(共17张PPT)
Unit 6 Disaster and hope
Ellipsis
B3U6
Can you complete the missing words
A: I’m hungry.
B: Are you ( hungry )
A: Yeah. I didn’t have lunch today.
B: ( Do you ) Want some sandwiches
A: Are there any
B: Yeah. ( I’ve ) Just made some.
定义
省略是一种避免重复、突出新信息并使上下文紧密连接的语法
手段。与汉语-样,英语中的省略也较为常见。一般来说,只要
不损害结构或引起歧义,能省略的地方就可以省略。
Ellipsis
省略
意义
可使语言更加简洁,意思更加明确,句子结构更加紧凑。
[ l ps s]
a It’s just typical that my journey is on one of the oldest lines, as well as one of the deepest.
b My office is only on the third floor of the building, so quite low.
c It’s just typical that my journey is on one of the oldest lines, as well as one of the deepest lines.
d My office is only on the third floor of the building, so it is quite low.
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
1 What has been left out in these sentences
“Lines” in sentence(a), and “it is”in sentence(b).
一、简单句的省略
1. 省略主语
祈使句中主语通常省略; 其它省略主语多限于少数现成的说法。
Hand me the hammer, will you
Thank you for your help.
Sounds great.
Looks like rain.
(You)
(I)
(It)
(It)
一、简单句的省略
2. 省略主谓或主谓语的一部分
祈使句中主语通常省略; 其它省略主语多限于少数现成的说法。
Anything you you want to tell me
Anything wrong
What/How about a cup of tea
Why not say hello to him
(Is there)
(Is there)
(do you)
(do you think)
一、简单句的省略
3. 省略作宾语的不定式短语
省略作宾语的不定式短语,只保留to, 但如果该宾语是动词
be或完成时态,则须在之后加上be或have:
(1) –Are you going there
–Yes, I’d like to.
(go there)
(a doctor)
(finished his homework)
(2) –Are you a doctor
–No, but I want to be.
(3) –He hasn’t finished his homework.
–He ought to have .
二、并列句的省略
在and、but、so、or连接的并列结构中,
第二个部分相同的结构在不造成意义混淆时可以省去
She is sitting in the chair and talking to her son.
I will ask them to come over and talk the matter over.
She often keeps her dog from running in the field and sleeping in the living room.
∧
to
∧
from
∧
is
三、复合句的省略
1. 定语从句的省略
在限制性定语从句中作宾语的关系代词可以省略。
He is one of the men I can trust.
This is the very pen I lent to him.
∧
who
∧
that
三、复合句的省略
1. 定语从句的省略
在限制性定语从句中作宾语的关系代词可以省略。
Can you tell me the way _____________you use to solve the problem
Can you tell me the way ______________you solve the problem
which; that; /
in which; that; /
先行词 way 表示_______且在从句中作______时关系词也可以省掉,也可以用______或_________.
状语
in which
that
方式
三、复合句的省略
2. 宾语从句的省略
在限制性定语从句中作宾语的关系代词可以省略。
– Do you think it will rain?
– I think so.
– I think not./I don’t think so.
(that it will not rain.)
(that it will rain.)
在对话中, 答语中的宾语从句常常省略,
用so代替肯定内容,用not代替否定内容。
三、复合句的省略
3. 状语从句的省略
When ______ (take) according to directions, the drug has little side effect.
Though _______ (lack) money, his parents managed to send him to university.
The young man rushed out of the room, as if _________ (frighten) by the strange noise.
When _______ (饥饿), you should eat more meat.
My dog would do anything I order him to _________________ (当心情好时).
taken
lacking
frightened
when in good mood
hungry
当状语从句的主语和主句的主语一致,且从句谓语是be动词或其变化形式的时候,从句的主语和be动词可以一起省掉。
把下面的句子改成省略句
1. I consider him to be lazy.
→ I consider
2. They may go if they wish to go.
→ They may go
3. He paused as if he was expecting her to speak.
→ He paused as if
4. Jack will sing at the party, but I know John won’t sing at the party.
→ Jack will sing at the party, but
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practice !
him lazy.
if they wish to.
expecting her to speak.
I know John won’t.
Find out what words have been removed before or after the underlined words.
its ways (to forecast the weather)
dry period (that’s on the way)
more loudly (than usual)
(look) for birds
when and where
(something bad is going to happen)
Remove words from the news report to make it more concise
Remove words from the news report to make it more concise
The 8.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on 25 April 2015, was one of the worst earthquakes in history. On hearing the news, China was quick to start organising emergency aid.
Remove words from the news report to make it more concise
International rescue teams soon began to arrive in the country. Amongst all the international heavy rescue teams, the China International Search and Rescue Team(CISAR) was the first international heavy rescue team to arrive. Consisting of 62 people, it not only included rescuers and medical staff, but also included earthquake experts. By early May, emergency aid worth 9.7 million US dollars had been donated by China, with a further round of emergency aid to follow.