武進高級中學

Period 4 Language points

The Script: n. text of a play, film, broadcast, talk, etc eg. a script editor

v. write a script for (a film, play etc) eg. a film scripted by a famous novelist

Win a prize eg. She won first prize in the 100 meters race.

The reason why… is that… eg. The reason why many people want to buy it is that the price is low.

Studio: place where cinema films are acted and photographed

pl studios

Take off: 1)suddenly become successful or popular eg. The new dictionary has really taken off.

2)(of a plane) leave the ground and begin to fly

3)leave hurriedly or suddenly eg. When he saw the police coming he took off in the opposite direction

blockbuster: book or film strongly promoted by its producers to increase sales

Afraid be afraid of sb/sth

be afraid to do sth / be afraid of doing sth

be afraid of ding sth / be afraid+ that clause

I’m afraid…

Go wrong: experience trouble eg. The experience went disastrously wrong

make a mistakes eg. If you read the instructions, you’ll see where you went wrong.

(of a machine) stop working properly

When asked about the secret of his success, Steven Spielberg said that he owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children.

When asked about…=when he was asked about…

Owe…to…:1)recognize sb/sth as the cause or source of sth; be indebted to sb/sth for sth eg. He owes his success more to luck than to ability.

2）be in debt to sb eg. I owe ten dollars to my father.

3 ) feel gratitude to sb eg. We owe our parents a lot.

Period 5 Grammar

Attributive clause

a..1). Explain the attributive clauses with adverbs where, when, why using sentences in the textbook.

Jurassic Park is about a park where a very rich man keeps different kinds of dinosaurs.

1958 was the year when Spielberg made his first real film.

The reason why Spielberg could not go to the Film Academy was that his grades were too low.

Tell Ss : You can join sentences with where when you mean “at that place”, and use when if you mean “at that time”. Sometimes why is used after the word “reason”.

2)Then ask them to make sentences using attributive clauses with where, when and why respectively.

3)Ask students to do Exercise1 on P33

Complete the following sentences using which, why, where or when.

1. Hangzhou is the place where I went last summer.

2. He read the book which his sister had told him about.

3. The reason why Peter is so happy is that he passed the exam.

4. I remember the day when my father died. I was only ten years old at that time.

5. Please give me the reason why you were late this time.

6. I will go back to the place where I grew up and live there forever.

b. 1) Explain the attributive clause with prepositions

The woman who/whom Spielberg is married to is an actress.

The woman to whom Spielberg is married is an actress.

Tell Ss: When you use a relative pronoun with a preposition, you have two choices, and placing the preposition before the relative pronoun is more formal.