1. 简单句中的省略

1) 省略主语　 祈使句中主语通常省略；其它省略主语多限于少数现成的说法。

(1) (I) Thank you for your help.

(2) (I) See you tomorrow.

(3) (It) Doesn’t matter.

(4) (I) Beg your pardon.

2) 省略主谓或主谓语的一部分　

(1) (There is) No smoking .

(2) (Is there) Anything wrong ?

(3) (Will you) Have a smoke ?

(4) What/How (do you think) about a cup of tea ?

(5) Why (do you) not say hello to him ?

3) 省略作宾语的不定式短语，只保留to，但如果该宾语是动词be或完成时态，则须在之后加上be或have:

(1) –Are you going there?　 --Yes, I’d like to (go there).

(2) He didn’t give me the chance, though he had promised to (give me the chance).

(3) –Are you an engineer?　 --No, but I want to be.

(4) –He hasn’t finished the task yet.　　 --Well, he ought to have.

4) 省略表语　

(1) –Are you thirsty?　　 --Yes, I am (thirsty).

(2) His brother isn’t lazy, nor is his sister (lazy).

5) 同时省略几个成分　

(1) Let’s meet at the same place as (we met) yesterday.

(2) –-Have you finished your work ?

　　 ---(I have) Not (finished my work) yet.

2. The Present participle & the past participle

T: Look at the 2 sentences on the blackboard.

This is a moving story.

The boy is deeply moved by the story.

Can you tell the difference between “moving” & “moved” ?

S: Yes. The present participle “moving” expresses an action that happens around the same time as the main verb with an active meaning while the past participle “moved” expresses an action that is completed with an passive meaning. Am I right?

T: Yes, quite right? Please open your books at Page 78. Look at Ex. 2. Read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words.

Step 2: Grammar - Ellipsis

T: Look at the 2 sentences on the blackboard.

Upon arrival, my uncle hugged Pompy and (?) tried to give him courage.

Then came a smell of sulphur, and then (?) flames.

Read them and decide which words were left out at each place of the question marks.

S: I think in the 1^st sentence the subject “he or my uncle” was left out.

S: In the 2^nd sentence I think “came” should be at the place of the question mark.

T: You are right. In modern English there is a tendency to omit or leave out some words in a sentence for the sake of conciseness. The omission is called “Ellipsis”, and a sentence containing such an elliptical sentence. A word or words in a sentence can be omitted only on condition that the omission would not cause the sentence to be understood in more than one way to be unclear meaning or wrong. We must keep in mind that we should not omit words necessary for clearness. Are you clear about that? Now I’d like to some more about “Ellipsis”.

1. Check the answer to Exercise 1 at Page 77.

2.Enable Ss to learn how to choose the present participle & the past participle.

Teaching Difficult Point: How to use Ellipsis to make a sentence brief and clear.

Teaching Aids: a computer & a projector

Procedures:

Step 1: Word Study

1.Learn about Ellipsis of different types.

2. Review the usage of the present participle & past participle.

Teaching Important Points:

5. What lesson have you learn?

(This step tries to develop the Ss’ cooperative ability and writing ability. The Ss look up information in many different ways.)

Stage 4 Homework

Read more passages about natural disasters. They can refer to the following websites:

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/hurricbro.html

http://www.aaets.org/arts/art38.htm

~kwroejr/violent.html

http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov　

http://howto.html　

Period 6 Grammar & Word Study

Goals: 1. Learn and master Grammar: Ellipsis

4.What do people do after that?

3. What is the damage after the disaster?

2.What happens when the disaster comes?