Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars(Period 3 Learning about language: Grammar)
1. i have always been honest and straightforward, and it doesn’t matter ______________ that i’m talking to.
a. who is it b. who it is c. it is who d. it is whom
2. it is pretty well understood ______________ controls the flow of carbon dioxide in and out the atmosphere today.
a. that
b. when
c. what
d. how
3. ______________ made the school proud was ______________ more than 90％ of students had been admitted to key universities.
a. what; because
b. what; that
c. that; what
d. that; because
4. ______________ team wins on saturday will go through to the national championship.
a. no matter what
b. no matter which
c. whatever
d. whichever
5. ______________ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.
a. as
b. that
c. this
d. it
6. ______________ i can’t understand is ______________ he changed his mind.
a. that; that
b. what; why
c. which; how
d. that; why
suggested answers: bcbddb
→step 7 homework
1. finish off the workbook exercises.
2. preview the reading passage a visit to the moon on page 30, find the sentences in which noun clauses are used, and see if you can understand them.
設計方案（二）
→step 1 revision
1. check the homework exercises.
2. translate the following into english.
1) 太陽系
2) 及時; 終于
3) 下蛋
4) 產生; 分娩
5) 輪到某人; 接著
6) 總有一天我會遇見他。
7) 都市生活與鄉村生活是非常不同的。
8) 他們不應該允許在這條街上停車, 街道太窄了。
9) 他的心臟病痛沒能阻止他第二天去上課。
10) 在未來的數百萬年中, 生命能否在地球上延續取決于這個問題能否得到解決。
suggested answers:
1) solar system
2) in time
3) lay eggs
4) give birth to
5) in one’s turn
6) i’ll see him in time.
7) city life is quite different from country life.
8) they shouldn’t allow parking in this street. it’s too narrow.
9) his heart trouble did not prevent him (from) going to class the next day.
10) whether life will continue on the earth for millions of years to come will depend on whether this problem can be solved.
→step 2 warming up by a game
let students work in pairs. one talks about the problems in his study or life. the other should give some advice or suggestions. encourage them to use what-clauses as the subject.
example:
s1: what i find difficult is. . . /what worries me is. . .
s2: what i would suggest is. . . /what i would advise is. . .
→step 3 discovering useful structures
ask students to find out the sentences containing noun clauses as the subject in the reading passage and underline them. then translate them into chinese.
→step 4 learning the use of noun clauses as the subject