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