新课标M8 nit4 Learning about Language.ppt

Unit 4 Pygmalion;1 Look at the meanings and identify the words from the unit. Then find them in the word square. ;4. made of wool 5. nervous pause before saying sth. 6. causing problems 7. leather purse 8. final result of sth. ;9. strongly disapprove or punish 10. extremely clever or very bright 11. something written in a different form 12. someone who steals sth. or robs sb.;2 Complete the passage using the correct form of the words below. ;George Bernard Shaw was interested in the way people spoke. He argued that he was never _________ about a person’s ______. Generally speaking, he thought that lower class people ________ themselves with their remarks whenever they spoke, and that he could ________ people’s social position after only a few minutes’ observation. However, he never put himself to the test like Henry Higgins and tried to _____ someone of;the lower class off as an authentic member of the ______ class. Higgins thought that a ________ social position was more dependent on grammar and pronunciation than on a person’s ________. Actually his view was only accepted by a ________ of his followers. These people never realized that this idea would form the ____ for one of Bernard Shaw’s most famous and _______ plays! ;in return in disguise in amazement in delight in particular ;3. She stared at the priceless antique ring _____________. 4. It was such a wonderful play – I enjoyed the music ____________. 5. He gave me a musical box at my birthday party and I gave him a wonderful new coat __________. ;Grammar;过去分词短语做状语可表示时间、地点、原因、 条件、让步、伴随等意义。这种过去分词状语 相当于一个时间、地点、原因、条件、让步等 状语从句, 若过去分词作状语, 句子的主语与 分词所表示的动作构成动宾关系, 即是该分词 动作的承受者。 过去分词(短语)作状语时, 也可在其前面加上 连词 when, if, once, though, unless等, 以便明确 作何种状语。;从山顶上看, 这个城市就像一个大花园。 __________________________ ,?the?city? looked?like?a?big?garden. 入党以后, 他决定献身于党的事业。 _____________________, he?dec