高二英语Unit16wordsandgrammar人教版.pptVIP

3. I don’t mind him saying bad things about me. 4. I want other people to leave me alone. 5. He insisted on us showing him respect. I don’t mind bad things being said about me. I want to be left alone. He insists on being shown respect. Read the article and then fill in the blanks with the proper form of the verbs in brackets. People have always been _________ (interest) in _______ (know) about world records. They want _______ (know) interested knowing to know Exercises 2: about the biggest, smallest, fastest, slowest, longest, shortest, oldest and youngest. The first book of this kind was The Guinness Book of World Records. The idea for this book came from Hugh Beaver. One day, after ________ (watch) some birds, he told his friends that he thought those birds were probably the fastest birds in Britain. Several of his friends disagreed with him. However, when watching they tried _______ (solve) the problem by _______ (look) it up, they found that none of the books they had contained the information that they were _________ (look for). Beaver decide _____ (put) out a book that would contain all kinds of world records. to solve looking looking for to put Hugh Beaver began ______ (look) for someone who could help him write the book. Soon he heard of two brothers who had a small fact agency in London. They worked on ______ (find) and ________ (check) facts for people. to look finding checking As a result, Hugh Beaver went __________ (interview) the two brothers and found their knowledge _______ (amaze). He offered them jobs in his company. On August 27, 1955, The Guinness Book of World Records went on sale. In four months it became a best-seller. to interview amazing plant more trees move away the heavily polluting factories protect buildings that date back to ancient Suggestions made by others: build a new road broaden old roads build a park in the city centre Your suggestions: ____________ 1.entry n a street with a ‘No Entry’ si