Unit3TheworldofcoloursandlightGrammarandusageTeachingaims:Afterlearningthisperiod,thestudentswillbeableto:1.understandhowinversionsareformed;2.summarizethecasesinwhichinversionisused;3.learntochangeinversionintonormalstructureorviceversa.Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-in(PPT4-6)1.Guidestudentstocomparethefollowingpairsofsentencesandtellthedifferencebetweenthem.●TheywenttotheparklastSunday.DidtheygototheparklastSunday?●Helikestoreadnewspaperarticlesaboutsocialproblems.Whatdoesheliketoread?2.AskthestudentstogothroughPartAandunderlinetheinversionsincludedinthetextandaskthestudentstoanalyseandexplainthereasonwhyinversioncanbeusedinthesecases.Whiledoingthis,helpthestudentsfigureoutwhatisinversion.ThenaskthestudentstoreadtheguidelinesonP40.Makesurethattheyknowthatinversionsometimescanputemphasisonthepredicateinsteadofonthesubject.Firstly,getthestudentstoworkontheirownandthencomparetheirnotesinpairs.Step2Inversionindifferentcases(PPT7-33)1.Questions.(PPT8)Thispartiseasyforthestudentstounderstand.Sojustaskthemtogivemoreexamples.2.1.Whenasentencebeginswithanegativewordoranegativephrasesuchasneither,nor,never,not,atnotime,seldom,andhardly,inversionisused.(PPT9-11)Forthispart,firstaskthestudentstoreadindividuallyandthenworkinpairs:onestudentreadstheinvertedsentence,theotheroneputsitinitsnormalorderandviceversa.Moresentencesaresuggested:(1)Ihavenevermethimbefore.NeverhaveImethimbefore.(2)Wehaveseldomseensuchahorriblefilm.Seldomhaveweseensuchahorriblefilm.(3)Shehadhardlyenteredthehousewhensheheardababycrying.Hardlyhadsheenteredthehousewhensheheardababycrying.(4)Shedidnotsingasinglesongatyesterday’sparty.Notasinglesongdidshesingatyesterday’sparty.2.2.Whenthesentencebeginswithonlyorso,inversionisused.(PPT12-13)Askthestudentstogivemoreexamplestopractisewitheachother,especiallyabout“only”.Askthestudentstocompare:(1)Onlyinthiswaycanyouworkouttheproblem.(2)OnlywhenMr.Bakerreturnsthisafternoonwillthemeetingbegin.(3)Onlyteacherswenttotheartgalleryyesterday.Andtellthestudentstonotethatwhen“only”modifiesthesubject,wedonotinvertthesubjectandthepredicate.3.1.Whenthesentencebeginswithdirectspeechorpartofit,inversionisused.(PPT32)3.2.Whenthesubjectistoolong,inversionisused.(PPT32)3.3.Whenthesentencebeginswithhere,there,in,out,up,down,on,etc.,inversionisused.(PPT26-27)3.3Itisrelativelydifficulttounderstandanduse,soitissuggestedthatmoreexamplesaregivenoraskthestudentstomakeupasentenceusingtheabovestructure.4.Informallanguagetotalkaboutunrealconditionals,inversionisused.Askthestudentstoputtheexamplesthetextintotheirnormalorder.Step3Practiceandconsolidation1.BacktoPartAandaskthestudentstoputthefollowinginvertedsentencesintheirnormalorderandcheckanswersinpairs.2.AskthestudentstofinishPartBindividually.3.Askthestudentstorewritethefollowingparagraphusinginversionfollowingtherequirementsinbrackets.(PPT34-36)InChinaabout50millionpeoplearelivingwithdisabilities.(Therebe…)Anewgovernmentprogramhasbeendesignedtohelpdisabledpeople.Morespecialschoolswillbebuilt.Helpwillbegiventopeopletofindjobsandmedicaltreatmentwillbeprovidedforpeoplewhoneedittoo.(Notonly…butalso…)Butthetruthisthateveryoneshouldtakecareofdisabledpeople,notjustthegovernment.Wemustalsobringpeoplewithdisabilitiesintonormalschools.Youngpeoplewilllearnaboutdisabilityonlywhentheygotothesameschoolsaspeoplewithdisabilities.(Onlywhen…)Theylovehavinglotsoffriends,andthosewithdisabilitiesalsolovehavinglotsoffriendstoo.(sodo…)Thoughweallaredifferent,weneedneverbeseparate.(Different…)4.Self-assessment—Choices(PPT39-43)(1)Now__________yourturntorecitethetext.A.thereisB.therecomesC.comesD.hascome(2)Onlythen___________howmuchdamagehadbeencaused.A.sherealizedB.shehadrealizedC.hadsherealizedD.didsherealize(3)Nowhereelsealongthecoast___________suchshallowwatersofarfromland.A.isthereB.isitC.thereisD.itis(4)Never___________alanguagesowidelyspreadorspokenbysomanypeopleasEnglish.A.therehasbeenB.ithasbeenC.hastherebeenD.hasitbeen(5)_________hadhegotonthetrain_______herealizedhehadlefthisbaginthecar.A.Hardly;whenB.Hardly;thenC.Nosooner;whenD.Nosooner;then(6)—It’sburninghottoday,isn’tit?—Yes.__________yesterday.A.SowasitB.SoitwasC.SoitisD.Soisit(7)__________aboutwildplantsthattheydecidedtomakeatriptoMadagascarforfurtherresearch.A.SocuriousthecouplewasB.SocuriouswerethecoupleC.HowcuriousthecoupleswereD.Thecouplewassuchcurious(8)Notuntiltheearlyyearsofthe19thcentury_________whatheatis.A.mandidknowB.manknewC.didn’tmanknowD.didmanknow(9)InnocityofChinalittle__________abouttheeconomicdevelopment.A.thegovernmentcaresB.doesthegovernmentcareC.doesn’tthegovernmentcareD.thegovernmentdoesn’tcare(10)Autumncoming,down_____________.A.dotheleavesfallB.theleaveswillfallC.falltheleavesD.theleaveshavefallenAnswer:CDACAABDBCIfnecessary,providethestudentssomesamplesfromNMETtopracticeon.
