新选择性必修三Unit2Alife'sworkUsinglanguage课件

Unit2Alife’swork

Usinglanguage新标准《英语》高中选择性必修第三册Predicativeclauses

Activity1Lookatthesentencesfromthereadingpassageandanswerthequestions.aThisiswhatmakesthemsospecial.

bAsimplerestaurantwaswhereheusuallyhadthesamemealofsausages,eggsandcoffee.

1Whatformdoesthepredicativetakeinsentences(a)and(b)?2Whyis“what”usedinsentence(a)and“where”usedinsentence(b)?3Whatotherwordsdoyouknowthatcanleadapredicativeclause?1Thepredicativeinsentences(a)and(b)takestheformofaclause.2“What”isusedinsentence(a)becauseitactsasthesubjectof“makes”inthepredicativeclause.“Where”isusedinsentence(b)becauseitactsastheadverbialinthepredicativeclause.3Otherwordsarewho,when,how,why,etc.Activity1Nowlookformoresentenceswithpredicativeclausesinthereadingpassage,andsummarisetheirusesinyourownwords.Activity21thatitcomprisesanarrayofplantsadaptedtodryconditions2thatitisthelife’sworkofonlyonewoman:RuthBancroft3whatshewasmostinterestedin4wheretheygrewnaturally5asthoughnothingwouldeverstopherfromcontinuingthiswork6howmuchvisitorsadmirehergardenListentothestoryofRuthBancroftandcompletethesentenceswithpredicativeclauses.Listenagainifnecessary.1Onereasonwhythegardenisuniqueis______________________________________________.2Anotherreasonforitsuniquenessis_________________________________________________.3Thedrought-resistantplantswiththick,fleshyleavesbecame___________________________.4AlthoughWalnutCreekwasnot_______________________________________.5Itseemed______________________________________________________________________.6Thosefive-starreviewsprove________________________________________________________.Activity3Rewritetheunderlinedsentencesusingpredicativeclauses.TheageofeightwaswhenhestartedtraininginPekingOperaonadailybasis.Watchingthepigeonsastheyfleweverydaywashowhedevelopedtheexpressiveeyemovementsthatweresocrucialtohisart.HishardworkanddedicationwerewhatmadehimaleadingartistinPekingOpera.Hisinnovationsinmake-upandcostumedesign,whichallowedformorevividdepictionsoffemalecharacters,werewhatcontributedgreatlytothedevelopmentofPekingOpera.ThislifelongdevotionwaswhathasmadehimoneofthemostcelebratedPekingOperaartistsofalltime.Activity4Thinkofanotherartistandwriteabouttheirdevotiontotheirart.Usepredicativeclauseswhereappropriate.ThespiritofcraftsmanshipActivity5Listentotheradioprogrammeandchooseitspurpose.1Tointroducefamoustraditionalcraftstotheaudience.2Toraisetheaudience'sawarenessofpreservingtraditionalcrafts.3Toreplacetraditionalcraftswithmoderntechnology.4Totellthestoriesofsomefamouscraftworkers.Activity6Listenagainandcompletethetable.1Basketmakingwithoak2Thedemandforthesecrafts3mass-producedwithmoderntechnology4thematerialsinvolved5notinterestedinlearningtraditionalskillsActivity7Completetheboxeswiththeexpressionsfromtheradioprogramme.Onereasonissimplythat…Anotherfactoristhat…Whatdoyouknowabout…?Didyouknowthat…?Activity81Whatiscurrentlyhappeningtotraditionalcrafts?2Whyarepeoplestartingtoengagemorewithtraditionalcrafts?Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.1Traditionalcraftshaverecentlyundergonearenaissance.2Peoplearestartingtoengagemorewithtraditionalcraftsbecausethereisgreaterpublicinterestinoldstoriesandtraditions,aswellasadesireforhigh-qualityproducts.Furthermore,craftsmanshipreflectspeople’sdesireforskilledandsociallyusefulwork.Activity9Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.Payattentiontothewordsandexpressionsinbold.1Whatwerethe23scientistshonouredfor?2Whatchallengesdidtheymeet?Howdidtheyovercomethem?1Theywerehonouredfortheirextraordinarycontributionstothe“twobombs,onesatellite”project.2Theyenduredextremeconditionsandbeingapartfromtheirfamiliesforyears.Toovercomethesechallenges,theyfocusedontheirresponsibilitiesanddedicatedmuchoftheirlivestotheirwork.Activity10refusetobackdownkeptonwithgreatresolutiondedicatemuchoftheirlivestosoughtnofameshunnedthespotlightthoughtoutsidetheboxbrokenewgroundleadingtothebreakthroughofwasexperiencedinhighlyaccomplishedhiscrackhandatwonhimacclaimPuttheexpressionsthatshowdifferentqualitiesinActivity9intotheboxes.Addanymoreyoucanthinkof.Activity11