Unit 2 Fit for life
Grammar and usage (period 2)
Teaching aims:
After learning this class, the students will be able to apply what they’ve learned about linking verbs.
To correct the mistakes the students have made in their exercises.
Teaching difficult and important points:
The application of link verbs
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Do exercises on Page 41 in the textbook.
1. Answers to Part A (P41)
18 March
Today I feel worn out. This morning, I took part in a debate about the Internet. The Internet is very controversial. It seems very popular with many people, but there are still some people who do not like it at all. They say that it is full of information that can not be trusted, and that it stops people from spending time with their families and friends.
I admire the boy I debated against because he was very skillful. He made some quite reasonable points and gave a good speech. I talked to him after the debate. He seemed tired too. He doesn’t really think the Internet is bad, but he thinks we should pay attention to the problems it can cause. I agreed and told him I felt sure that if we use it in an intelligent manner, the Internet can be a good tool. We were both happy with the outcome of the debate. People stayed silent
and listened to us, and applauded at the end. Mum predicts that I will become quite a good public speaker if I continue to take part in debates. I am hopeful that I will, and I am eager to debate again because today proved very successful!
2. Answers to Part B (P41)
(1)The debate was quite interesting. The debate proved/seemed/appeared/ interesting.
(2) Both speakers were very knowledgeable about the Internet.
Both speakers appeared/seemed very knowledgeable about the Internet.
(3) Now I am certain that information from the Internet cannot be trusted.
Now I feel certain that information from the Internet cannot be trusted.
(4) Both speakers were very calm throughout the debate.
Both speakers stayed/remained very calm throughout the debate.
(5) It was exciting. Everyone was silent until the very end.
It was exciting. Everyone remained/ stayed silent until the very end.
(6)At the end, Zhu Zhenfei was confident that she had won.
At the end, Zhu Zhenfei seemed confident that she had won.
3. Choose the correct.
(1) The cloth that __ smooth and soft __.
A. feels; sells well B. feels; is well sold
C. is felt; sells well D. is felt; sells good
(2) __ delicious, the food was soon sold out.
A. Tasted B. Being tasted C. Tasting D. To taste
(3) Happy birthday, Alice! So you have ___ twenty-one already.
A. become B. turned C. grown D. passed
(4) The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain ___ as the plane was making a landing.
A. seat B. seating C. seated D. to be seating
(5) Be careful when you cross this very busy street. If not, you may ___ run over by a car.
A. have B. get C. become D. turn
(6) Your suggestion _____ good.
A. hears B. sounds C. listens to D. listens
(7)The theory that he had stuck _______ true.
to proved B. proved C. proving D. to prove
(8)The traffic lights ____ green and I pulled away.
A. came B. went C. got D. grew
(9) What he said caused us _____.
A. to feel frightening B. feel frightened
C. feeling frighten D. to feel frightened
[Explanation]
语篇中运用连系动词、句子改写、单项选择等形式多样的练习，帮助学生形成有效的语法学习策略。
Step 2 Predicative clause
概念：放在连系动词后面做表语的从句。
结构：主语 + 连系动词 + 表语从句
常用连系动词：be, look, remain, seem…
引导表语从句的连词：that, whether, when, where, because, why…
1. 引导表语从句的that一般不能省略。The trouble is that I have lost his address.
2. 表语从句通常用whether而不用if 引导。The question is whether we can make good preparations in such a short time.
3. 常见的表语结构有： It looks as if …; The reason is that…; It is because…; That is why…; The fact is/ remains that…
Translate the following sentences:
That was what she did this morning.
This is why we can’t get the support of the people.
The reason why he was late for school is that he missed the early bus.
It looks as if it is going to rain.
The fact remains that we are behind the other classes.
4. 在表示“建议、劝说、命令、请求”等
名词后面的表语从句中，谓语动词要用虚拟语气(should + 动词原形，should 可省略)。
Translation:
1） My suggestion is that we (should) start early tomorrow.
2） Our request is that we (should) have a good rest to refresh.
3） The order from the headmaster came that we (should) go to school on Saturdays.
Step 3: exercises and corrections
1. —The mother tries to do everything for her son.
—That’s ______ she is mistaken.
A. where B. wherever C. when D. how
2. —Are you still thinking about yesterday’s games?
—Oh, that’s _______.
A. What makes me feel excited B. whatever I feel excited
C. how I feel about it D. when I feel excited
3. ______ made the school proud was ______ more than 90% of the students had been admitted to key universities.
A. What, because B. What, that C. That, what D. That, because
4. Perseverance is a kind of quality- and that’s _____ it take to do anything well.
A. what B. that C. which D. why
5. ______ she couldn’t understand was _____fewer and fewer students showed interest in her lessons.
A. What, why B. That, why C. What, because D. Why, that
6. The place _____ the bridge is supposed to be built should be _____ the cross-river traffic is the heaviest.
A. which, where B. at which, which
C. at which, where D. which, in which
7. ―Don’t you think it necessary that he ____ to Miami but to New York?
—I agree, but the problem is ____ he has refused to.
A. will not be sent, that B. not be sent, that
C. should not be sent, what D. should not send, what
8. Go and get your coat. It’s ____ you left it.
A. which B. where C. there where D. where there
9. ―I drove to Zhuhai for the air show last week?.
—Is that ____ you had a few days off?
A. why B. how C. what D. where
10. What the doctors really doubt is ____ my mother will recover from the serious disease soon.
A. that B. how C. where D. what
11. _____ we were worried about was ____ they could manage to control the pollution.
A. That; how B. That; whether C. What; that D. What; whether
12. _____ Lily will get better soon is ______ her mother is worrying about now.
A. What; what B. Whether; what C. If; that D. What,;that
13. America was _____ was first called “India” by Columbus.
A. that B. where C. what D. the place
14.—What are you worrying about when going to the zoo?
―It is _____ there is any chance of being harmed by animals.
A. why B. when C. whether D. what
[Explanation]
连系动词后搭配很多，表语从句是较难的一种形式，所以认真学习各种引导词连接的表语从句很有必要。
Step 3 Homework (PPT 56)
1. Review what we have learned today?
2. Finish Exercises C1 & C2 (P120).
[Explanation]
连系动词的用法并不难，但是如果没有足够的练习，即使结构罗列得再清楚，也难以保证学生掌握，所以充足的练习是语法学习的保证。
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