专题六:从句和句式

一、从句 1.考查定语从句只能用that引导的情况和主谓一致的问题 例1(2014年河南卷)“Underground”is the only word in the English language____begins and ends with the letters“und”. A.what B.that C.who D.whom 解析:分析句子结构可知,“____ begins and ends with the letters ‘und’"是定语从句,先行词是the only word而不是in the English language,先行词中有修饰词only时,定语从句只能用引导词that.答案选B. 例2(2014年咸宁卷)——Have you seen the documentary named A Bite of China (《舌尖上的中国》)? —Yeah! It's the most funny one_____I have ever seen. A.that B.what C.which D.where 解析:当先行词one被最高级修饰时,引导定语从句的引导词只能用that,答案为A.     

脑筋急转弯(英文)

1Who is married to the first lady?2.What weather do mice and rats fear?3.What is the longest word in the English language?4.What starts with T, ends with T, and can be full ofT?5.What eight-letter word has only one letter in it ?6.What five -letter word has only one left once you     

Pragmatic Eompetence and English Elassroom Teaching

The development of foreign lan- guage learners＂ pragmatic competence is an im- portant objective of foreign language teaching and learning, which is greatly influenced by classroom teaching. This paper first discusses the definition of pragmatic competence, and then analyses the features of English classroom teach- ingand the relationship between pragmatic competence and classroom teaching. Finally, some suggestions about pragmatic competence development are also provided, that is, how to cultivate pragmatic competence in English class- room teaching.     

Listening

Introduction The term listening is used in language teaching to refer to a complex process that allows us to understand spoken language.Listening,the most widely used language skill,is often used in conjunction with the other skills of speaking, reading and writing.Listening is not only a skill area in lan- guage performance,but is also a critical means of acquiring a second language (L2).Listening is the channel in which we process language in real time-employing pacing,units of encoding and pausing that are unique to spoken language.     

Grammar and Its Teaching： Challenging the Myths

Grammar is often misunderstood in the language teaching field.The misconception lies in the view that grammar is a collection of arbitrary rules about static structures in the lan- guage.Further questionable claims are that the structures do not have to be taught,learners will acquire them on their own, or if the structures are taught,the lessons that ensue will be boring.Consequently,communicative and proficiency-based     

Analysis of Listening Obstacles and some Strategies

1. Introduction Many English learners in collage are used to the Chinese mode of thinking and, to a great extend, their English is deaf-mute. With the rapid social develop- ment in China the traditional language teaching meth- ods cannot fit the requirements of society and need to be improved, especially, in listening. However, lan- guage teachers have paid insufficient attention to lis- tening and some lack effective methods to organize their teaching. Students’skills such as reading, spea…     

英语冷知识

1.No word in the English language rhymes with month,orange,silver,or purple. 英语中没有与month、 orange、silver或pur-ple押韵的单词。 2."Dreamt"is the only     

Challenging Technical Views of Foreign Language Teacher Education through Reflective Observation

I. Introduction Foreign language teacher education theories and practices in China are challenged by new views of lan- guage learning, new ideas which emphasize learn- er-centeredness, and the changing situations of English education in primary and secondary schools. While many enlightening discoveries in learning theories, second language acquisition, and other related areas are applied and important steps taken to innovate Eng- lish teaching in basic education, much less is being changed in…     

An Analysis of Classroom Discourse in Primary English Classroom

An English classroom is an important site that teachers set teaching tasks to let students accept the integrated ability of using lan guage.Teacher talk plays an important role in the organization of discourse and L2 acquisition.It mainly talks about the teachers how to transfer information to the students in English classes.     

A Corpus-based View of Lexical Gender in Business Letters

This article investigates lexical gender in specialized communication. The key method of analysis is that of forms of address, professional titles, and ’generic man’ in a one million word corpus of business letters. This paper found a mixed results:on the one hand, the ’male-as-norm’ principle contributes to reinforcing typical gender stereotypes:for example, for each woman referred to in the corpus, there are more than 3 occurrences for man. On the other hand, advocates of non-sexist English have also influenced written Business English:for example, Ms is more frequent than Mrs. or Miss, which sustains the claim that equates Ms with professional settings. This article ends by discussing the ways in which the research findings of this study could positively impact upon the teaching of Business English.     

Usage of the Word“Uncorrect”in“Politically Uncorrect”

It is not surprising that non-native speakers of English frequently make morphological errors when they are speaking or writing in English. But it is interesting to find out that some native English speakers sometimes use words in an ungrammatical or inappropriate way. This article analyses the usage of the word"uncorrect"and tries to show the background of this term by searching online and consulting to the dictionaries and also to analyze the word formation and usage of this term.     

“袋子”的故事

There are many expressions about the word “bag” or using the word “bag” in English.So today,let’s start with the word “bag”.英语中有很多表达与“袋子”一词相关或者使用了“袋子”这个词。今天我们就从“袋子”这个词说起吧。The bag is one of the most simple and useful things in the world.It is a(容器)made of paper or cloth.It has given the world many strange expressions that are not very simple.Some of them are used in the United States today.     

English Acquisition in Classroom Teaching

In the course of learning English in classroom,students cultivate their ability to use the language.But that ability does not mean they are able to acquire that language in a communicative way,because the acquisition of language in classroom is mainly for the purpose of learning.It starts and ends in a particular circumstance-the classroom.In that case,analyzed and discussed is the universal feature of English acquisition in classroom and its effects on practical use respectively.     

Literature in the Language Classroom

Introduction Literature in language teaching has a long pedigree．It was a fundamental part of foreign language teaching in the‘classical humanist’paradigm,where an understanding of the high culture and thought expressed through literature took precedence over mere competence in using the lan- guage．Indeed,in the teaching of European classical lan- guages,such as Greek and Latin,the literature was virtually all that remained of the language．     

趣味英语

I. A:What is the longest word in English?B.It is "extraterritorialitries",which has twenty-one letters.A:No, I know a word which is longer than yours.It is "smiles". B:"Smiles" has only six letters.How can     

How to Cultivate the Reading Ability of Middle School Students

In spite of the fact that in our Syllabus for middle school English teaching, reading is listed as the most important one of the four language skills and is supposed to occupy a predominant position in final courses, the teaching of reading in our middle schools is by far and large unsatisfactory. Numerous facts have proved that our middle school graduates are poor in reading, they do not really know how to read. When they read, they read word by word, making     

完形填空专项练习

(一)Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people around the world. Some say that the word"sneaker" is another word.for tennis shoe, 1 no one really knows 2 the word came from. 3 say it came from the old English verb "sneak" which 4 to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are 5 is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you 6 light-footed and ready to play.Sneakers of some kind are used by 7 who play tennis, basketball, and 8 sports. New design 9 especially for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are 10 used by children in the United States. In fact American children of 11 ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps 12 at all.     

The Application of Mind Map in Junior English Vocabulary Teaching

Almost every English learners is impacted and harassed by word memory in different degrees.However,the traditional rote memorization that is commonly used by majority of students can exacerbate the problem.It is believed that Mind Map may contribute to enhancing the efficiency of vocabulary learning and enlarging the capacity of words.Therefore,Mind Map has received extensive attention in English vocabulary teaching for the recent decades.Mind Map is conducive to motivating student’s interest,enhancing students’memory and augmenting vocabulary learning efficiency.     

EFL EXTENSIVE READING AT COLLEGE LEVEl

To a student of English, reading is one of the four basic skills. And his ultimate goal in reading English is to be able grasp idea as quickly and eaily as he would if he were reading his native language. Yet in early stages of language acquisition, the first inclination in reading of most English students is to translate. Translation is a slow, laborious process. The writer＇s train of thoughts may become lost, as well as the enjoyment of reading. Moreover, translation is an art in itself and not a practical procedure for everyday reading. The student should attempt to develop a feeling for the target language so that he is really reading, not deciphering word for word.     

The Vocabulary Reality from Elementary School to High School in China

The purpose of this research is to examine how large English language vocabulary is used in elementary,middle and high schools in China in order to plan for teaching how much English vocabulary college students learn in the first two years to develop general English ability.One corpus is used to examine how many high-frequency words are included in elementary,middle and high school English vocabulary and Vocabprofile and Text Lex Compare of on-line tool-http://www.lextutor.ca/are used to.There are three interesting points arising from the analysis of the three word lists.First,most of the words consisted of basic-level words.Second,from analysis of the degrees of word repetition,students only learn 2208 new words and there are1812 repeated words in the three stages.Third,from analysis of how much coverage of the three vocabulary families each of the three base lists provide,99.9%of the running words are in base word list one,two and three.Based on these viewpoints,basic words should be identified scientifically and educationally for Chinese learners of English.