Module4SandstormsinAsia--Period4Grammar(grammar12)学案（外研版必修3）.doc

第  PAGE 3 页 共  NUMPAGES 3 页 Period 4 Grammar (grammar 12) Step I Presentation T: Look at the screen please. Pay attention to the phrases in color. Do they have something in common? What is the common thing? To see her is to love her. She likes to play with the child. I am very glad to see you. The next train to arrive was from New York. I stayed there to see what would happen. S: Yes. They all have the word “to”. T: Very good. This is the grammar – infinitive structure we will learn this class. Who knows what the infinitive structure is. S: The infinitive structure is the phrase that has “to do sth”. T: Very good, but not always. Infinitive structure has two types. One is to-infinitive, the other is bare infinitive. For example: You cannot do better than go. (bare infinitive) To see is to believe. (to-infinitive) T: Ok, let’s look some usages of the infinitive structure Infinitive structure acts as subject. E.g. To err is human. (subject) It takes me ten days to finish this project. (英语中常用it做形式主语，真正的主语是 不定式) Infinitive structure acts as predicate E.g. He is yet to come. (be + to come) The important thing is to save lives. Infinitive structure acts as object. E.g. She likes to play with the child. He seems to know the way. The adjective followed by the infinitive structure E.g. I am very glad to see you. He is eager to win. Infinitive structure acts as attribute. E.g. He was always the first to come and last to leave. The next train to arrive was from New York. Infinitive structure acts as adverbial modifier. E.g. I stayed there to see what would happen. (doing this with explanation) Step II Grammar 1 T: Now please go through the activity 1 and to find all infinitive structures, then tell us if they give essential or extra information. Possible answers: The wind is strong enough to move sand dunes. The adjective followed by the infinitive structureWe were advised not to go outside.Infinitive str