Unit 5 Music（Grammar and Useful Structures）

unit 5 music（grammar and useful structures）
aims
to help students learn about the attributive clause with a preposition in front.
to help students discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions.
to help students discover and learn to use some useful structures.
procedures
i. warming up
warming up by discovering useful words and expressions
turn to page 35 and do exercises no. 1, 2 and 3 first. check your answers against your classmates’.
ii. learning about grammar
1.reading and thinking
turn to page 34 and read with me the text of the band that wasn’t. as you read on, pay attention to the attributive clause (in/ for/ with/ by＋which/ whom), that is, the attributive clauses with a preposition ahead of the relative pronoun shown in the sentences.
for reference: the musicians of whom the band was formed played jokes on each other as well as played music. however, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, “the monkees” started to play their own instruments and write their own songs like a real band.
2.doing exercises no. 1 and 2 on page 35
turn to page 34. look at the two sentences:
the musicians of whom the band was formed played jokes on each other as well as played music.
however, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, “the monkees” started to play their own instruments and write their own songs like a real band.
pay attention to the structure: preposition + relative pronoun. usually only two relative pronouns --- which and whom--- can be used in the attributive clause, with a preposition put before the clause. that can’t be used. look at the screen. here are more examples on this kind of structure.
1.this is the reason for which he left his hometown. (=why)
2.i’ll never forget the day on which we stayed together. (=when)
3.this is the girl from whom i learned the news.
4.the person to whom i spoke just now is the manager that i told you about.   
5.i’ll show you a store in which you may buy all that you need.(=where)
6.i don’t like the way in which you laughed at her.(=that)
now go on to do exercise no. 2 on page 36, that is, to sort out the sentences.
iii. ready used materials for the attributive clause (in/ for/ with/ by＋which/ whom)
in formal styles we often put a preposition before the relative pronouns which and whom:
•the rate at which a material heats up depends on its chemical composition.
•in the novel by peters, on which the film is based, the main character is a teenager.