Unit 2 The Universal Language

Grammar and usage

中华资源库Teaching aims:

After learning this part, the students will be able to know when to use ellipsis and how to use it correctly.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 The introduction of ellipsis (PPT4-5)

Show a sentence from the passage and introduce the concept of ellipsis to the students.

Give some examples and ask students if there are some words that are left out in the sentences.

(You) Come here, please.

(You) Tell me who the director is, please.

(You) Write a review of the opera.

We often use ellipsis in imperative sentences.

Step 2 Finding out the different situations in which ellipsis is used (PPT6-10)

Have students read each of the sentences and talk about in what situations words can be left out.

-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.

-When will they arrive?

-In about two hours.

-What about (watering them) after I finish my homework?

The emperor finds the deaths of so many men disturbing, and although he would like to, he cannot break his promise.

Puccini wrote Turandot and (he also wrote) Madam Butterfly.

The actor was born in 1961, and his wife in 1964.

Step3 The introduction of the use of ellipsis in other different styles (PPT11-16)

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 smoking is allowed here.

This is a one-way street.