Unit2TheUniversalLanguageGrammarandusageTeachingaims:Afterlearningthispart,thestudentswillbeabletoknowwhentouseellipsisandhowtouseitcorrectly.Teachingprocedures:Step1Theintroductionofellipsis(PPT4—5)Showasentencefromthepassageandintroducetheconceptofellipsistothestudents.Givesomeexamplesandaskstudentsiftherearesomewordsthatareleftoutinthesentences.(You)Comehere,please.(You)Tellmewhothedirectoris,please.(You)Writeareviewoftheopera.Weoftenuseellipsisinimperativesentences.Step2Findingoutthedifferentsituationsinwhichellipsisisused(PPT6—10)Havestudentsreadeachofthesentencesandtalkaboutinwhatsituationswordscanbeleftout.—Haveyouseenthisopera?—Yes,Ihave(seenit).—Willtheperformancebeputofftillnextweek?—Ihope(itwill)not(beputofftillnextweek).Wealsouseellipsisinshortresponses.—Whenwilltheyarrive?—Inabouttwohours.—Couldyouwatertheplantsforme?—Whatabout(wateringthem)afterIfinishmyhomework?Theemperorfindsthedeathsofsomanymendisturbing,andalthoughhewouldliketo,hecannotbreakhispromise.PucciniwroteTurandotand(healsowrote)MadamButterfly.Wecanuseellipsisintwoclauseswiththesamepatternandthesameverb.Theactorwasbornin1961,andhiswifein1964.Step3Theintroductionoftheuseofellipsisinotherdifferentstyles(PPT11—16)Insomespecialstylesofellipsis,wordsareleftouttosavespaceandtime.Theseincludesignsandlabels,newspaperheadlines,instructions,postcardsanddiaries,notes,etc.Signs:Nosmokingisallowedhere.Thisisaone-waystreet.Instructions:Putthissideup,please.Pleasehandlethiswithcare.Headlines:HousesdestroyedinweekendstormsMayorsayshewon’tquit.Themayorsayshewon’tquit.Notes:Thesearebrightideas.Postcards:Iwishyouwerehere.Step4Showstudentssomecompletesentencesandhavethestudentsrewritethemusingellipsis.(PPT17—19)ExerciseRewritethefollowingsentenceswithellipses.1.Whataboutsomemorecoffeeforyou?2.Whydoyougetsoupset?3.Whydoyounotdoitatonce?4.It’sapityyoudidn’tgetthechance.5.—ShallIgotoplaybadminton?—Ifyoulike,youcangotoplaybadminton.6.—WhencouldIstartthework?—Youmaystarttheworkwheneveryoulike.7.Pleasepassmeoneoftheseoranges,Idon’tcarewhichoneyoupassme.8.Fatherwillcomeback,butIdon’tknowwhenhewillcomeback.9.—Whatdoyouthinkabouttheopera?—Ithinkitiswonderful.10.—Willwebelate?—I’mafraidwewillbelate.11.ShirleywillgoifRosewillgo.12.Youcanaskmequestionsifthereareanyquestionsthatarise.13.IwouldhavecomeyesterdayifIhadwantedto.14.Whenyouarecrossingtheroad,youmustbecareful.15.UnlessIaminvited,Iwon’tgo.Step5Activity(PPT20)Havestudentsworkingroupsandwritesomesentenceswithellipsis,andthenclassifythemintodifferentgroups.
