Grammar: Predicative clauses
① as if / as though 引导的表语从句。
例如：It seemed as though it had happened yesterday.
那件事好像昨天发生的一样。
例如：It looks as if it is going to rain.
看起来天要下雨了。
阿had
虚拟语气，had done 表示对过去情况的虚拟。
3. 其他词引导的表语从句
表语从句
This / That is why ... 这/那就是……的原因
This / That is because ... 这/那是因为……
Grammar: Predicative clauses
② because, why 也可引导表语从句。但在 because引导的表语从句中，主语不能是 reason 或 cause。常用于以下句型：
3. 其他词引导的表语从句
表语从句
Grammar: Predicative clauses
② because, why 也可引导表语从句。
例如：This is why we missed the early bus.
这就是我们错过了早班车的原因。
4. 特别注意
表语从句
例如：The trouble is (that) he is ill.
麻烦的是他生病了。
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①引导表语从句的 that 通常不省略，但在口语或非正式文体中有时也可省略。
4. 特别注意
表语从句
例如：The reason why he came late was that he got up
late. 他来晚是因为起床晚了。
Grammar: Predicative clauses
②当主句的主语是 reason 时，表语从句一般用 that引导，不能用 why 或 because；主语是 reason 时，why 可以引导定语从句：The reason why ... is that ... （……的原因是……）。
Listen to the story of Ruth Bancroft and complete the sentences with predicative clauses. Listen again if necessary.
Grammar: Predicative clauses
Ruth Bancroft was the creator of the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. Bancroft was born in Brockton to Swedish parents, who relocated when she was a baby. As a child, she loved to explore the Californian flora, and establishing a
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garden grew out of her own personal interest in plants and wildflowers. Her garden was the first to be preserved by The Garden Conservancy, and has been welcoming visitors since 1992. Bancroft lived to the incredible age of 109.
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Grammar: Predicative clauses
1. One reason why the garden is unique is ___________
_____________________________________________.
that it comprises an array of plants adapted to dry conditions
2. Another reason for its uniqueness is ___________________________
_____________________________.
that it is the life’s work of only one woman: Ruth Bancroft
3. The drought-resistant plants with thick, fleshy leaves became_______
_____________________________.
what she was most interested in
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4. Although Walnut Creek was not __________________
________, Ruth managed to grow them by much trial and error.
where they grew naturally
5. It seemed ___________________
_____________________________
_____________________________.
as though nothing would ever stop her from continuing this work
6. Those five-star reviews prove
_____________________________.
how much visitors admire her garden
Rewrite the underlined sentences using predicative clauses.
Mei Lanfang (1894-1961)
Mei Lanfang was born into a family of Peking and Kunqu Opera performers in 1894. At the age of eight, he started training in Peking Opera on a daily basis. When he was 17, he kept a flock of pigeons and trained them to fly high.
Grammar: Predicative clauses
Rewrite the underlined sentences using predicative clauses.
Mei Lanfang (1894-1961)
Every day Mei watched them as they flew, which helped him to develop the expressive eye movements that were so crucial to his art. His hard work and dedication made him a leading artist in Peking Opera.
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At the age of eight, he started training in Peking Opera on a daily basis.
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The age of eight was when he started training in Peking Opera on a daily basis.
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Every day Mei watched them as they flew, which helped him to develop the expressive eye movements that were so crucial to his art.
Watching the pigeons as they flew every day was how he developed the expressive eye movements that were so crucial to his art.
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His hard work and dedication made him a leading artist in Peking Opera.
His hard work and dedication were what made him a leading artist in Peking Opera.
Rewrite the underlined sentences using predicative clauses.
Mei was also an innovator. In addition to new stage designs and singing styles, his innovations in make-up and costume design allowed for more vivid depictions of female characters. This contributed greatly to the development of Peking Opera.
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This contributed greatly to the development of Peking Opera.
His innovations in make-up and costume design, which allowed for more vivid depictions of female characters, were what contributed greatly to the development of Peking Opera.
Rewrite the underlined sentences using predicative clauses.
Until he passed away in 1961, Mei had been performing and encouraging the spread of Peking Opera for almost 60 years. This lifelong devotion has made him one of the most celebrated Peking Opera artists of all time.
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Grammar: Predicative clauses
This lifelong devotion has made him one of the most celebrated Peking Opera artists of all time.
This lifelong devotion was what has made him one of the most celebrated Peking Opera artists of all time.
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Homework
Homework
1. Summarize the usage of Predicative clauses and do the relevant exercises.
2. Write a short passage about someone who shows the spirit of craftsmanship using the words and expressions you’ve learnt today.