Unit8LearningaforeignlanguagePart1SampleTeachingPlansGoals◆Talkaboutlearningstrategies◆Practisetalkingaboutattitudesandmotivation◆Practisegivingadvice◆Readaboutlearningaforeignlanguage◆ReviewtheSubjunctiveMood(2)◆FillinanapplicationformPeriod3Let’sstudy!(ReviewthesubjunctiveMood(1))Goals◆ReviewthesubjunctiveMood(1)ProceduresStep1:Doingwordstudyexercises.Tobeginwith,pleaseturntopage68anddothewordstudyexercises1and2.Step2:UnderstandingsubjunctiveMood(1).Examinetheverbsineachofthefollowingsentences:1.IfHarrisonwerechosentobethenextchiefexecutiveofficerofthecorporation,severalcontroversialhiringpracticeswouldchange.2.IfIwereyou,Iwouldincreasemyweeklycontributiontothecompany-sponsoredretirementfund.3.Iwishthathisreportwerelonger.4.Werecommendthatthetripbepostponedbecauseofviolenceintheregion.5.Thefinancedepartmentrequeststhathesubmitupdatedbudgetprojectionseachmonth.Alltheabovesentencesarecorrect.TwotermsapplytothemoodofEnglishverbs:indicativeandsubjunctive.Anindicativeverbmakesastatementthatisfactual,whereasaverbinthesubjunctivemoodisusedtoindicateasituationorconditionthatishypothetical,doubtful,orconditional.Intheindicativemood,wewouldneverwrite“Harrisonwere,”“Iwere,”“reportwere,”“tripbe,”or“hesubmit,”buttheseverbsarecorrectintheexamplesabovebecauseeachofthesentencesiswritteninthesubjunctivemood;thatis,ineverycase,thesentenceisdescribingasituationthatishypotheticalorconditional:1.HarrisonisnotnowtheC.E.O.,buthypotheticallyhecouldbechosenforthatposition.Theconditionalnatureofthepositionissuggestedbythewordif.2.Again,asthewordifmakesclear,Iamnot,infact,you.Soonceagainthesituationishypotheticalandconditional:IwouldsavemoreonlyundertheconditionthatIbecameyou.3.Hisreportisnot,infact,longer,sothesentencespeaksofahypotheticalsituation.4.Thetripisnotcurrentlypostponed,sothesubjunctivemoodisappropriatetosuggestapossibility,notan用心爱心专心115号编辑actuality.5.Heisnotcurrentlysubmittingreportsmonthly,soweusethesubjunctivemoodtodiscussthepossibility--nottheactuality--ofhisdoingso.Forallverbsexcepttobe,thepresentsubjunctivemoodismostoftenmadebyomittingthecharacteristicsendingonverbswiththird-personsingularsubjects.Thus,whereasintheindicativemoodwewouldwrite“manleaves,”inthesubjunctivemoodwewouldomitthesontheverbleave:“Thejudgeinsistedthatthemannotleavetown.”Fortheverbtobe,wesimplyusebeforallpresenttensesubjunctivemoodverbsandwereforallpasttenseforms,regardlessofwhetherthesubjectissingularorplural.Somegrammarbookspointoutthatwhilemanysubjunctive-moodphrasesarecommonlyusedinordinaryspeech—“ifIwereyou,”“ifneedbe,”“farbeitfromme,”andsoon--strictuseofthesubjunctivemoodisrare,eveninthemostformalspeakingandwritingsituations.Veryfewpeoplewouldwrite,forexample,“Ifhearriveontime,wewillhavedinnerbeforetheshow.”However,ifaformoftheverbtobewereusedinthatsentence,allpolishedwriterswouldagreethatthesubjunctiveisnecessary:“Ifhewere[notwas]toarriveontime,wecouldhavedinnerbeforetheshow.”Acertaingrammarbooklistsothercommon,fixedexpressionsthatarestatedinthesubjunctivemood:“sobeit,”“bethatasitmay,”“asitwere,”and“Godblessyou”.TESTYOURSELFWhichofthefollowingsentencesneedverbsinthesubjunctivemood?1.IfIwasSam,Iwouldhireanassistantnowbeforethehiringfreezetakeseffect.2.ThecommitteesuggestedthatDr.Jonesischosenasthenextchiefofstaff.3.AsAugustapproaches,everyschoolchildwishesthathisorhervacationwaslonger.4.Itiscriticalthateverypotentialdonorgivesbloodduringthisshortage.ANSWERS1.IfIWERESam,Iwouldhireanassistantnowbeforethehiringfreezetakeseffect.2.ThecommitteesuggestedthatDr.JonesBEchosenasthenextchiefofstaff.3.AsAugustapproaches,everyschoolchildwishesthathisorhervacationWERElonger.4.ItiscriticalthateverypotentialdonorGIVEbloodduringthisshortage.Step3:UnderliningexamplesoftheSubjunctiveMood(1)Toconsolidateyouaretoscanthetextfor,andunderline,allthesentencescontainingusesoftheSubjunctiveMood.IfyouweretospendasmanyhoursstudyingEnglish,youwouldmakegreatprogress.Iftheywerenot,theywouldnotbereadytoexperimentwithnewformsandtomakeprogress.Step4:Doinggrammarexercises.TobetterunderstandandusetheSubjunctiveMood,youshallgoontodothegrammarexercises1,2and3onpage69.用心爱心专心115号编辑用心爱心专心115号编辑
