The 4th Period

•Grammar(The Past Participle as the Predicative & Attribute) & Listening P5

•Finish exercises on P4-P5

• He is humorous. (Predicative表语 )

•He is a humorous boy. (Attribute 定语 )

1.Please look at the sentences carefully. Pick out the attributes& predicative of the sentences. (Group work)

1) I was angry with him for keeping me waiting so long.

2) She is a beautiful young lady.

3) He got worried about losing the money.

4) Sally was so excited at the good news.

5) So many thousands of terrified people died.

2. Please classify the words that you identify into groups and explain why you divide them into these groups.

angry beautiful young good

worried excited terrified

3. Now use a different past participle /adjective in each sentence to change the mood of the sentence.

1) I was angry with him for keeping me waiting so long.

2) She is a beautiful young lady.

3) He got worried about losing the money.

4) Sally was so excited at the good news.

5) So many thousands of

terrified people died.

Discovering Useful Structures P4

1. Find more examples in the reading passage where the past participle is used as attribute and predicative.

1) Doctor John Snow was a well-known doctor in London. (attribute)

2) John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street. (attribute)

3) He got interested in the two theories.(predicative)

4) Neither its cause, nor its cure was understood.

(predicative)

2. Complete the table with phrases that have the same meaning.Past Participle as the Attribute

Past Participle as the Predicative

1.terrified people 1.

2.reserved seats 2.

3.polluted water 3.

4.a crowded room 4.

5. A pleased winner 5.

6. 6.children who look astonished

7. 7.a vase that is broken

8. 8.a door that is closed

9. 9.the audience who feel tired

10. 10.an animal that is trapped

Past Participle as the Attribute

Past Participle as the Predicative

1.terrified people 1.people who are terrified

2.reserved seats 2.seats that are reserved

3.polluted water 3.water that is polluted

4.a crowded room 4.a room that is crowded

5. A pleased winner 5.a winner that is pleased

6. Astonished children 6.children who look astonished

7.a broken vase 7.a vase that is broken

8.a closed door 8.a door that is closed

9.the tired audience 9.the audience who feel tired

10.a trapped animal 10.an animal that is trapped

•Listening P5 Using language

Answer key for Exercise 1:

•1. Qian Xuesen first studied to be an engineer.

•2. In America he began to work on space rockets so that he was able to develop a space programme when he came back to China.

•3.When Qian Xuesen returned to China he sep up a Space Institute to begin training people in how to design and build rockets.

•4.In China he has been honoured as “the father of the space programme”.

•5.Steve Smith suggested putting Qian Xuesen’s picture on Mars when the first Chinese astronaut lands there.

In pairs discuss what scientific job each of you would like to choose in the future.

(Refer to the questions &expressions on P6 that may help you)

• Finish Ex. 2 on P42. Answer key for translation:

1.Apart from going to the park, I have not been outside my flat this summer.

2.The results of the scientific experiments are valuable to us and they will contribute to the success of our research.

3.In addition to a good income, I am offering you a new flat to live in.

4.It is difficult to make a conclusion without enough evidence.

5.Please check carefully after you complete the writing and make sure all the sentences make sense.

6. You’re going to attend the lecture, aren’t you? But you don’t seem very enthusiastic about it.

7. Too much work and too little rest often leads to illness.

8.The government announced that the disease was under control.

9. Professor Yang is strict with his assistants. They must do the experiments according to his instructions.

•Finish Ex.1&2 on P44. Answer key for Using structures

Using structures

1. prepared 2. interested 3. worried, continued 4. arrived 5. concerned 6. frightened

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1. I found this broken plate on the floor.

2. I saw a tall, dark and handsome man called Xiao Ming.

3.I looked at that modern abstract painting coloured in yellows and greens.

4. Yesterday I got the expected answer to my question.

5. She is my friend devoted to my interests.

6. On the doorstep I found a lot of bottles were marked in green ink.

7. We saw many cracked windows in that room.

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Homework

1.Extracurricular exercises

2.Revision