Unit 1 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
Period 3 Discovering Useful Structures 学案
Activity 1 Presentation :Recognise the target structure
1 Read the sentences below and discuss thefunctions and meanings of the italicised -ingform. Find more examples from the unit.
· These lanterns are amazing.
· During the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the shining moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes.
· Families celebrating the Lunar New Year can enjoy exciting dragon dances and carnivals together. [SUMMARY]
一、动词-ing 形式作表语:动名词作表语和现在分词作表语。
1. 动名词作表语:抽象的一般性的行为,说明主语的内容,与主语常是同一概念。表语和主语常可互换位 置。 eg Their duty is cleaning the windows every day.
【注意】
动名词作表语时与进行时态中的现在分词形式相同,但意思不一样。
动名词作表语:主语的性质或情况;
现在分词作表语:主语正在进行的动作或所处的状态。
eg Our work is watering these trees carefully.(表示主语的性质或情况,不是具体动作)
We are watering these trees carefully.(现在分词帮助构成进行时,表示主语正在进行的动作)
2. 现在分词作表语相当于形容词,用来说明主语所做的动作的性质,现在分词后一般不再接任何成分。常
见的用作形容词的现在分词有 surprising, interesting, amusing, boring, disappointing, exciting, pleasing 等。 eg The outcome of the march was disappointing for the families involved.
The atmosphere here is surprising.
The report is very disturbing.
二、动词-ing 形式作定语:动名词作定语和现在分词作定语。
1. 动名词作定语表示被修饰的名词的作用和用途。
eg Students are not permitted to speak aloud in the reading room.
The old man needs to take some sleeping pills to sleep.
2. 现在分词作定语表示它所修饰的名词的动作或状态,与所修饰名词之间是逻辑上的主谓关系,相当于定 语从句。
1) 单个现在分词作定语时,多放在所修饰名词前。
eg The sleeping boy is Tom.
2) 现在分词短语作定语时,常放在所修饰名词后,可转换成定语从句。 eg The girl decorating the room is my cousin.
=The girl who is decorating the room is my cousin.
Activity 2 Practice :Using the -ing form to describe festival activities.
1. Read the following messages posted by some exchange students on an Internet forum. Underline the -ing form
used as the attribute or the predicative.
Today 9:05 am Sunnyli Discussion: Which festival is the best Rio Carnival! I spent a really fun day there with my friends. It was great fun walking along the streets, enjoying the relaxing atmosphere! The performances were just amazing
Today 9:11 am Vincent1119 The Spring Festival in China, especially the dinner on the Lunar New Year's Eve! All family members get together. And I get lucky money in red envelopes from my parents and relatives, so it's always an exciting time for me
Today 10:11 am Wizard_Oz Perhaps Thanksgiving. What could be better Families getting together and eating delicious food, people watching sports games on TV friends laughing and talking, etc. Plus there's Black Friday, if shopping is your thing.
Today 10:24 am Cooper_08 I think it's Christmas. I just can't take my eyes off the shining lights on the Christmas trees everywhere. Lots of smiling faces, and people singing Christmas carols and wishing each other “Merry Christmas!”
Make an online interview based on describingfestival activities andfeelings.
2. Complete the passage with the appropriate -ingform.
La Tomatina is a festival that takes place in the Spanish town Bunol every August. I think many food festivals are __________ because people are just eating. However, this festival is __________ because people don't actually eat the tomatoes. Instead, they throw them at each other! The number of people __________ part in this tomato fight can reach up to 20,000, and it is a very __________ fight that lasts for a whole hour. The __________ thing is how clean Bunol is after the tomatoes are washed away after the fight. This is because the juice from tomatoes is really good for making surfaces clean!
Do you like La Tomatina Why or why not
Activity 3 Production--Talk and share: “My favorite festival”
Talk about your favorite festivals by describing festival activities and your feelings.
HOMEWORK
Finish exercises of the workbook on page 62,63.
1 Complete the sentences with the correctforms of the verbs.
1 I don't know exactly on which day Easter falls. The date changes. I feel totally__________(confuse).
2 Do you know how to cook a turkey The instructions in the recipe are really__________(confuse) and I really
need your help.
3 The sounds of the fireworks were terribly__________(annoy). I was woken up by the noise quite a few times.
4 The girl was__________ (annoy) with her boyfriend, who was late for her birthday party.
5 It was a rather__________ (bore)party. Nothing was interesting and nobody talked to me.
6 I'm__________(bore)with cooking, cleaning, shopping, and all that stuff. I just want to have a relaxing holiday.
2 Translate the sentences into English,using the-ingform or the past participle of the verbs in brackets.
1 赛龙舟是端午节最令人兴奋的部分。 (excite)
2 孩子们兴致勃勃地去参加寻找复活节彩蛋的活动。(excite)
3 多么令人惊奇的表演啊!这是我经历过的最棒的音乐节。(amaze )
4 我们都对她那顶滑稽的帽子感到惊讶。 (amaze)
5 他在大会上振奋人心的演讲赢得了听众的赞赏。(inspire)
6 这个具有挑战性的游戏考验你的记忆力和观察能力。(challenge)
3 Rewrite the sentences by changing the relative clauses into the-ingform or past participle phrases.
1 The little girl who is wearing a Snow White costume is my daughter.
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2 The full moon that is reflected on the surface of the lake reminds people of their families far away.
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3 The Rio Carnival is a festival that is held before Lent (大斋期) every year and it is considered the biggest carnival in the world.
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4 Halloween is a festival that is celebrated on the night of 31st October.
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5 On the night of the Lantern Festival, the park is filled with people who are appreciating the beautiful lanterns.
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6 I ran through the crowd of people who were hurrying to get on the train.
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4 Complete the conversations with the correctforms of the words in the box.
interest amaze wear stand bore dress satisfy surprise
1 Emily: That was an __________ Christmas movie, wasn't it
John: Oh, I'm__________ you think so. To be honest, I was rather disappointed (失望的) with it. Emily: Didn't you think the hero of the story was attractive
John: He was handsome indeed, but I wasn't __________ with the plot. I felt _________ most of the time.
2 Linda: George, do you know the girl__________ next to Bob George: Which girl You mean the girl __________ a golden mask
Linda: No, no, no, I'm talking about the girl __________ up as a princess.
George: I'm afraid I don't know her, but she looks __________.
5 Complete the sentences using the -ingform or the past participle.
1 The boy__________ under the Christmas tree seemed satisfied with his presents.
2 The flowers, the lights, the music, and the food in the house created a __________ atmosphere for all the guests.
3 The woman__________ in front of the float is one of the most famous samba dancers in Brazil.
4 Most of the guests __________to the party left with light hearts.
5 During the carnival, there was a street parade of floats__________ in flowers.