The British Isles（The Third Period）
suggested answers:
1. union 一些工會領導聚在一起商討工作中的安全問題。
2. republic 我國的全稱是中華人民共和國。
3. view 越來越多的年輕人中學畢業后出國留學，你對這種現象怎樣看待？
4. upper 一般說來，上層社會的人不了解普通百姓的生活。
5. consists 我班有二十五名男生，三十二名女生。
6. mild 今天天氣不錯，不冷也不熱。
7. narrow 這條街太窄了，兩輛車都錯不開。
8. influence 受她老師的影響，她在大學學英語專業。
9. basis 不要以貌取人。
concerned phrases:
2. the republic of china
4. the upper class
5. consist of
9. on the basis of 在……基礎上，根據
step iv grammar
(teacher writers one sentence on the blackboard: most people in the west agree that chinese is one of the most difficult languages to learn.)
t: ok. please look at the sentence on the blackboard. there is a that-clause in the sentence. do you know what clause it is called?
ss: yes. it is an object clause.
t: right. how do you know this?
s4 :i think the that-clause is used as the object of the verb “agree”.
t：quite right. if a that-clause is used as subject we call it the subject clause. a that-clause is also used as the predicative clause, the appositive clause or the attributive clause. are you clear about that?
ss： yes.
t: let's look at the sentences on the screen.
l. that they carry on their conversation in french is suggested. (subject clause)
2. he made a suggestion that they carry on their conversation in their french.
(appositive clause)
3. his suggestion was that they carry on conversation in french. (predicative clause)
4. this is the suggestion that he made last week. (attributive clause)
(teacher lets students pay attention to the clauses in the sentences and give them simple explanations.)
t: now look at some other sentences on the screen and decide which part the clauses act as. choose the correct part from the box to match with the sentences. do it as soon as possible.
(teacher shows the screen.).
choose the correct part from the box to match with the sentences.
a. subject b. object c. predicative d. appositive
1. the idea that england stands for fish & chips, the speaker's corner and the tower of london is past.
2. the fact that the mainland of great britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many people.
3. the result of so much french influence was that the english language ended up with many french words such as table, animal and age.