Unit1LivingwithtechnologyGrammarandusageTeachingaims:1.studentswillbeabletoreviewtheusageoftransitiveandintransitiveverbs;2.studentswillbeabletoreadbriefexplanationsofthegrammaritemsanddrawconclusions;3.studentswillbeabletolearnhowtousethemindifferentsituationsandbyfulfillingsomewrittentasks;4.studentswillbeabletoknowhowtoaccumulatetheirknowledgeofthelanguageeverydayandtrytousewhathasbeenlearntasoftenaspossible.Teachingprocedures:Step1LeadinWhat’sthebiggestdifferencebetweentransitiveandintransitiveverbs?•AnAmerican,PhiloFarnsworth,madeimportantbreakthroughsinthedevelopmentoftheTVinthelate1920sandearly1930s.•Timessurehavechanged!•Transitiveverbsareverbsthattakeanobject.Intransitiveverbsdonottakeanobject.Step2DiscoveringmoreReadthroughP8andtrytofindoutmoredifferencesbetweenthem.•1.AnAmerican,PhiloFarnsworth,madeimportantbreakthroughsinthedevelopmentoftheTVinthelate1920sandearly1930s.•2.Itwasnotuntiltheearly1950sthatmosttaperecordersbeganusingplastictapeastheydotoday.•3.Whocanforeseewhatthefuturewillbring?•Theobjectcanbeanoun,apronoun,aninfinitive,averb-ingoranobjectclause.••Onmybirthdayunclegavemeamobilephoneasagift.•Thedirectobjectisusuallyanounthatreferstosomethingbeinggiven.Theindirectobjectisanounorapronounthatreferstotherecipient.••ThiswillsoonmakeDVDsthingsofthepast.•TheyalsomakeTVaccessibletopeoplewholivefarawayfromcities.•Thecomplementcanbeanoun,anadjective,anadverb,aprepositionalphraseoranon-finiteverbwhichrefersbacktotheobject.Bythelate1970s,videorecorderssmallandcheapenoughforhomeusewereintroduced.Mosttransitiveverbscanbeusedinthepassivevoice.Timessurehavechanged!Intransitiveverbsdonottakeanobject,andcannotbeusedinthepassivevoice.Thewatersrosehigherandhigher,untilmorethan1,000peoplehadtoleavetheirhomes.Morechallengeslieaheadofme.Intransitiveverbscanusuallybefollowedbyanadverbial.••Boredwithlifeinthecity,hemovedtoaremotevillageaccessibleonlybyboat.•Someintransitiveverbscanbefollowedbyaprepositionalphrase.••Mumiscooking(breakfast)inthekitchennow.•Toeveryone’ssurprise,hecontributed$5,000toalocalcharity.•ManydifferentpeoplecontributedtothedevelopmentofTV.•Manyverbscanbebothtransitiveandintransitive.Step3PracticeP9A,Banswerfor,allowfor,payfor,sufferfrom,searchforWordstudy•1.Ihadampletimetowait.•2.Wehadacasualconversation.•3.medicalinsurance•4.Itwasobviousthat…•5.Hewastremblingwithhissufferings.Step4HomeworkP104C1,C2
