grammarandusage (introductiontoattributiveclauses) doyouknowtheboy?doyoulikehim?haveyoueverheardofhim?yes。harrypotter。heisabraveboy。heisaboywithglasses。doyouknowthemeaninghere?hereisanothersentencetodescribeharrypotter。heisaboywhoisbraveandwearingglasses。canyoutranslatethissentenceintochinese?doyouknowwhattheunderlinediscalledinenglishgrammar?todaywewilldealwithattributiveclause。 thegrammariteminthisunitdealswithattributiveclauses。we’llfirstlearnaboutwhatanattributiveclauseisandthefunctionsofrelativepronounsandrelativeadverbsusedtointroduceattributiveclauses。thenwe’lllearnthedifferentusagesofrelativepronouns。 step1:introductiontoattributiveclauses anattributiveclauseisusedtomodifyanounandisusuallyputafterthenoun。you’retolearndifferentfunctionsofrelativepronounsorrelativeadverbsusedinattributiveclauses。 1。wordsontheblackboard: anenjoyableexperience,bestfriends,therulesoftheschool,thearticleaboutyourexperiencesintheuk readthesephrasesandpointoutthenoun,theadjectiveortheprepositionalphraseineachofthemtomakesureyouknowwhatnouns,adjectivesandprepositionalphrasesare。 weusuallyuseanounafterapreposition,andtheprepositiontogetherwiththenouniscalledtheprepositionalphrase。 decidewhatthefunctionofanadjectiveoraprepositionalphraseisintheseexamples。thentranslatethemintochinese,andcomparethedifferentwaystoexpressthesamemeaninginenglishandinchinese。 2。goingoverpoint1onp8 nounscanbemodifiedbyadjectives,prepositionalphrasesorattributiveclauses。payspecialattentiontothedifferentpositionsoftheadjective(usuallybeforenouns),theprepositionalphraseortheattributiveclause(afternouns)。 nowlet’slookatthesentenceontheblackboard:theteamwhowerewearinggreenwonthegame。 theteamhereistheantecedent(thenounwhichanattributiveclausemodifies),whoisarelativepronounintroducingtheattributiveclausewhowerewearinggreen,inwhichwhoreferstotheteamandisusedasthesubjectintheattributiveclause。 attributiveclausesareusuallyintroducedbyrelativepronounsorrelativeadverbs,andtheirfunctionsintheclausearedifferent。 readtheexamplesentencesinpoint2andfindoutwhatfunctionoftheboldpartineachsentenceis。thenpointouttheattributiveclauseineachsentenceandtranslatethewholesentenceintochinese,sothatyoucancomparethedifferentwaysinwhichtheattributiveclauseisexpressedinenglishandinchinese。 readthearticleonpage9。makesureyoucanidentifytheattributiveclauses。pointouttheantecedent,therelativepronounortherelativeadverbanditsfunctionineachsentence。thentranslatethesentencesintochinesesoastocomparethedifferences。 3。dealingwithpartc1onpage88inworkbooktoidentifyattributiveclauses。 answers paragraph1: davidwasoneofthemosthelpfulstudentsthatweeverhad。(theantecedent:therelativepronoun:that,usedastheobjectintheclause) in1998,hewenttooxforduniversitywherehegotinterestedinchineseculture。(theantecedent:therelativeadverb:where,usedastheadverbialintheclause) paragraph2: someofthecitiesinchinawhichhelikesmostarebeijing,shanghai,harbinandnanjing。(theantecedent:therelativepronoun:which,usedastheobjectintheclause) mostofthestudentsthathetaughthavebecomehisfriends。(theantecedent:therelativepronounthat,usedastheobjectintheclause) paragraph3: someofthebooksweregiftsthathegotfromhischinesefriendsandstudents。 (theantecedent:gifts,therelativepronoun:that,usedastheobjectintheclause) thepaintingsthatdaviddonatedtotheschoolarebeingdisplayedintheassemblyhall。(theantecedent:therelativepronoun:that,usedastheobjectintheclause) answer partc1(page88)245679 step2:relativepronouns:that,which,who,whomandwhose herei’dlikeyoutoknowinwhatcircumstancesthat,which,who,whomorwhoseisused,orcanbeleftout。 1。readthethreesentencesinpoint1onpage10andpointouttheantecedentineachsentence。(thestory,thecakeandthebook,allofwhichrefertothings。)whentheantecedentisareathingthings,weusuallyusetherelativepronounthatorwhichtointroducetheattributiveclause。thefunctionofthatwhichintheattributiveclauseistheobject。 2。readthethreesentencesinpoint2andpointouttheantecedentineachsentence。(afriend,thegirlandtheteacher。)whentheantecedentsarepeople,anattributiveclauseisoftenintroducedbywho。whoisusedasthesubjectintheclause。fromtipbox,weknowthatcanalsobeusedtorefertoapersonpeople。 3。nowlet’scometopoint3。theantecedentsinthetwosentencesaretheteacherandthestudent。whomorwhoisusedastheobjectintheattributiveclause。insuchcase,whoismoreusualinoralenglish,whilewhomismoreformalandoftenusedinwrittenenglish。 4。inpoint4,theantecedentsinthethreesentencesareallthebirthdaypresents,somethingandthegirl。allthepresentsandsomethingrefertothings,andthegirlreferstoaperson。therelativepronounsthatwhichandthatwhowhomareallusedastheobjectsintheattributiveclauseandcanbeleftout。 5。readthefollowingsentences: shehasabrother。ican’trememberhisname。 whatdoesthewordhisreferto?(thebrother’s。) shehasabrotherwhosenameican’tremember。 pointouttheantecedenthereandmakesurewhatthefunctionofwhoseisintheattributiveclause。 inpoint5,whoseinthefirstsentencereferstothegirl’sandtheclub’sinthesecondsentence。whentheantecedentfunctionsasanattributiveintheclause,whoseisusedanditshouldbeusedbeforeanoun。 6。completetheconversationonpage11inpidually。thenreaditingroupsofthreetocheckyouranswers。 answers (1)thatwhich(2)whose(3)whothat(4)whowhomthat (5)thatwhich(6)thatwhich(7)whothat(8)thatwhich(9)whothat 7。dealwithpartc2onpage88inworkbooktogetmorepracticeinhowtoformanattributiveclauseinasentence。 answers partc2(page88) 1。thisistheschoolwhereinwhichistudiedfiveyearsago。 2。inthisschoolthereareabout30foreignstudentswhothathavecometostudythechineselanguage。 3。thesestudentswhoseparentshavecometochinaforbusinessliketheschoolverymuch。 4。theteachingbuildingthatwhichwasputuplastyearlooksnice。 5。themanwhoisstandinginfrontoftheschoollibraryistheheadmaster。 6。nexttohimstandsagirlwhosenameistina。 7。tinaisatopstudent(whowhom)theschoolgaveamedaltoforwinningthewritingcompetition。 8。tinalikesreadingthenovelswhichthatarewrittenbycharlesdickens。 9。tinaisthehostoftheschool’sradioclubthatwhichstartedwas2yearsago。 10。studentsliketheschoolnews(thatwhich)theradioclubbroadcasts。 resources 1。studentsmaywanttoknowmoreclearlyabouttheusageofrelativepronouns。atablecanbeusedtoexplainasbelow: relativepronounsusedinattributiveclauses antecedent subject object possessive note persons whothat whomwhothat whose arelativepronouncanbeomittedwhenitisusedastheobjectinanattributiveclause things whichthat whichthat whoseofwhich 2。tounderstandattributiveclausesbetterandusethemcorrectly,studentsshouldbeabletoidentifywhichwordistheantecedentandknowwhatitfunctionsasinanattributiveclause,sotheycanuseaproperrelativepronountointroduceanattributiveclause。herearemoreexamples: thegirlwhothatisstandingnexttoourteacherisherdaughter。 thegirl(whomwhothat)ourteacheristalkingwithisherdaughter。 thegirlwhosemotherisfrombritaincanspeakenglishverywell。 ican’tfindthebookwhichthatisborrowedfromthelibrary。 ican’tfindthebook(whichthat)youlenttome。 haveyoureadthebookwhoseauthortheauthorofwhichisahighschoolstudent? iusedtostudyinaclassroomwhosewindowsthewindowsofwhichwereallbroken。 sometimestheantecedentcanbeapronoun,suchassomeonesb。,anyoneanybody,everyoneeverybody,noonenobody,sth,anything,everything,nothing,all,those,etc。 高考链接 1。isthisthereasonatthemeetingforhiscarelessnessinhiswork?(XX上海春) a。heexplainedb。whatheexplained c。howheexplainedd。whyheexplained 2。recentlyiboughtanancientchinesevase,wasveryreasonable。(XX上海) a。whichpriceb。thepriceofwhichc。itspriced。thepriceofwhose 3。myfriend,whoontheinternationalolympiccommitteeallhislife,isretiringnextmonth。(XX浙江) a。servedb。isservingc。hadservedd。hasserved 答案:13abd