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2. Unit Ten Festivals & Holidays

3. In-classroom Activity The First Step Reading Skill: Understanding sentences

4. Review

5. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 1. What kinds of sentences does English language have?

6. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 1. What kinds of sentences does English language have? In English, sentence can be three kinds: 1) simple sentence, 2) compound sentence 3) complex sentence

7. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 2. What is a sentence?

8. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 2. What is a sentence? A sentence refers to a group of words that usually contains at least a subject and a verb expressing a complete idea or asks a question, and that, when written in English, begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.

9. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 3. What is a clause?

10. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 3. What is a clause? A clause refers to a group of words containing a subject and a finite verb, usually forming part of a compound or complex sentence.

11. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 4. What is a subject?

12. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 4. What is a subject? A subject refers to the noun, noun equivalent, or pronoun in a sentence or clause that denotes the doer of the action or what is described by the predicate and that in some languages, such as English, can be identified by its characteristic position in simple sentences.

13. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 5. What is a predicate?

14. Reading Skill: Understanding sentences 5. What is a predicate? Predicate is one of the two main constituents of a sentence or a clause, modifying the subject and including the verb, objects, or phrases governed by the verb. It is formed by verb(s). Sometimes the use of the object can make a transitive verb full in meaning; i. e. the object of a verb can be regarded as a part of a verb.

15. Further Knowledge (p. 113)

16. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 1. What are five basic sentence patterns in English?

17. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 1. What are five basic sentence patterns in English? • Subject + predicate • Subject + predicate + object • Subject + predicate + indirect object + direct object • Subject + predicate + object + object complementary • Subject + link verb + predicative

18. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 2. What may form the object complementary?

19. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 2. What may form the object complementary? • 1. infinitive; • 2. present participle; • 3. past participle; • 4. adjective; • 5. prepositional phrase; • 6. noun

20. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 2. What may form the object complementary? e. g. • He ordered his children to go to bed without condition. • He looked at his grandchildren playing on the sports ground. • He found his grandchildren excited at seeing the butterflies. • He tried his best to make his children happy. • He calmed his children into the bed. • He named his children Bill.

21. Practice: Understanding sentence (p. 130)

22. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 1. While there are many ideas about the origin of the Christmas tree, it is widely believed that Martin Luther began the custom in Germany.

23. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 1. While there are many ideas about the origin of the Christmas tree, it is widely believed that Martin Luther began the custom in Germany. Subject: that-clause Predicate: is believed Object: X

24. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 2. The beloved image of Santa Claus as a fat, jolly, bearded old man derives from St. Nicholas, a fourth century Christian bishop of Asia Minor, who was noted for his good works.

25. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 2. The beloved image of Santa Claus as a fat, jolly, bearded old man derives from St. Nicholas, a fourth century Christian bishop of Asia Minor, who was noted for his good works. Subject: image Predicate: derive Object: X

26. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 3. It is a feast day observed on the fourth Thursday in November, about the time most crops are harvested in North America.

27. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 3. It is a feast day observed on the fourth Thursday in November, about the time most crops are harvested in North America. Subject: it Predicate: is day

28. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 4. This holiday, more than any other Chinese holiday, stresses the importance of family ties.

29. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 4. This holiday, more than any other Chinese holiday, stresses the importance of family ties. • Subject: holiday • Predicate: stresses • Object: importance

30. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 5. Chinese New Year presents are similar in spirit to Christmas presents, although the Chinese tend more often to give food items, such as fruits and tea.

31. Reading Skill: Understanding Sentences 5. Chinese New Year presents are similar in spirit to Christmas presents, although the Chinese tend more often to give food items, such as fruits and tea. • Subject: New Year presents • Predicate: are similar • Object: X

32. In-classroom Activity The Second Step Word Pretest (p. 128)

33. Word Pretest 1. The word "deride" derives from Latin. • A. sounds like • B. comes from • C. changes from

34. Word Pretest • 1. The word "deride" derives from Latin. derive from --- come or develop from sth else • A. sounds like • B. comes from • C. changes from

35. Word Pretest 1. The word "deride" derives from Latin. • A. sounds like • B. comes from • C. changes from

36. Word Pretest 2. Do they observe Christmas Day in that country? • A. watch • B. find • C. celebrate

37. Word Pretest 2. Do they observe Christmas Day in that country? observe --- to obey a law, agreement, or religious custom • A. watch • B. find • C. celebrate --- to do sth special because it is a special occasion, or because sth good has happened

38. Word Pretest 2. Do they observe Christmas Day in that country? • A. watch • B. find • C. celebrate

39. Word Pretest 3. This is the best wedding banquet I have ever seen. • A. bank • B. dinner • C. speech

40. Word Pretest 3. This is the best wedding banquet I have ever seen. banquet --- a formal meal for a lot of people A. bank -- a company or place where money etc can be borrowed, saved B. dinner --- the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening C. speech

41. Word Pretest 3. This is the best wedding banquet I have ever seen. • A. bank • B. dinner • C. speech

42. Word Pretest 4. He threw another log on the fire. • A. a piece of metal • B. a piece of plastic • C. a piece of wood

43. Word Pretest 4. He threw another log on the fire. log --- a thick piece of wood cut from a tree • A. a piece of metal • B. a piece of plastic • C. a piece of wood

44. Word Pretest 4. He threw another log on the fire. • A. a piece of metal • B. a piece of plastic • C. a piece of wood

45. Word Pretest 5. In the forest, people are forbidden to kindle a fire. • A. start • B. handle • C. put out

46. Word Pretest 5. In the forest, people are forbidden to kindle a fire. kindle --- to start burning or to make sth start burning • A. start --- to make sth begin happening • B. handle --- to pick up, hold, or touch sth • C. put out --- to stop a fire or cigarette from burning

47. Word Pretest 5. In the forest, people are forbidden to kindle a fire. • A. start • B. handle • C. put out

48. Word Pretest 6. She is our best player, and is integral to our team. • A. essential • B. useful • C. dependent

49. Word Pretest 6. She is our best player, and is integral to our team. integral --- forming a necessary part of sth • A. essential --- the most basic and important • B. useful • C. dependent

50. Word Pretest 6. She is our best player, and is integral to our team. • A. essential • B. useful • C. dependent