Book 4 Unit 1 Women of achievement
derivation is one of the most important word-formation. it is helpful in enlarging students\' vocabulary. teachers can give them enough words, and let them guess the meaning of these words. as a result of this, students will be interested in the word-formation, and begin to use the method to guide their word study in their daily life.
t: just now we reviewed some words in the text. now please look at these words on the blackboard and say the meanings of them.
organize organization state statement
discuss discussion entertain entertainment
direct direction consider consideration
decide decision agree agreement
prepare preparation achieve achievement
inform information treat treatment
deter- determination improve improvement
express expression encourge encouragement
examine examination enjoy enjoyment
educate education govern government
feel feeling find finding
begin beginning mean meaning
t: from the above chart we can see that with knowledge of word-formation, we can enlarge our vocabulary. today, we\'ll focus our attention on the noun suffix. there are many noun suffixes in english. in this unit, we\'ll learn -ment, -ing, -ation, -ist and so on. now let\'s finish step 3 exercise 1 in page 4.
let students finish exercise 1. check their answers with the whole class.
t: here are some other noun suffixes on the screen. read it and write down them in your note books. noun suffix
-er(fighter) -or(sailor) -ist(artist)
-ant(assistant) -ee(employee) -ian(librarian)
-tion(attention) -ment(government) -dom(freedom)
-ness(carefulness) -ism(socialism) -ship(friendship)
-ure(pleasure) -ty(society) -ence(reference)
let students do it, and then check the answers with the whole class.
step4 discovering useful structures
tell students what they should do next. ask them to read the example in exercise 1 on page 5. make sure that they know what they should do. finish exercise 1, and check the answers.
step 5 主謂一致
1.兩個(gè)或兩個(gè)以上做主語(yǔ)的單數(shù)名詞用and連接，謂語(yǔ)用復(fù)數(shù).
tom and dick _______ (be) good friends.
但若表示一個(gè)集合體時(shí)則用單數(shù)。
a singer and dancer ______ (be) present at the party.
the worker and writer ___ (be) talking to the students.
bread and butter ________ (taste) good.
(a needle and thread, a horse and cart, a watch and chain, a coat and tie, truth and honesty, medical help and cure)
2.用 and 連接的兩個(gè)名詞若被 no, each, every, many a 修飾，則謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。
no bird and no beast ______ (be) seen in the bare island.
many a boy and many a girl ______ (have) made such a funny experiment.