Unit 2 The universal language Grammar 课件 1.ppt

Unit 2 The universal language Grammar 课件 1 Ellipsis 课件描述： To help students understand in what situations we can use ellipses. To help students use ellipses properly. Some parts of sentences are left out. We use ellipsis when we do not want to repeat words or phrases that are obvious. Come here, please. You We often use ellipsis in imperative sentences. Tell me who the director is, please. Write a review of the opera. —Have you seen this opera? —Yes, I have (seen it). — Will the performance be put off till next week? — I hope (it will) not (be put off till next week). We also use ellipsis in short responses. 1. —When will they arrive? —In about two hours. They will arrive in about two hours. The emperor finds the deaths of so many men disturbing, and although he would like to, he cannot break his promise. break his promise In infinitive phrases, we can leave out words after to. —Will you join us? —I would like to. join you She didn’t come to the party though she had promised to. come Ready? Are you We can leave out some words in a sentence in informal English. How about the result? is it Glad to see you. I’m —Could you water the plants for me? —What about (watering them) after I finish my homework? We can use ellipsis after some prepositions or than. The opera house now looks better than when I visited it last year. it did You arrived earlier than necessary. it was Puccini wrote Turandot and (he also wrote) Madam Butterfly. We can use ellipsis in two clauses with the same pattern and the same verb. The actor was born in 1961, and his wife in 1964. was born He sang and played the guitar. he I haven’t read this book yet but I will later. read it George seemed angry, and Bob certainly was. angry In some special styles of ellipsis, words are left out to save space and time. These include signs and labels, newspaper headlines, instructions, postcards and diaries, notes, etc. Signs No smokin