Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”(Period 3　Learning about language: Grammar)

5)it looked as if it was going to snow.
6)do you know why he crossed his arms?
suggested answers:
1)what it was to become was a mystery. (noun clause as the subject)
2)i don’t know who will help henry to win the bet. (noun clause as the object)
3)his trouble is that he doesn’t know anybody in london. (noun clause as the predicative)
4)it hasn’t been decided yet when the new restaurant will open. (noun clause as the subject)
5)it looked as if it was going to snow. (noun clause as the predicative)
6)can you tell me why he crossed his arms? (noun clause as the object)
→step 2 preparation
1. show the following two sentences on the screen. ask students to read each of them and then underline its appositive.
1)their friend, danny lin, was waiting at the airport.
2)he was going to take them and their baggage to catch “the true north”, the cross-canada train.
suggested answers:
1)their friend, danny lin, was waiting at the airport.
2)he was going to take them and their baggage to catch “the true north”, the cross-canada train.
2. let students think about and discuss what kind of noun clause the underlined clause is in each of the following two sentences.
1)the thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.
2)we were very excited at the news that our team had won.
→step 3 grammar learning
1. reading and discovering
ask students to turn back to page 34 to read through the reading passage and find all the sentences where noun clauses are used as the appositive and underline them. then translate them into chinese.
suggested answers:
1)the thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.
他們要橫穿整個北美大陸的想法真令人興奮。
2)some people have the idea that you can cross canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that canada is 5500 kilometres from coast to coast.
有些人認為可以在不到5天的時間里橫跨加拿大, 但是他們忘了加拿大從東海岸到西海岸有5500千米這個事實。
3)the girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the great lakes.
海輪可以開到五大湖來, 這確實使姑娘們感到吃驚。
2. thinking and discussing
let students read aloud the sentences they picked out, think over and discuss with a partner how each of these noun clauses is being used in the situations. if students have some difficulty, give them a hand.
3. summing up: noun clauses as the appositive.
同位語從句
在主從復合句中, 用作同位語的從句, 叫同位語從句。它一般跟在某些名詞(如fact, news, idea, truth, hope, problem, information, wish, promise, answer, evidence, report, explanation, suggestion, conclusion等)的后面, 用以說明或解釋前面的名詞。