2013-2014学年湖南省蓝山二中高二英语教学教案：M9 U1《Grammar and usage》（牛津版）.docVIP

Step 2: Overview and practice: 1. Review what a main clause is and what a subordinate clause is in a sentence. Read the following sentences and try to underline the main clause of each sentence. 1). The dog that/which was lost has been found.2). Those who are in favor of the proposal are expected to discuss it in detail after the meeting.3). There are many organizations whose purpose is to help the homeless.4). The days when we had to rely on wool, cotton or silk for our clothes have now passed.5). Air moves from places where the pressure was high to places where the pressure is low.6). This is the reason why he refused to help us.7). He was born in 1976, when an earthquake struck the country.8). The news that he has been admitted by Harvard University is very pleasing.9). The news that you told me was really exciting. 10). As you look at yourself in a mirror, you’ll seen an identical image of yourself.11). It is a long time before it is possible to test the medicine on human patients. 12). As the school regulations are written quite clearly, there is nothing more to be explained.13). Considering that the sweater was hard made, it was not expensive. 14). we should do the exercise as our teacher tells us.15). You talk as if you had really been there.16). Nails protect the ends of human fingers and toes as claw protect the toes of most animals.2. Read the following sentences in the reading passage, trying to find subordinate clauses. 1) Canada has vast areas of wilderness, from the Arctic north, where average winter temperatures are usually minus 20 degrees centigrade, to the 8,892-kilometre-long boarder with the USA in the south, which is said to be the longest border in the world not defended by an army or the police. Here where average winter temperatures are usually minus 20 degrees centigrade and which is said to be the longest border in the world not defended by an army or the police are the subordinate clauses. The previous one expresses what kink