(共22张PPT)
Abstract nouns
1. Many wild animals ______________ because people have destroyed their living environment. We have to take some actions to prevent the ___________ of wild animals. (disappearance; disappear)
2. The new motorway between the two cities has finally __________. It’s good news for people who have to travel a lot there. The manager made a speech at the __________ ceremony of the supermarket. (open; opening)
3. Thanks to his ___________, we are all saved, and all of us think he is such a _______ person. (kind; kindness)
4. The man carried the boy to __________ as the train come over, and the boy was _________ at last. (safe; safety)
disappearance
have disappeared
opened
opening
kindness
kind
safety
safe
a noun that refers to an idea, an action,
a general quality or something that we
can’t see or touch directly.
Such as disappearance, opening, kindness and safety.
Group 1:
verbs → abstract nouns
Verb +ing train/feel
+ure press/fail
+ance perform/enter
+ence prefer/differ
+ment move/develop
+ion discuss/connect
+ation inform/present
training/feeling
pressure/failure
performance/entrance
preference/difference
movement/development
discussion/connection
information/presentation
adjec-tive +ness kind
+ty safe
+ity real
kindness
safety
reality
Try to think about more similar examples!
careless, ill
cruel
popular
Tips:
We sometimes need to change the final letter(s) of a word before adding the suffix:
verb produce (production)
decide (decision)
please (pleasure)
adj. silent (silence)
pretty (prettiness)
-e+tion
-de+sion
-e+ure
-t+ce
-y+iness
Most abstract nouns are uncountable, only a few of them are countable:
hope → a hope; idea → an idea; situation → a situation
More examples:
1. He had been a talented musician in his youth.
2. The fight was started by a gang of youths.
3. He has the power to make things unpleasant for us.
4. The USA is among the world powers.
5. The woods are considered to be an area of natural beauty.
6. She had been a beauty in her day.
年轻
年轻人
能力
强国
美丽
美人
1. development
2. popularity
3. failure
4. connection
5. improvements
6. presentation
7. achievement
8. admiration
Words related to computers
Try to recognize the different parts of computers in the picture.
speaker
monitor
printer
CD-Rom /DVD-Rom
screen
keyboard
mouse
floppy disk
U-Disk
mouse mat
hard drive
floppy
disk drive
CD-ROM / DVD-ROM drive
⑴
⑵
⑶
⑷
⑸
⑹
⑺
⑻
⑼
⑽
⑾
⑿
⒀
Use some of the words in the picture and the words in the box to complete the poster:
Answers:
1. keyboard 2. mouse
3. data 4. floppy disks
5. CD-ROMs 6. CPU
7. connect 8. e-mails
9. information 10. Web
1. If we have no _____________, we can’t enjoy the beautiful music by computers.
2. If we want to surf online, we just need to connect the computer with cables by ____________.
Choose the right words to complete the sentences:
scanner, sound card,
CD-writer, network card
sound card
network card
3. Your photos are so beautiful, and I can use the _________ to copy them into my computer.
4. Sometimes the information in the floppy disk is easy to be destroyed, so we can use a _________ to store the information for a long time.
scanner
CD-writer
Choose the right words to complete the sentences:
scanner, sound card,
CD-writer, network card
以……为结果
1. 他的工程以失败告终。
2. 两队各进一球, 战成平局。
3. 他触犯了法律, 坐了大牢。
1. His project ended in a failure.
2. Either team made one goal and the match ended in a tie.
3. He broke law and ended (up) in prison.
1. At the end of the meeting, it was announced that an agreement _____. (2007江苏)
A. has been reached
B. had been reached
C. has reached
D. had reached
2. The country has already sent up three unmanned spacecraft, the most recent ________ at the end of last March. (2007山东)
A. has been launched
B. having been launched
C. being launched
D. to be launched
(1) 让我们通过邮件保持联系吧。
(2) 十年前他离开这儿到北京去的,从那以
后我们就失去了联系。
Let’s keep in touch with each other by mail.
She left for Beijing ten years ago and we have been out of touch since.
keep in touch with 与……保持联系
get in touch with 与……取得联系
lose touch with 与……失去联系
be in touch with 与…….处于联系当中
be out of touch with 与……没有联系
Revise what you have learned in this period.
Preview Grammar.