Unit1ThewrittenwordGrammarandUsageStep1:GeneralintroductionThegrammaritemsinthisunitfocusonnegativestatements.Youareexpectedtounderstandthemeaningsofnegativestatements.Youwillalsolearnthewaystomakeanegativestatement.Thenyoumayapplywhatyouhavelearnttopracticalusebyfinishingtwoexercises.Step2:ExercisesTurnthefollowingintonegativestatements:1.They’relisteningtopopmusicnow.________________________________2.ManypeoplecanspeakEnglishnowadays._________________________________3.Youmustmakeyourbedafteryougetupeveryday._______________________________________________4.Hismotherhasabeautifulcar.________________________________________________5.Weneedapenandpieceofpaper.________________________________________________6.Ineedwearawarmcoat._________________________________________________7.Theoldmanalwaysgoesforawalkintheparkaftersupper._______________________________________________8.Thedoctorsvolunteerinthecountrysideeveryyear._________________________________________9.Mikedoessportsintheafternoon.________________________________10.You’dbettertalkwithyourparentsrightnow.___________________________________Keys:1.Theyaren’tlisteningtopopmusicnow.2.Manypeoplecan’tspeakEnglishnowadays.3.Youdon’thavetomakeyourbedafteryougetupeveryday.4.Hismotherdoesn’thaveabeautifulcar.5.Wedon’tneedapenandpieceofpaper.6.Ineedn’twearawarmcoat.7.Theoldmanseldomgoesforawalkintheparkaftersupper.8.Thedoctorsdon’tvolunteerinthecountrysideeveryyear.9.Mikedoesn’tdosportsintheafternoon.10.You’dbetternottalkwithyourparentsrightnow.Step3:Explanationandpractice:1.Makealistofthemostcommonlyusednegativewords:no,not,never,neither,hardly,seldom,few,little,barely…用心爱心专心116号编辑2.Pleasedecidewhetheritisatruestatement:JohnKeatswasafamousshortstorywriter.Thisstatementisuntrue.Wecancorrectanuntruestatementinthefollowingway:JohnKeatswasnotafamousshortstorywriter.3.Aswelearned,negativestatementsareoftenusedtocorrectamistakenidea.Let’srecallthewaystomakenegativestatements.4.ReadPart1andPart2.Whennotisusedwithanegativeprefix,themeaningofthesentenceispositive.However,thepositivemeaningisnotasstrongasthatofadirectpositivestatement.Forexample:Studentsarenotdiscouragedtodiscussthingswiththeirclassmates.(Studentsareencouragedtodiscussthingswiththeirclassmates.)Youractionswerenotinexcusable,buttheywerecertainlynotappropriate.(Youractionswereexcusable,butcertainlynotappropriate.)Itisnotuncommonforhimtobelate.(Itisverycommonforhimtobelate.)notcanbeusedbeforeaphraseoftime,distanceoranounphrasetoemphasizethenegativemeaningofthephrase.Forexample:Itisnotalongdistancefromthecitycentertothenewrailwaystation.(=Itisverynearfromthecitycentertothenewrailwaystation.)Itwillnotbelongbeforemostpeoplearoundtheworldknowhowtouseacomputer.(=Soon,peoplearoundtheworldwillknowhowtouseacomputer.)Therewerenotmanypeoplepresentforthelecture.(=Therewereveryfewpeoplepresentforthelecture.)5.ReadPart3.IninformalEnglish,thenegativeexpressionscanbeusedwithwhetherandiftoshowdoubtoruncertainty.Forexample:Iwouldn'tbesurprisediftheydidn’tbuyahousesoon.(=Iwouldn’tbesurprisediftheyboughtahousesoon.)Iwonderwhether/ifIshouldn'tgetahaircut.(=Iwonderwhether/ifIshouldgetahaircut.)Iwonderwhether/ifIshouldn'tbuyanewsuit.(=Iwonderwhether/ifIshouldbuyanewsuit.)6.ReadPart4.Payattentiontosomenegativeexpressions.onnoaccount,innocircumstances,neverbefore,nowhere,a...
