LearningaboutLanguageDiscoveringusefulwordsandexpressions1.Inthereadingpassageseveralexpressionsareusedinanidiomaticway.Findthemandfillinthechart.toreportonanimportanteventcoverastorycleverwaysknowntoexpertstrickofthetradetopresenttheideasfairlygetthefactsstraightnottounderstandanideasthisisthestorythisishowthestorygoestogetthestoryfirstgetascoopgettothewrongendofthestick2.CompleteSentenceBusingawordorphrasefromthereadingpassagewhichhastheoppositemeaningtothewordsunderlinedinSentenceA.1)AByaccidentshebrokethatbeautifulbowl.BShe___________brokethatbeautifulbowl.deliberatelyguilty2)AHedidnotstealthevasesohedidn’tdoanythingwrong.BHedidstealthevasesoheis_____.3)AShedoesnotgetabsorbedinherstudiesforlong.BShecan_____________herstudiesforalongtime.concentrateon4)AThejournalistwentoutwithanuntrainedphotographer.BThejournalistwentoutwitha/an__________photographer.professional5)AChrisisnotinterestedinstartinghisnewjob.BChrisis_____tostarthisnewjob.6)A“Thisroomneedsalightclean,”explainedthehousewife.B“Thisroomneedsa________clean,”explainedthehousewife.thorougheager7)AThelawallowspeopletodefendthemselvesagainstacharge.BThelawdoesnotallowpeopleto______themselves__acrime.8)AIdon’tmindlosingthatskillifitisnotuseful.BIdon’tmind_______thatskillifitisuseful.accuseofacquireLeaningaboutLanguageLeaningaboutLanguageDiscoveringusefulstructuresDiscoveringusefulstructures1.Findthreeexamplesofinversioninthereadingpassage.1)NeverwillZhouYangforgethisfirstassignmentattheofficeofapopularEnglishnewspaper.2)NotonlyamIinterestedinphotography,butItookanamateurcourseatuniversitytoupdatemyskills.3)Onlyifyouaskmanydifferentquestionswillyouacquirealltheinformationyouneedtoknow.2.Rewritethesesentenceusingnormalwordorder.1)Ididnotknowhowtousethatrecorder.Neitherdidhe.NeitherheorIknewhowtousethatrecorder.2)OnlythendidIbeginmyworkondesigninganewbridge.Ionlybeganmyworkondesigninganewbridgethen.3)NotonlywasthereaChristmastree,butalsoexcitingpresentsunderit.TherewasnotonlyaChristmastreebutalsoexcitingpresentsunderit.4)“Iseverythingreadyyet?”askedHuXintothephotographer.HuXinaskedthephotographer,“Iseverythingreadyyet?”3.Rewritethesesentencesusinginversion.First,findthephrasetobeginwith.Thenchangethewordorderofthesentence.Usethewordsorphrasesunderlinedtorewritethesesentences.1.YouwillseesomanyseatsonlyatastadiuminBeijing.OnlyatastadiuminBeijingwillyouseesomanyseats.2.Ihaveseldomseenasituationwhichmademesoangry.SeldomhaveIseenasituationwhichmademesoangry.3.Youwillbeabletowriteagoodreportonlyafteryouhaveacquiredtheinformationyouneed.Onlyafteryouhaveacquiredtheinformationyouneedwillyoubeabletowriteagoodreport.4.Hegavealotofpresentstohisfriends,buthehasnevergivenonetome.Neverhashegivenapresenttomethoughhegavealot(ofpresents)tohisfriends.5.Sheisnotonlygoodatlanguages,butalsoathistoryandgeography.Notonlyisshegoodatlanguage,butsheisalsogoodathistoryandgeography.6.Ihaveneverreadsuchanexcitingreportbefore.NeverbeforehaveIreadsuchanexcitingreport.7.Shetookpartinahorseridingcompetition,anddidnotmissajumponce.Notoncedidshemissajumpwhenshetookpartinthehorseridingcompetition.4.Certainexpressionscanintroduceaninvertedsentence.Nowcompletethefollowingsentencesthatbeginwiththeseexpressions.1)Onlyafter_________________did______________________________________.2)Notoncedid_________________________________________________.myoperationMyneighbourscomeroundtooffermesupportyoucometosayyouweresorryafterbreakingthevase3.SeldomhaveI________________________________________________.4.Onlybydoing___________________could________________________________.5.Onlyina____can_________________________________________.beensohappyaswhenmysongraduatedfromuniversityherexerciseeverydayJanehopetorunprofessionallyagainfilmpeoplegethitandneverseemtofeelthepain6.Notoncedid_________________________________________________________________________________________________.7.Onlythendid________________________________.ZhouJiereceiveanadmissionnoticetoBeijinguniversity,buthealsowonascholarshiptostudyinAmerica.sherememberwhatheraunttoldher
