江苏省南京市金陵中河西分校高中英语 unit3 Grammar and usage教学设计 新人教版选修9.docVIP

江苏省南京市金陵中学河西分校高中英语选修九教学设计：unit 3 Grammar and usage Step 1: General introduction The grammar items in this unit deal with apposition. You will learn what appositions are and how to form appositions in sentences. You are expected to apply what you have learnt in practical use. Step2: Explanation and practice: Definition: a construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence. 1. When two noun phrases come one after the other in a sentence and both refer to the same thing, these nouns phrases are in apposition. Examples; 1). The French flag, the ‘Tricolore’, was first used in 1789, at the start of the French Revolution. (The French flag and the ‘Tricolore ’are in apposition as they refer to the same thing) 2). The USA was also born from revolution, and its flag, ‘Stars and Stripes’, symbolizes this. (its flag and ‘Stars and Stripes’ are in apposition as they refer to the same thing.) 3). Mr Li, my uncle, will be off to London next month. (Mr. Li and my uncle are in apposition as they refer to the same person.) 4). This film, The promise, has been very popular recently. (This film and The promise in apposition as they refer to the same thing.) 2. When use a comma before and after the second phrase when it adds more information. The flag, a simple design of red over white, has a long history that dates back to the 13th century. 3. We do not use a comma before and after the second phrase when it explains what the first one is. The colors red, white and blue used on the flag are a visual reminder of the motto of the Revolution—liberty, equality and fraternity. 4. We sometimes use apposition to emphasize our ideas. We love our flag, our unique flag. Tom is my friend, my closest friend. 5. A noun clause after a noun can also be a form of an apposition. Examples: 1).The news that France had a successful revolution had a big effect on other countr