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大学英语写作课程Unit Five expanded sentence

k of the guy from Class Two? Nobody wants to miss the game between Germany and Brazil. There’s no medicine for regret. Many people were deceived by the title of the film.

This unit focuses on how to write longer sentences by
expanding the nouns in the sentences. How? attributes
relative clause
Attributes


Definition: Words or phrases used to narrow down or decribe nouns are called attributes. Functions: narrow down/make it specific add more detailed descriptions
1.Determiners



Determiners refer to words that are used to define the referential meaning of a noun or a nominal phrase. 限定词是在名词词组中对名词中心词起特指、类指以及表 示确定数量和非确定数量等限定作用的词类。包括: Articles: a, an, the Possessive prons物主代词:my, your, one's Genetive nouns 名词属格:John's Demonstrative prons指示代词:this, those, such Indefinite prons不定代词:some, any, each, either, all, both... Cardinal&ordinal numeral基数词和序数词 Quantifier量词:a lot of, a great deal of
Classroom activities P. 61

Motion, said Einstein, slows down clocks. The faster a clock is moved, the slower it runs. The amount of slowing down (N) is so small that it cannot be noticed at speeds of a few hundred, even a few thousand, kilometers per hour (D). But, if a clock could be moved at a speed of almost 297,600 kilometers per second (D), it would almost stop completely.

“作用类别”的词如:medical, college,writing desk,police car等。
How to place many modifiers

1) I admire Jenny’s hair. (glossy, black, long)
I admire Jenny’s long black glossy hair so much. 2)一件新的漂亮的意大利的黑皮茄克 a beautiful new black Italian leather jacket。 3) Canadian ,extraordinary ,an ,new, play

Descriptive attributes:
big; fat; tiny; shallow; biggest; fine; bigger; fine; dangerous; lovely; foolish
What can be used as attributes?
1.Determiners 2. Adjetives: (before & after)

an extraordinary new Canadian play

4) (gold,British,the,round)coin
the round British gold coin 5)(ugly,writing,the,steel,seven)desks the seven ugly steel writing desks 6) (purple ,Russian ,nice ,long ,her)coat her nice long purple Russian coat
-ed form, we may also put it before the noun. For example:
well-tailored suits 6. Infinitives:refer to a future action (after) 7. Prepositional phrases: place & purpose (after)
b. 1). That old man lives in an old house.
2). That old man whom you talked about just now lives in an old house.
3). That old man whom you talked about just now lives in an old house that looks like a castle in fairy tales.
e.g. 1. the cat 2. the cat in the tree 3. the fat and lazy cat Classroom activities: P58

Narrowing-down attributes: every; in it; a lot of (frogs); (life) in a large pond
Relative clauses
a. 1). I like the dog.
2). I like the dog which is running after the cat. 3). I like the dog which is running after the cat that stole my fish yesterday.
Infinitives

There isn’t much time to finish this job. The decision to be made is of much historical importance.

Do you have a friend to talk to?
Prepositional phrases
Why use relative clause
--I bought a toy car for my son on his birthday.
--My son liked the toy very much.
Version 1: I bought a toy car for my son on his birthday, and he liked it very much. Version2: I bought a toy car for my son on his birthday, which he liked very much.

限定描绘大长高, 形状年龄和新老; 颜色国籍跟材料, 作用类别往后靠; (大小形状和新老,颜色国际出(处)材料) 限定词”包括:冠词、物主代词、指示代词、或数词. “描绘”性形容词如:beautiful、bad、cold. 材料”的词如:wooden, woolen, stone, silk等
Adjectives
She hates hairy animals. My love is like a red red rose. His mouth watered at the sight of those sweet red strawberries. I need a house big enough for five people.
Unit 5 Expanded Sentence Base
Introduction

After learning how to choose words and how to produce correct simple sentences, it is high time we began to consider how to expand our sentences.
Participles
-ed forms He only drinks imported wine. It’s no use crying over spilt milk. You can find many well-tailored suits in this shop. Many people prefer furniture made of wood. They visited a hospital built especially for the aged.
Nouns

Her boy friends is a fashion designer.
I’ll be expecting you at the school gate.
Participles
-ing forms We all like her smiling face. People are frightened by the soaring prices. This is surely an exciting and rewarding exercise. He knows many people living in that area. This book is about some scientists exploring sea animals in the polar areas.
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