1、Discovering Useful Structures Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Read the sentences below and discuss the functions and meanings of the italicised -ing form. 1. These lanterns are amazing. _ 2. During the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the shining moon and enjoy delicious moo
2、ncakes. _ 3. Families celebrating the Lunar New Year can enjoy exciting dragon dances and carnivals together. _ 动词-ing形式作表语 动词-ing形式作定语 动词-ing形式(短语)作定语 Read and try 1. I think the Rio Carnival would be the most exciting.（_） 2. Itll be too tiring to walk or dance for a long time in those shoes. （_） 3
3、. Another example is Halloween, which slowly became an exciting festival for children, in spite of its religious origins.（_） 4. The first week was a little confusing.（_） 表语 表语 定语 表语 Practice 1. 如果是_的动词-ing形式作定语, 常放在被修饰词前面作_; 如果是动词-ing形式_作定语, 常放在被修饰词后面作_。 它通常用来修饰、限定、说明名词或代词的品质与特征。 (1) Make less noise
4、. Theres a _ child. 不要发出太大声音, 有个正在睡觉的孩子。 (2) The young man _ between John and Mary is the editor of the campus newspaper. 坐在约翰和玛丽之间的那个年轻小伙子是校园报的编辑。 (3) There is a _ pool behind the beautiful garden. 在这个美丽的花园后面有一个游泳池。 The meaning of v.-ing as the attribute 单个 前置定语 短语 后置定语 sleeping sitting swimming 2.
5、 表示感情的动词-ing形式作定语时, 表示“_”, 此类动词-ed 形式作定语时, 表示“_”。 令人的 感到的 3. 动词-ing形式作定语如果与被修饰的词之间是被动关系, 且强调动作 正在进行就用动词-ing形式的被动式, 即being done的形式。 动词-ing形式作定语的两种作用： 1. 用来说明被修饰的名词 a waiting room = a room for waiting 等候室 a walking stick = a stick for _ 拐杖 a sleeping car = _ 卧铺 2. 指所修饰的名词正在进行的动作, 与被修饰词之间是主动关系, 可以换成 定语
6、从句的形式 a man waiting at the stop = a man who is waiting at the stop a sleeping child = a child _ walking a car for sleeping The functions of v.-ing as the attribute who is sleeping 1. The taxi that took us to the airport broke down. The taxi _ us to the airport broke down. 2. The problem that is bein
7、g discussed is about food safety. The problem _ is about food safety. 3. The student stayed in the room used for reading for an hour. The student stayed _ for an hour. 4. That was an experience that frightened everyone. That was _. taking being discussed in the reading room Practice a frightening ex
8、perience a. 动词-ing形式作表语，它通常位于_后面，用以说明主语“是什么” 或“怎么样”; b. 一种表示主语的特质、特征和状态, 其作用相当于_; c. 另一种具体说明主语的内容, 即主语等同于表语, 两者可互换。 1. The music they are playing sounds so _. 他们演奏的音乐听起来令人激动。 2. The result is _. 结果令人失望。 3. Our job is playing all kinds of music. 我们的工作就是演奏各种音乐。 4. _. 眼见为实。 系动词 形容词 The meaning and func
9、tion of v.-ing as predicative exciting disappointing Seeing is believing 1. It is _(amaze) that the boy is able to solve the problem so quickly. 2. Buying a car is simply _(waste) money. 3. Please stop making the noiseits getting _(annoy). amazing wasting annoying Practice Complete the passage with
10、the appropriate -ing form. La Tomatina is a festival that takes place in the Spanish town Buol every August. I think many food festivals are _ because people are just eating. However, this festival is _ because people dont actually eat the tomatoes. Instead, they throw them at each other! The number
11、 of people _ part in this tomato fight, can reach up to 20,000, and it is a very _ fight that lasts for a whole hour. The _ thing is how clean Buol is after the tomatoes are washed away after the fight. This is because the juice from tomatoes is really good for making surfaces clean! boring interesting taking exciting amazing Finish the part of Exercise 2 on Page 6. Homework