First aid（The Third Period）
(a few minutes later)who volunteers to write them down on the blackboard?
s: i'll try. (write the sentences on the blackboard.)
(bb: 2. if we were to panic, we would not be able to help.
3. if we were to get hurt trying to save someone, we would-not be able to help. )
t: good. look at these two sentences. the same sentence pattern is used. who can tell us their chinese meanings?
s: let me have a try. they mean“如果我們驚慌失措的話，我們就幫不上忙了”and “如果我們救別人時自己受了傷，那就幫不上忙了”
t: quite right. now, please compare them with the first sentence that i wrote just now. what's the difference between them? who knows?
s: their sentence patterns are different.
t: yes, please sit down.
(teacher allows students enough time to discuss why the sentence patterns are different. then ask one or two students to tell the reason. ss may speak chinese when necessary. teacher gives some explanations and writes the sentence patterns on the blackboard. )
(bb: "if sub. + had done…, sub. + would have done…" if + sub.+ were to …, sub.+ would (not) do…)
step iv practice
t: to master the subjunctive mood better, let's do some practice. look at the screen and finish the exercises by yourselves first and then have a discussion in pairs to check your answers.
(show the following on the screen.)
join the pairs of sentences using the
subjunctive mood.
example:
the house caught fire.
i did not turn off the electric heater.
→if 1 had turned off the electric heater, the house would not have caught fire.
1. the old man died of sudden heart at tack.
he was not sent to the hospital in time.
2. the boy died of electric shock.
he touched the broken electric wires.
3. the building was burned down.
they didn't fix the worn-out electric wires.
4. the woman was gas-poisoned.
she didn't open the window when cooking.
5. the worker fell down the ladder and broke his leg.
he put the ladder on a wet floor.
6. the little girl drowned.
she got too close to the lake.
7. the baby put small pieces of the toy in her mouth.
her mother left them on the floor.
suggested answers,
1. if the old man had been sent to the hospital in time, he would not have died of a sudden heart attack.
2. if the boy had not touched the broken electric wires, he wouldn't have died of electric shock.
3. if they had fixed the worn-out electric wires, the building would not have been burned down.